ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Trent Binford-Walsh and Alison Parris ran to victories in the 26th annual SouthPark Turkey Trot 8K on a brisk and sunny Thanksgiving Day morning in Charlotte, NC. Binford-Walsh took the lead after the first mile and ran to a new course record of 24:03, besting the 24:13 set by Adam Freudenthal in 2012. Teammate Chris Caldwell placed third overall in the field of over 8,000 with a time of 24:46. Parris's time of 27:31 was over a half-minute ahead of the second place woman.

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.

Six-time NCAA DII All-American Shawnee Carnett will join the ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE post-collegiate, Olympic Development group following her December graduation from West Virginia's Concord University.

"We are excited to have Shawnee join our group, which has been composed of athletes specializing at distances from 5,000 meters to the marathon," stated ASICS GTC-ELITE director Mike Caldwell. "This extends our spectrum from 800 meters through the marathon, but meets with our mission to have athletes develop and qualify for USA national championships and the 2016 Olympic Trials."

Carnett, who hails from Virginia, has won two NCAA DII national titles at 800 meters. Her first was at the 2011 Outdoor Championships and the most recent was at the 2014 Indoor Championships. She has a personal best of 2:06.19. 

"We are excited to provide an opportunity for Shawnee to continue to develop following her outstanding collegiate career mentored by Coach Mike Cox," Caldwell continued. "She has good speed over both the 200 and 400 meter distances and is committed to working hard. We believe her range may include the 1500 meters in the future."

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.

Kimberly Ruck ran to victory in the 8K event at the 42nd Annual Governor's Cup Road Race in Columbia, SC on cool and brisk Saturday morning. The ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE athlete ran 27:38 to best her teammate Alison Parris, who placed second with a time of 28:17 over the rolling route though South Carolina's capital city. Ruck collected $250 for her performance, while Parris netted $150.

In the men's competition the ASICS GTC-ELITE team placed second through fifth behind winner Cleophas Ngetich (23:47) of Kenya to win the team competition title. Runner-up Adam Freudenthal improved from his third place here in 2013 with a time of 24:03. He was followed in third by Trent Binford-Walsh in 24:23, Ricky Flynn (4th/24:42) and Chris Caldwell (5th/25:43). Freudenthal and Binford-Walsh earned 2nd and 3rd place award money.

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.

ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE athlete Trent Binford-Walsh ran to a 44-second margin of victory in the annual James Island Connector 5K in the South Carolina low country. On an unusually cold day for the Charleston area, Binford-Walsh ran 15:55, just nine seconds off the course record for the deceptive course which traverses the bridge connector between Charleston and James Island. Although the conditions were under sunny skies, the runners had to brave strong wind gusts, which resulted in slower times. He received $250 for the victory.

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.