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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Former Clemson All American Kimberly Ruck ran to an unpressed victory for the second consecutive late Friday night as she won the women's 10,000 meters at the rain-soaked Raleigh Relays with an impressive time of 33:58.78. Coming off her 5,000-meter win (16:20) in Charlotte's 49er Classic last week, she doubled the race distance with similar winning results. She finished almost 28 seconds in front of the runner-up at NC. State's Derr track complex.
Ruck's ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE teammates Ricky Flynn and Adam Freudenthal both ran impressive efforts over 5,000 meters in events before Ruck took the track at 10:00 pm. Flynn, an NCAA DIII national cross country champion while at Lynchburg College, ran his first track competition in over a year as he ran 14:06.87 to place 14th in Section A. It was a good effort for him and coming less than a month after his return to racing after joining the GTC-ELITE group in December. Freudenthal, a former standout at Winthrop University, ran a personal best for the second consecutive week while placing second in Section B with a time of 14:15.27. GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors.
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After enduring an almost 90-minute delay from the scheduled start, ASICS GTC-ELITE athlete Kimberly Ruck made the wait worthwhile as she broke the Charlotte University Belk Track and Field facility record with her winning time of 16:20.68 for 5,000 meters in the 49er Classic. The old record was 16:24.48 set in 2009 by Amanda Lorenzen. Ruck took the lead after the first of the 12.5 laps and ran solo for the remainder of the race, steadily clicking off sub-80 second 400s. The second place finisher ran 17:16.
Due to the largest number of participants in the meet's history, over 1500 athletes, the women's 5,000 was delayed from 8:15 until 9:40 pm on a near perfect evening for running. The temperature was in the high 50s and the light wind had calmed down. Teammate Adam Freudenthal followed Ruck's lead as he won the next event--the men's 5,000--in a personal best time of 14:26.08. Chris Caldwell, who shared the early lead, also ran a personal best with a time of 14:56. The three GTC-ELITE athletes are scheduled to compete in next week's Raleigh Relays, along with teammates Ricky Flynn and Chass Armstrong. GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors. ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE athlete Ricky Flynn covered 10 kilometers in 31:41 to "Get to the Green" first and take home the $500 award for the winner. The annual Get to the Green event is one of Columbia, SC's largest running events and features a 5K and 10K race. GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors. Here is the link to a few photos by The Greenville News photographer Mykal McEldowney from a photo shoot with ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE athletes a few days before the TD Bank Reedy River Run.
http://blogs.greenvilleonline.com/photo-blog/2014/02/28/lights-layer-and-perspective/ The ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE produced some good results in the 37th Annual TD Bank Reedy River Run 10K on a cold Saturday morning starting and finishing in downtown Greenville. Ricky Flynn, in his first competition as a ASICS GTC-ELITE athlete, ran his first race since June 2013 and placed third with a time of 30:16 over a challenging, hilly course. Flynn trailed winner Tyler Pennell of ZAP Elite (29:46) for much of the race and was in second position with less than 200 meters remaining before being passed by ZAP's Joe Stilin (30:14).
Flynn's teammates Chass Armstrong (31:59) and Chris Caldwell (32:18) were also in the top ten with 6th and 8th place finishes. In the women's competition, Kimberly Ruck ran 34:49 to place third overall and improve on her 36:54/5th place finish in 2013. Both Ruck and Flynn earned $650 each ($400 for third places and $250 for being the first South Carolina finishers) in Greenville's oldest prize money road race. Armstrong won a total of $200 and Caldwell $50 as all four GTC-ELITE members earned prize awards. In the accompanying TD Bank Reedy River 5K, GTC-ELITE's Adam Freudenthal ran one of the faster times in event history to win in 15:06. The GTC-ELITE post-collegiate Olympic Development group is sponsored by ASICS, the Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, The Kroc Center, ElliptiGO fitness cycles, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery, members of the Bare Minimum Track Club and individual contributors. |