asics Greenville Track Club-ELITE - a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program
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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Annie Rodenfels qualified for the upcoming USATF Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR with her impressive 9:46.98 victory in the 3000-meter Steeplechase. On a cloudy and windy Saturday morning, Annie took the lead from the gun on the brand new Beynon track surface at Lee University in Cleveland, TN. Her goal was to run under the 9:50.00 qualifying standard that would provide an automatic-qualifier to be included in the field of top women steeplechasers at the new Hayward Field in Tracktown USA in late June. Rodenfels covered the first full lap of the race, which includes 35 wooden hurdles, 7 of which have a water pit, in a brisk 72 seconds and had already put a gap of 30 meters on the remainder of the field. Midway through the race, veteran public address announcer Dave Milner informed those in attendance that Rodenfels was on pace to take the current USA lead in the event. ON Athletics Club's Leah (O'Connor) Falland, a 2-time NCAA DI champion while at Michigan State, has the fastest 2021 USA time of 9:44.73. However, Annie slowed slightly over the next laps before rallying with a 76-second final circuit. Her time was a personal best by over ten seconds and was basically a solo effort as the runner-up's time was 10:57.37. Annie's performance is now the third fastest in the USA during 2021--only behind Falland's time and Hannah Steelman (9:46.35) of NC State. Annie is the eighth ASICS GTC-ELITE athlete to qualify for a USATF Olympic Trials and the first to do so on the track. The previous seven were at the marathon distance.
GTC-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 Pan American Games Marathon in. Lima, Peru, three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA and now one for the 3,000-meter Steeplechase in 2021 at Eugene, OR. Also, the group set four South Carolina State road race records in 2020 (5K, 15K and Half Marathon). The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 49-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), The ATI Running Academy, 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 Running (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
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Annie Rodenfels of ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE continues to lead the South Carolina Road Rankings that were published by USATF Record Keeper Bill Marable on April 8th. Rodenfels set a SC state record for the road 5K with a 16:09 clocking back in September at the Mortgage Network Low Country Elite Invitational, which earned her the Top Woman's Performance of 2020 for South Carolina road racing. She followed that up with an outstanding 15:35 for 5,000 meters on the track at the Five & Dime Athletics Meet in Columbia, SC in mid-December. Annie's focus in 2021 has been on the track, which doesn't affect the road rankings, where she ran 15:46.7 for 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays and then a huge personal best of 4:13.49 in the 1500 meters at the Atlanta Track Club's Spring Track Meet. Her teammates, Eddie Garcia and Mackenzie Lowe, are also ranked. Garcia remains second to Greenville's James Quattlebaum. James won the Greenville Half Marathon on February 27th and Eddie was second, reflecting their respective places in the state rankings. Quattlebaum was the 2019 South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the Year, while Eddie earned that same honor for 2020. Lowe is ranked seventh among women after finishing sixth in that Greenville Half Marathon. South Carolina Road Race Rankings as of April 3, 2021
GTC-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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. Also, the group set four South Carolina State road race records in 2020 (5K, 15K and Half Marathon). The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-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), The ATI Running Academy, 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 Running (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
 Annie Rodenfels (4th from right) en route to a new personal best of 4:13.49 1500 meters. ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Annie Rodenfels ran a huge personal best to place fourth in the 1500 meters at the first of the Atlanta Track Club's Spring Series meets. On a clear, crisp Saturday evening in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta she dropped over 14 seconds from her previous best 1500 best. The Atlanta Track Club intended to provide an opportunity to gain qualifying times for the upcoming Olympic Trials in June. However, the ASICS GTC-ELITE coaches saw it as opportunity for Annie to demonstrate her speed over a shorter distance as she prepares to qualify in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase. She had not run a 1500m since joining the Greenville post-collegiate, Olympic-development program in August of 2019. The plan was to run the first 400 in 68 seconds and then progress accordingly. Working that plan, Annie covered the first lap in 68.74 and passed 800 meters at 2:16.32, which was a 67.57 lap. She then ran 67.83 and passed 1200 meters at 3:24.14 before closing the final 300 in 49.35. She moved from sixth to fourth over the final 200 meters, besting such standouts as 2016 Olympian Abby Cooper and Heather Kamph of Minnesota Distance Elite. Kamph has competed in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Trials, is a 4-time USA Mile Road Champion, and has been deemed the “Queen of the road Mile,” given she has won 28 races of that distance between 2011-2019. British Athletics Adelle Tracey won the event in 4:11.29. Former NC State runner Sammy George, now running for Mountain South Elite, placed second in 4:12.47 and Rhode Island Track Club's Maddy Berkson was third in 4:12.73. Former Florida State University standout Amanda (Winslow) Rego, now running for Colorado Springs Elite was fifth at 4:16.08.
