Greenville Track Club-ELITE - a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program
11 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
established 2012
11 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
established 2012
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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE, a non-profit post-collegiate, Olympic-development program, has added Dr. T. Dane Pierce to its Board of Directors. "We are excited to add Dr. Pierce to our board," stated Director/Coach Mike Caldwell. "Dane has been a prominent fixture in the Greenville community for many years and adds even more experience to our board. A long-time Greenville Track Club member, he has been a valuable volunteer at many of the GTC events and has also served on the GTC board, so he understands our mission and place in the Greenville running community." Dr. Pierce's bio: A graduate of Wofford College and the Medical University of SC, Dr. Pierce trained in pediatrics at Greenville Hospital System, Baylor Affiliated Hospitals in Houston, and MUSC. He has practiced pediatrics in Greenville since 1978 and is a former Furman University physician. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and served as a pilot tester for Maintenance of Certification board exams for many years. He is a past president of the SC Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Pierce trained in Boston with Dr. T. Berry Brazelton in the Touchpoints Approach to child-care. After football, basketball, and track in high school he ran hurdles for Wofford. A lifelong runner and former marathoner, he enjoys biking, hiking, and skiing. He has been a long-time member of the Greenville Track Club and has served as a race volunteer and a member of the Board of Directors. For more information regarding ASICS GTC-ELITE's Board of Directors please visit: https://www.gtc-elite.org/board-of-directors.html
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Annie Rodenfels of ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE continues to lead the South Carolina Road Rankings that were published on January 7th. Rodenfels set a SC state record for the road 5K of 16:09 back in September. Her most recent performance was an outstanding 15:35 for 5,000 meters on the track at the Five & Dime Athletics Meet in Columbia, SC in mid-December. Eddie Garcia dropped one spot, from first to second, although finishing as the first South Carolina finisher at the Mortgage Network Half Marathon in early December. He broke his own SC state record in that race with a time of 1:04:32. Fellow Greenville resident James Quattlebaum is now ranked first. GTC-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), the Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board and On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
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