ASICS GTC-ELITE in South Carolina Road Race Rankings

(Left to right) Ricky Flynn, Jason Weitzel and James Quattlebuam. photo: Stephen Moore

(left to right) Victoria Hammersmith, Mackenzie Lowe and Shelby Jaramillo. photo: Stephen Moore

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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel continues to be ranked second in the South Carolina Road Race Rankings for the sixth consecutive month. The rankings were published today by South Carolina's USATF record keeper Bill Marable. In December Weitzel was ranked for the first time since joining the post-collegiate, Olympic-development program. The top ranked SC road racer continues to be Greenville's James Quattlebaum, who was the 2019 and 2021 South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the year and has led the SC rankings all year. 

At the United Community Bank 44th Reedy River Run 10K on April 23 in downtown Greenville, SC, Quattlebaum won his third consecutive title with an excellent time of 29:20 over the challenging course. Weitzel placed second, as he did in the 2021 event which was conducted last September due to COVID-19, with his 29:47 clocking. Greenville's Ricky Flynn continues to be ranked third in the rankings, which is the same as his placing at the UCB Reedy River Run. The top three finishers in that race are similarly ranked in the SC Road Race Rankings.

ASICS GTC-ELITE's Mackenzie Lowe ran 36:16 to place second at that race, to earn sixth in the SC Road Race Rankings. She had not raced in South Carolina since September and had fallen out of the previous rankings. The race winner, Victoria Hammersmith (36:12) is currently ranked third, while third placer Shelby Jaramillo is now ranked fourth.

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South Carolina Road Race Rankings
as of May 7, 2022

ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles, one qualifier/participant for the 2019 Pam American Games Marathon in. Lima, Peru, three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. The program's runners set four South Carolina State road race records in 2020 (5K, 15K and Half Marathon--twice) and three (15K, 10-Mile and 20K) in 2021. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year. 

​The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) and LEVER Movement (treadmill body weight support).  The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.​