asics Greenville Track Club-ELITE - a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program
established 2012
established 2012
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 ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Austin Steagall is featured on the cover of the summer issue of PACE Running Magazine. The regional running publication also included a two-page spread of Questions and Answers with Steagall. PACE Running Magazine is free and can be found at multiple running specialty outlets and other retail shops and restaurants.  GTC-ELITE was established in 2012 and produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 45-year-old Greenville Track Club, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Joy Real Estate, the Bare Minimum Track Club, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery, FinalSurge, The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots and Cocoa Elite recovery products.
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 Ryan Root ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Ryan Root ran 2:23:32 to place 22nd overall in the 41st edition of Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, MN. The marathon had 6437 finishers over the course that runs along the beautiful north shore of Lake Superior from Two Harbors to Duluth's Canal Park.
The former North Central College (Illinois) runner covered the initial 10K in 32:58 and passed the halfway point at 13.1 miles in 1:10:25. Ryan passed 20 miles in 1:48:15, but slowed over the final 10K to average 5:29 per mile for the total distance. It was only his second attempt at the distance and was a personal best by over three minutes. GTC-ELITE produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and is sponsored by ASICS, the 45-year-old Greenville Track Club, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Joy Real Estate, the Bare Minimum Track Club, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery, FinalSurge, The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots and Cocoa Elite recovery products.  Austin Steagall ASICS Greenville Track Club ELITE's Austin Steagall returned to the track at Lewis & Clark College five days after competing in the Portland Track Festival to run the Stumptown Twilight meet. Once again running in the 3000-meter Steeplechase, Steagall improved 12 seconds from last Sunday and ran a personal best of 8:50.58. His previous best was 8:55.46, which was set at the 2016 NCAA DII Championships where he placed second.
Running more conservatively than on Sunday, where he led the first four laps, he followed the early leaders and moved from fifth to third over the final two laps. He finished behind former UCLA runner Austin O'Neill's 8:45.69 and second placer Lucas Updike's 8:50.17. This race completed Austin's first season with the post-collegiate program, in which Austin set personal bests for the mile (4:05), 3,000 meters indoors (8:04) and 5,000 meters (13:58) and now the 3000-meter Steeplechase (8:50.58). GTC-ELITE produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and is sponsored by ASICS, the 45-year-old Greenville Track Club, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Joy Real Estate, the Bare Minimum Track Club, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery, FinalSurge, The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots and Cocoa Elite recovery products.  ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Austin Steagall ran 9:02.89 to place 19th in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase at the Portland Track Festival in Portland, OR on Sunday afternoon. The 2016 NCAA Division II runner-up in that event took the early lead and held in through the first mile in 4:41. His goal was to get a fast time in an attempt to qualify for this month's USATF Championships in Sacramento, CA.
However his early pace may have taken a toll as he faded over the final kilometer. Disappointed, but realistic, he later said, "I now realize that getting the USA qualifying time is a lot tougher than expected. I went for it and was on pace through the first mile, but then I fell off pace quickly. Good to have another shot at a personal best on Friday." Steagall is scheduled to complete his spring track season at the Stumptown Twilight meet on the same Lewis & Clark College track on Friday, June 16. In his first season with the post-collegiate program Austin has set personal bests for the mile (4:05), 3,000 meters indoors (8:04) and 5,000 meters (13:58). GTC-ELITE produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and is sponsored by ASICS, the 45-year-old Greenville Track Club, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Joy Real Estate, the Bare Minimum Track Club, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery, FinalSurge, The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots and Cocoa Elite recovery products.  Mark Leininger (#401) at Portland Track Festival. ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Mark Leininger ran a personal best for 10,000 meters at the Portland Track Festival on Saturday night. The American University graduate cut 12.3 seconds from his previous best with a time of 29:06.16. That placed him 19th in a very good field, led by three-time Olympian and silver (10,000 in 2012) and bronze (marathon '16) medalist Galen Rupp of Portland. Rupp won with a time of 28:18.29.
Leininger covered the first 5,000 in 14:31 and the second half of the race in 14:35. After a crowded initial 400 meters in 72.8 in the field of over 40 athletes Mark averaged 70 seconds for the 25 laps on the Lewis & Clark track. He closed with a 66-second final 400. Eight runners finished between 29:03.9 and 29:09.3. GTC-ELITE produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and is sponsored by ASICS, the 45-year-old Greenville Track Club, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Joy Real Estate, the Bare Minimum Track Club, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery, FinalSurge, The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots and Cocoa Elite recovery products.  Recent Davidson College (North Carolina) graduate Will Brewster is joining ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE to pursue his post-collegiate running career. The former Atlantic 10 Conference champion in the 5,000 (indoor 2016 & '17) and 10,000 meters (2016) graduated with a degree in Biology in May.
Program director/coach Mike Caldwell states, "We are excited to have Will join our group of outstanding athletes. He has excelled at the mid-distances (1500-5,000) since his high school career in Illinois. We believe he will not only become an additional asset to our program, but will benefit from our training philosophy and from running with our current athletes. He has a good range from the 1500 up through the 10,000 and fits in very well with the group." As a "junior" Will placed 10th nationally at the USATF Junior cross country championships and was an alternate for the Team USA Junior (19 & under) squad in 2013. During his collegiate career he was twice an NCAA qualifier at the 5,000-meter distance and placed 24th in the NCAA DI East preliminaries at Lexington, KY in late May. He is the Davidson school record holder at that distance with a time of 14:07.7. GTC-ELITE produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and is sponsored by ASICS, the 45-year-old Greenville Track Club, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Joy Real Estate, the Bare Minimum Track Club, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery, FinalSurge, The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots and Cocoa Elite recovery products. |
