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Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, FL
Date of Birth: 11.20.92
High School: Mandarin HS
Alma Mater:  University of Florida
Graduation Date: May, 2016
Major: Sports Management
College Coach: Paul Spangler

Current Employer: Fleet Feet Sports
Honors & Highlights​
  • 2015 SEC Outdoor Champion @ 10,000 meters
  • 3-time NCAA qualifier @ 10,000 meters (2014-16)
  • Ranked 6th on all-time UF indoor 5,000 (14:06.17)
  • Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 25th at 2018 USATF 10K Road Championships
  • United States Virgin Islands National record holder for 5,000, 10,000 meters, half marathon and marathon
  • Placed 12th in 2019 Pan American Games Marathon (2:19:12) in Lima, Peru
  • 2020 RRCA South Carolina State Half Marathon Champion
  • Set South Carolina State Record for Half Marathon twice in 2020
  • Named USATF South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the Year 2020
  • Top Performance by South Carolina long distance runner for 2020 - 1:04:32 Half Marathon
  • 2022 World Championship Marathon participant
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Collegiate Bests
1500m - 3:49.58
3,000m - 8:16.15
5,000m (indoor) - 14:06.17
5,000m (outdoor) - 14:10.83
8K cross country - 23:49
​10,000m - 29:35.92


Post Collegiate Bests
5,000m (track) - 14:12.05
​5K (road) - 14:17
​10,000m (track) - 29:18.25
​10K (road) - 29:57
​12K (road) - 37:06

15K - 45:53
Half Marathon - 1:04:32
Marathon - 2:17:45

Eduardo "Eddie" Garcia joined ASICS GTC-ELITE in March of 2018, following his collegiate career at the University of Florida. As a Gator, his standout performance was winning the 2015 Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship at 10,000 meters and was a three-time NCAA qualifier at that distance. Holding dual citizenship status, Eddie choose to represent the United States Virgin Islands in international competition. He represented USVI at the Central America Games in Barranquilla, Columbia in 2018 and again in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. He placed 12th in the marathon in the latter competition with a time of 2:19:10, not far off his best of 2:18:50 at the 2019 Chevron Houston Marathon.. 

After relocating to Greenville he ran personal bests of 29:18.25 for 10,000m on the track (ISV national record), 29:57 for a road 10K, set the South Carolina State record in the Half Marathon with a time of 1:05:25, in addition to the aforementioned marathon time in Peru. He was ranked number one numerous times in the South Carolina Road Race Rankings. In December, 2020, Eddie once again set a new South Carolina resident State Record for the Half Marathon with a time of 1:04:32, knocking another 53 seconds off the standard. Garcia was named the USATF South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the Year for 2020. 

 
During his time with ASICS GTC-ELITE, Eduardo also improved his marathon time by 6 minutes and 27 seconds (2:25:17 down to 2:18:50) and his Half Marathon from 1:06:17 to 1:04:32--an improvement of one minute and 45 seconds. He averaged 2:19:18 for his three marathons. 

Eddie rejoined the program in November 2022. 


Performances

06.09.2018
​07.04.2018
07.29.2018
​08.25.2018
09.15.2018
​11.10.2018
​12.15.2018
​01.20.2019
​03.15.2019
​04.06.2019
​04.20.2019

05.05.2019
05.31.2019
​06.08.2019
​07.04.2019
​07.27.2019
​01.18.2020
​02.01.2020
​02.22.2020
​06.13.2020
08.15.2020
​09.12.2020
​10.10.2020
​11.13.2020
12.06.2020
​02.27.2021
05.28.2021
06.19.2021

Sunrise Run 8K, Simpsonville, SC
​Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta, GA
​Central America Games, Barranquilla, Columbia
​Michelin Run, Greenville, SC
​Great Cow Harbor Run, Northport, NY
​Markel Richmond Half Marathon, Richmond, VA
Ameris Jacksonville Half Marathon, Jacksonville, FL
Chevron Houston Marathon, Houston, TX
​49er Classic, Charlotte, NC
​Cooper River Bridge Run, Charleston, SC

TD Bank Reedy River Run, Greenville, SC
Lilac Bloomsday Run, Spokane, WA
Music City Distance Carnival, Nashville, TN
Portland Track Festival, Lake Oswego, OR
​Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta, GA
Pan American Games, Lima, Peru
Greenville News Run Downtown, Greenville, SC
MCG Long Run, Columbia,SC
Lexington Med. Governor's Cup Half Marathon, Columbia, SC
ASICS GTC-ELITE Invitational, Greenville, SC
Music City Distance Carnival, Nashville, TN
Low Country Elite Invitational, Bluffton, SC
​Under 30 Minutes 10K, Central, SC
​ASICS Ekiden Relay, Greenville, SC
​Mortgage Network Half Marathon, Hardeeville, SC
Greenville Half Marathon, Greenville, SC
​Portland Track Festival, Lake Oswego, OR
​Grandma's Marathon, Duluth, MN
8K (road)
​10K (road)
10,000m (track)
​5K (road)
​10K (road)
13.1-mile (road)
​13.1-mile (road)
Marathon
​5,000m (track)
​10K (road)
10K (road)
​12K (road)
5,000m (track)
​10,000m (track)
​10K (road)
​Marathon
​5K (road)
​15K (road)
​13.1-mile (road)
​5,000m (track)
​5,000m (track)
​5K (road)
​10,000m (track)
​10K (road, GPS)
​Half Marathon
​Half Marathon
​10,000m (track)
​Marathon

25:01
​31:03
​31:48.41
​14:48
​30:16
​1:05:37 pb
​1:07:15
2:18:50 PB, NR
​14:31.98
​29:57
​30:33
​37:06
​14:12.05
​29:18.37 pb, NR
​30:34
​2:19:12
​14:56
​46:32
​1:05:25 pb, SR
​14:21.53
​14:20.37
14:17 PB
​29:48.56
​29:39
1:04:32 PB, SR, NR
1:05:35
​29:18.25 PB, NR
2:19:52 
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​25th
​8th
​2nd
​9th
​4th
​3rd
​22nd
​2nd
​10th
​3rd
​18th
​7th
13th 
​21st
​12th
​3rd
​1st
​1st
​1st
​11th
​1st
​2nd
​n/a
​8th
​2nd
​21st
11th


11.19.2022
01.21.2023
​02.04.2023
03.04.2023

Run Through the Zoo, Greenville, SC
​GTC Run Downtown, Greenville, SC
MGC Long Run, Columbia, SC
Gate River Run, Jacksonville, FL (USATF Champs)
5K (road)
​5K (road)
​15K (road)
​15K (road)

15:48
​14:40
​46:21
​47:49

1st
​3rd
​2nd
​16th


*SR = State Record, pb = personal best at that time, PB = current Personal Best, NR = US Virgin Islands Best

Eddie's ASICS Footwear

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Training: Gel Nimbus 23
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Training: ASICS GEL Nimbus Lite
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Training: ASICS Novablast
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Competition: ASICS Metaspeed Sky

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