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's Adam Freudenthal ran a personal best by well over a minute as he placed sixth at the 37th annual Great Cow Harbor 10K in Northport, NY. Passing the halfway mark in just under 15 minutes he ran a negative split over the final 5K to post a time of 29:48.12. The former Winthrop University athlete improved three positions and 73 seconds from last year's 8th place finish to earn $600 prize money. The winner was Arron Braun of Alamosa, CO with a time of 29:00. Freudenthal was only one second behind fifth placer Ahmed Osman of Flagstaff, AZ and only 21 seconds behind runner-up Jonathan Peterson of Minneapolis, MN.
Kimberly Ruck improved her placing from last year by two spots to place 8th with a time of 35:33.14 over the hilly route on New York's Long Island. The former Clemson University All American earned $400 for her performance. GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the 42-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, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors.
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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE athletes and coaches traveled to nearby Spartanburg, SC to hear marathon legend "Boston Billy" Rodgers speak after his book signing at Spartanburg Day School in conjunction with the Eye Opener cross country event.
Thanks to Spartanburg's Billy Webster the audience was also treated to an introduction by Rodgers' long-time friend George Hirsch. Mr. Hirsch was the founder of "The Runner" magazine and later was publisher of "Runners World" magazine among his many contributions to the sport of distance running. He is also the Chairman of the Board for the New York Road Runners club and was instrumental in founding the New York City Marathon with the late Fred Lebow. Rodgers, who won the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon each four times, was also the honorary starter for the high school races on Saturday morning at the Eye Opener meet on the beautiful Milliken corporate campus. He is the former American record holder in the marathon with a best of 2:09:27 and was a 1976 Olympian. GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the 42-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, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors. On a very humid and hot Labor Day morning in Columbia, SC, ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE runners placed in the money at the annual 5-mile event. Adam Freudenthal couldn't match the speed of Kenya's Cleophas Ngetich, who ran a blistering 4:44 per mile to win with a time of 23:45 and earn $1200 including the time bonus for running under 24:00. After a quick early pace, Freudenthal ran solo in second for most the race and finished with a time of 24:42, earning $100 for the runner-up position.
Kenyan Sophy Jipchirchir used the same tactics as Ngetich, go out fast and keep going, as she replicated her countryman's victory and earnings ($1200) with her excellent 26:24 clocking. ASICS GTC-ELITE's Alison Parris was second in 28:12 with teammate Kimberly Ruck third in 28:34, both earning award money. GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the 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, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors. |