GTC-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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-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), The ATI Running Academy, 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 Running (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Annie Rodenfels ran 15:46.7 to place fourth in the women's 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays, conducted Friday at North Carolina State University. On a warm, late March evening Rodenfels was targeting a new personal best as the deep field of women athletes started the fifth and final heat of the evening's 5,000s at 9:00 pm. However, after passing the first 800 meters slightly slower than her desired pace, Annie took the lead and passed the first kilometer in 3:08.89. She continued to lead through halfway (2500m), but relinquished it soon after to Providence College's Abby Wheeler. Wheeler led through 3,000m (9:28.7) with Rodenfels less than a second back in fourth position. By 3800m, Georgia Tech's All American Nicole Fegans was in front, followed by Notre Dame's Katie Wasserman, Wheeler and Rodenfels, all less than one second behind. The pace quickened over the final kilometer and the race came down to a ferocious final 400 as Wasserman closed the final lap in an impressive 64.75 to finish in a new meet record of 15:33.35, breaking Furman's Allie Buchalski's 2017 mark of 15:35.55. Fegans ran a personal best of 15:37.16 for second and NC State's Savannah Shaw ran 15:40.37 for third. Rodenfels had been passed by a couple of runners and was in sixth with 400m remaining, but rallied with a 71.6 final lap to place fourth. Wheeler placed fifth in 15:46.87 in what was the Raleigh Relays deepest field in the event's history as eleven of the 88 finishers (5 heats) broke 16:00 minutes. Rodenfels was disappointed in not being able to better her personal best of 15:35.18, but her 15:46.7 was her second best time over the 5,000m distance. Her kilometer splits were: 3:08.89, 3:09.86, 3:10.82, 3:11.8 and 3:05.33. She is currently scheduled to run in the Atlanta Track Club's elite 1500-meter event next week. GTC-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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-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), The ATI Running Academy, 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 Running (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
Annie Rodenfels of ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE continues to lead the South Carolina Road Rankings that were published on March 9th. Rodenfels set a SC state record for the road 5K of 16:09 back in September at the Mortgage Network Low Country Elite Invitational, which earned her the Top Woman's Performance of 2020 for South Carolina road racing. She followed that up with an outstanding 15:35 for 5,000 meters on the track at the Five & Dime Athletics Meet in Columbia, SC in mid-December. Her teammates, Eddie Garcia and Mackenzie Lowe, are also ranked. Garcia remains second to Greenville's James Quattlebaum. James won the Greenville Half Marathon on February 27th and Eddie was second, reflecting their respective places in the state rankings. Quattlebaum was the 2019 South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the Year, while Eddie earned that same honor for 2020. Lowe is ranked sixth among women after finishing sixth in that Greenville Half Marathon.
GTC-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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-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), The ATI Running Academy, 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 Running (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Eddie Garcia ran 1:05:35 to place second in the Greenville Half Marathon on a cool, damp and misty Saturday morning. Garcia, the 2020 USATF South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the Year, finished behind only Greenville's James Quattlebaum--the 2019 USATF SC LDROY--who ran a course record 1:03:59. The course started in Travelers Rest and finished in downtown Greenville and was run mostly on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. The course is not record eligible due to the net downhill. Garcia's time was his career third best behind his SC State Records of 1:05:25 and 1:04:32 from 2020. His effort earned $400 from the event's prize purse. His teammate, Mackenzie Lowe, placed sixth among women with a time of 1:20:36 in her third race since joining the program. She just missed the fifth place prize money by one second. GTC-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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-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), The ATI Running Academy, 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 Running (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
 Rodenfels leading the Low Country Elite Invitational Annie Rodenfels of ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE continues to lead the South Carolina Road Rankings that were published on February 11th. Rodenfels set a SC state record for the road 5K of 16:09 back in September at the Mortgage Network Low Country Elite Invitational, which earned her the Top Woman's Performance of 2020 for South Carolina road racing. She followed that up with an outstanding 15:35 for 5,000 meters on the track at the Five & Dime Athletics Meet in Columbia, SC in mid-December.
