Only a week after placing first and second in the 5,000 meter event at the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE teammates Alison Parris and Nicole DiMercurio replicated those performances at the LexMed Heart & Sole Women's 5-Miler in Columbia, SC. 

Parris's winning time was 27:44 and earned her $500, while DiMercurio was only 3 seconds behind in 27:47 and earned $400. Their times were the second and third fastest in the history of this event and were recorded on a rainy and wet Saturday morning in the women-only race.

GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the 43-year old Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System's North Greenville Hospital, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, The TD Bank Foundation, The Kroc Center, Carolina Spine and Rehab, The Proaxis Running Academy, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors.

Alison Parris took turns sharing the lead with teammate Kimberly Ruck for the first 3 kilometers of the women's 5,000 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational before pulling away for the victory with an official time of 16:29.39 She was followed by ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE teammates Nicole DiMercurio and Ruck, who recorded official times of 16:32.79 and  16:35.30, respectively. The trio swept the first three places after breaking away from two Kenyan collegiate runners during the final kilometer. It was a very good showing for the group on a rainy and humid late Friday evening on the Georgia Tech track in downtown Atlanta. It was also DiMercurio's first track competition since joining the group last fall. 

On the men's side, ASICS GTC-ELITE's Ricky Flynn placed fifth, behind four African collegians, as he used the race as part of his training build-up for an upcoming marathon. After starting slowly, he gradually moved up in the huge pack of over 40 athletes on the wet track surface. He finished with a time of 14:45:47 (4:45 per mile), well off his PB of 13:59, but a solid training effort. 

GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the 43-year old Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System's North Greenville Hospital, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, The TD Bank Foundation, The Kroc Center, Carolina Spine and Rehab, The Proaxis Running Academy, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors.

ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Kimberly Ruck is currently 23rd on the 2015 IAAF World Rankings at the 10,000 meter distance. Ruck's 33:17.05 performance at the Stanford Invitational on April 3rd also has her 10th in the current USA rankings. She and some of her teammates will next be in action at the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta on Friday, April 17, in the 5,000 meter event.

GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the 43-year old Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System's North Greenville Hospital, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, The TD Bank Foundation, The Kroc Center, Carolina Spine and Rehab, The Proaxis Running Academy, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors.

Kimberly Ruck, running for the ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE program, made her cross country trip to Palo Alto, California a success as she posted a time of 33:17.05 in the women's 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational. Her performance placed her 16th in an extremely talented and fast field. It was the former Clemson University All American's second fastest time ever for the distance, just missing her personal best of 33:16.45 in the 2011 Stanford Invitational where she placed fourth. 

GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the 43-year old Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System's North Greenville Hospital, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, The TD Bank Foundation, The Kroc Center, Carolina Spine and Rehab, The Proaxis Running Academy, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors.