Greenville Track Club-ELITE - a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program
established 2012
11 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
One 2024 Paris Olympian
established 2012
11 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
One 2024 Paris Olympian
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Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jack Mastandrea is now ranked first in the most recent South Carolina Road Race Rankings published by USATF State Record Keeper Bill Marable. Mastandrea recently set a course record (14:13) in winning the Michelin Memorial 5K on August 17, finishing ahead of his teammate Jason Weitzel. Jack was previously third in the past few rankings and moved past Jason, who maintained his runner-up position. The two training partners have frequently exchanged places during 2024 with Weitzel winning the Downtown Greenville 5K in January and Mastandrea placing second. Then Jack placed ahead of Jason at the 2024 USATF Olympic Marathon Trials in Orlando and was 12th (29:03) overall at Charleston's Cooper River Bridge Run, while Jason was 14th (29:24). Jason ran 29:13 and Jack 29:31 for 10,000 meters on the track at the Portland Track Festival in June. Then Jack placed 7th and Jason 9th in the USATF 8K Road Championships at the Crazy 8s road race in Kingsport, TN on July 20. Jack recently placed 13th in a deep field at the USATF 20K Championships in the Faxon Law New Haven Road Race on September 2. However, that race and some of the previous mentioned events were not within the confines of South Carolina and did not factor in the SC Road Race Rankings. One of their other teammates, Eduardo Garcia, dropped out of the rankings this month due to not racing in South Carolina since April as he prepared for the Paris 2024 Olympic marathon. And another teammate, Ryan Drew, earned his first top ten ranking in 7th with a win at the Red, White and Blue Shoes 5K on July 4th and a fourth place finish at the Michelin Memorial 5K in August. GTC-ELITE alums Ricky Flynn (Greenville) and Roland Hakes ( Columbia) are ranked 4th and 6th. Greenville runners occupy six of the top ten ranking positions. South Carolina Road Race Rankings |
1. Jack Mastandrea, GTC-ELITE - 14:13 (2024), 1st 2 Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE - 14:15 (2023), 1st 3. Eduardo Garcia, GTC-ELITE - 14:20 (2023), 2nd 4. Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE - 14:27 (2024), 2nd 5. Austin Steagall, GTC-ELITE - 14:42 (2016), 1st 6. Adam Freudenthal, GTC-ELITE - 14:43 (2014), 1st 7. Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE - 14:44 (2022), 1st 8. Austin Steagall, GTC-ELITE -14:44 (2018), 1st 9. Eduardo Garcia, GTC-ELITE - 14:48 (2018), 2nd 10. Mark Leininger, GTC-ELITE -14:54 (2015), 1st 11. Ryan Bugler, GTC-ELITE - 14:57 (2019), 1st | 12. Davonte Jett-Reynolds - 14:58 (2024), 3rd 13. Joe Niemiec, GTC-ELITE - 14:59 (2019), 2nd 14. Ryan Drew, GTC-ELITE, 15:00 (2024), 4th 15. Adam Freudenthal, GTC-ELITE - 15:01 (2013), T-1st 15. Chass Armstrong, GTC-ELITE - 15:01 (2013), T-1st 17. Austin Steagall, GTC-ELITE - 15:03 (2017), 1st 18. Victor Pataky, GTC-ELITE - 15:06 (2018), 2nd 19. Victor Pataky, GTC-ELITE - 15:07 (2019), 3rd 20. Sergio Cuartaz - 15:21 (2024), 5th 21. Tyler Morse, GTC-ELITE - 15:22 (2017), 2nd 22. Avery Martin, GTC-ELITE - 15:25 (2019), 4th |
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