Greenville Track Club-ELITE - a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program
established 2012
13 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
One Paris 2024 Olympian
established 2012
13 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
One Paris 2024 Olympian
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Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Patrick Lyell ran a personal best of 4:03.62 to place third in Clemson's Tiger Paw Invitational on Friday afternoon. He improved on his 4:03.93 previous best and was a full second faster than his performance here two weeks ago. This was also a new GTC-ELITE program record for the indoor mile. Georgia Tech's Billy Carlton finished just ahead of Patrick for first with his own personal best of 4:03.16. And Taylor Wade, also of Georgia Tech, was awarded second as he and Lyell had almost identical times of 4:03.612 and 4:03.616 (four one-thousands of a second difference. Top Three Placers in Men's Mile RunDrew Places 4th in Indoor Mile at Darius Dixon Memorial in Lynchburg, VA2/14/2026 On Saturday GTC-ELITE's Ryan Drew returned to his alma mater at Liberty Univeristy in Lynchburg, VA in an attempt to defend his one mile title in the Darius Dixon Memorial meet. After being in second place and in contention through 1209 meters (just over six laps of the 200-meter oval, he faded over the final lap to place fourth with a time of 4:05.90. Former East Tennessee State Univeristy standout Jason Bowers won in 4:00.89. Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012 and is well into its second decade as a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program. The program developed and produced one participant for the 2024 Olympic Games marathon in Paris; four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles; one qualifier/participant for the 2019 Pam American Games Marathon in Lima, Peru; three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA; one qualifier and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase in Eugene, OR; three qualifiers for the 2024 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Orlando, FL and currently two for the 2028 Olympic Trials Marathon. The program's runners set four South Carolina State road race records in 2020 (5K, 15K and Half Marathon--twice) and three (15K, 10-Mile and 20K) in 2021. GTC-ELITE produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year and recently had the top two ranked South Carolina road racers for 2024.
The program is sponsored and supported by the 54-year-old Greenville Track Club, ASICS, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility) and LEVER Movement (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
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The top six ranked male runners in the February 2026 South Carolina Road Race Rankings reside in Greenville, as published by USATF SC Record Keeper Bill Marable. Multiple-time rankings leader James Quattlebaum remains in the top position. Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Noah Fisher moved up from 4th in the January rankings to second this month. His teammates and training partners Ryan Drew, Jason Weitzel and Jack Mastandrea ranked 3rd, 4th and 5th, respectively. Quattlebaum won the Greenville Journal Run Downtown 5K in January, just ahead of Fisher. while Drew and Weitzel placed third and fourth. Ricky Flynn, a GTC-ELITE alum and now ranked sixth in the Palmetto State's road rankings. South Carolina Road Race Rankings |
| 1. James Quattlebaum, (30, Greenville) 2. Noah Fisher (23, Greenville) 3. Ryan Drew (27, Greenville) 4. Jason Weitzel (28, Greenville) 5. Jack Mastandrea (27, Greenville) 6. Ricky Flynn (38, Greenville) ** 7. Hunter Jarvis (27, Columbia) 8. Roland Hakes (32, Irmo) 9. Caleb Christiansen (24, Cayce) 10. David Williams (22, Irmo) * GTC-ELITE athlete ** GTC-ELITE alum (previous member) |
| MEN OPEN 1. James Quattlebaum, Greenville 10K - 28:58, 29:03 HM – 1:03:35 2 . Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE, Greenville 5K - 14:21 10K - 29:49 HM - 1:03:59 3. Ryan Drew, GTC-ELITE, Greenville 5K - 14:13, 14:17 8K - 23:54 4. Noah Fisher, GTC-ELITE, Greenville 5K - 14:17, 14:37 HM - 1:04:21 5. Jack Mastandrea, GTC-ELITE, Greenville 5K - 14:48, 14:54 10K - 29:56 6. Ricky Flynn, Greenville 5K - 14:24, 14:58 10K - 30:09 7. Roland Hakes, Irmo 5K - 15:07 10K - 31:00, 31:32 8. Solomon Kagimbi, Columbia/KEN 5K - 14:54 10M - 51:04 HM - 1:10:03 9. Hunter Jarvis, Columbia 5K - 15:11, 15:14, 15:17 10. Caleb Christiansen, Cayce 5K - 15:09 10K - 32:40 HM - 1:10:48 Red = GTC-ELITE athlete Blue = former GTC-ELITE athlete |
| 1. James Quattlebaum, 14:07 (2026) 2. Noah Fisher, 14:09, GTC-ELITE (2026) 3. Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE, 14:12 (2024) 3. Ryan Drew, GTC-ELITE, 14:12 (2026) 5. Austin Steagall, GTC-ELITE - 14:14 (2017) 6. James Quattlebaum, Run In - 14:14 (2023) 7. Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE, 14:20 (2026) 8. Jack Mastandrea, GTC-ELITE - 14:27 (2024) 9. Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE - 14:29 (2023) 10. Davonte Jett-Reynolds, GTC-ELITE - 14:35 (2025) 11. Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE - 14:37 (2022) 12. Adam Freudenthal, GTC-ELITE - 14:40 (2013) 13 Eduardo Garcia, GTC-ELITE - 14:40 (2023) 14. Coen Roberts - 14:40 (2025) 15. Walter Bugler, Run In - 14:41 (2020) 16. Cole Atkins - 14:41 (2020) 17. Ryan Drew, GTC-ELITE - 14:43 (2025) 18. Jack Mastandrea, GTC-ELITE - 14:48 (2025) 19. Sergio Cuartas - 14:50 (2025) 20. Adam Freudenthal, GTC-ELITE - 14:52 (2014) 21. Joe Niemiec, GTC-ELITE - 14:53 (2019) 22. Austin Steagall, GTC-ELITE - 14:54 (2018) 23. Eduardo Garcia, GTC-ELITE - 14:56 (2020) *Red Font = 2026 Race |
| 1. James Quattlebaum, (30, Greenville) 2. Ryan Drew (27, Greenville) 3. Jason Weitzel (28, Greenville) 4. Noah Fisher (23, Greenville) 5. Ricky Flynn (38, Greenville) ** 6. Jack Mastandrea (27, Greenville) 7. Hunter Jarvis (27, Columbia) 8. Roland Hakes (32, Irmo) 9. Caleb Christiansen (24, Cayce) 10. David Williams (22, Irmo) * GTC-ELITE athlete ** GTC-ELITE alum (previous member) |