Binford-Walsh & Parris Run to Wins at Charlotte's SouthPark Turkey Trot

Chris Caldwell, Alison Parris and Trent Binford-Walsh

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.