ASICS GTC-ELITE Athletes Run Well in Richmond

ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Annie Rodenfels ran 26:53 to place fifth among women at the VCU Health Richmond Marathon's Allianz Partners 8K in Virginia's capitol city on Saturday morning. It was her debut attempt at the distance and she earned $100 for her placing and also broke a long-standing ASICS GTC-ELITE program record. The previous program best was 27:11 by Kimberly Ruck in 2014. 

Teammate Ryan Bugler ran a personal best of 23:56 to place seventh overall, which was a 24 second improvement over his previous best at this distance. Avery Martin placed 12th with a time of 24:29, which was only nine seconds off his personal best. 

Ryan Bugler, Annie Rodenfels & Avery Martin

GTC-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and one qualifier/participant for the 2019 Pam American Games Marathon in. Lima, Peru. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 47-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate,   generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, DorsiFlex and Synergy Performance (mental performance).  The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and  USATF.