GTC-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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-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), The ATI Running Academy, 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 Running (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
 Eddie Garcia, Calista Ariel, Mackenzie Lowe, Emily Forner, Annie Rodenfels and Victor. The first question I was asked upon making the move to Greenville, SC was, “What does being a professional runner mean to you?” Bill Keesling (president of ASICS GTC-ELITE) presented that to me during our first meeting. I was stumped for a second and answered with what many think: treating it like a full-time job and representing sponsors in an extremely positive light. While this answer is not wrong, I have learned that it is not completely correct. It does not grasp the many facets and intricacies involved in the profession. During my 2.5 years on the ASICS GTC-ELITE team, I grew to fully understand and comprehend just what being a professional runner is.
Priority As a professional athlete training is the priority. For me, training was a lot more in-depth as a member of ASICS GTC-ELITE than my prior experiences post-collegiately and collegiately. While in college, I considered myself “training” for about 2-3 hours a day. I don’t imagine that to be overly crazy or too little for any collegiate athlete. Once you make the decision to put everything in, that is what your life revolves around. Training as a professional took up all 24 hours of my day, 7 days a week. I was constantly thinking about what I needed to do to prepare for the next session--whether it was seeing PT, massage, recovery boots, part-time job schedule, what foods to eat and when, and sleeping schedule, amongst the countless things that everyone has going on in life. And this is what a lot of people don’t understand about professional athletics. Everything you do has an effect on performance. At times it is hard because you just really want to watch one more episode of a TV show before going to sleep or just swing by that fast food restaurant so you don’t have to cook. Priority on training and performance is tough, and it takes a lot of sacrifices in other parts of life.  3000m Steeplechase at the Portland Track Festival Consistency and Patience Nothing happens overnight. On race day we don’t just wake up and decide to have an amazing performance. For peak races, that moment is created from weeks on weeks, months on months, and years on years of work. Consistency was never something that was emphasized to me as an athlete until arriving in Greenville. It was a concept I understood but was never truly taught. It is amazingly important, especially if you want to succeed. Our emphasis is being consistent. A ruthless consistency. A mind boggling consistency. A consistency that only comes through pure dedication. A consistency in everything. And it is through stacking those weeks, months, and years that dreams and goals come to fruition. Patience during this whole process kept me grounded, calm, and happy. Many athletes, especially runners, have an image of what they want to be. Everyone has their dreams and goals. More times than not, people forget where they are in the present and can only see what they dream of. Patience means to have the self awareness to recognize their current capabilities. Patience means to accept yourself as you are. Patience is finding joy in the small improvements throughout the whole process. I see consistency and patience as huge pieces of finding success--whether it is as an athlete or anything else.  L to R: Pataky, Annie Rodenfels, Eddie Garcia, Calista Ariel and Mackenzie Lowe Gratefulness No one achieves anything without opportunity and a support crew. Being grateful for these things shows that you have a deep appreciation for what you do. I consider my time with ASICS GTC-ELITE a blessing. I wasn’t even sure if I would get on the team. The organization took a chance on me, and gave me a great opportunity to pursue my dreams. For that, I am extremely grateful. I made many friends, enjoyed many experiences, and truly grew in my 2.5 years on the club. I want to take this opportunity to thank all my past teammates, friends, GTC, my coaches--Mike and Laura Caldwell, the staff at Performance Therapy--especially Tiffany, Elite Stretch and Strength, and the many others for trusting in me, believing in me, aiding me, and giving me one of the best experiences of my life. Special shout out to the current iteration of the team--Eddie, Annie, Emily, Calista, and Mackenzie. We built a fantastic culture in, arguably, the toughest time to be a dedicated athlete. I made lifetime friends, learned so much about not only the sport but also myself, and chased my ambitions and dreams without regret.
Mindset Through it all, mindset has been the key factor in finding, not only success, but also joy in being an elite athlete. I looked to embrace each and every experience. Good or bad, happy or sad, bitter or sweet. The mindset of embracing allowed me to open my mind and find meaning and value in all experiences. It’s simply amazing what a change in perspective and mindset can do. I found that I am able to be more accepting, more understanding, and able to take steps and progress towards any goal I have. If someone’s mindset was negative in any way, there is no way they would get through the thralls of this lifestyle successfully. My time at ASICS GTC-ELITE taught me that being a professional athlete was about embracing the priority, embracing consistency, embracing patience, embracing gratefulness, and embracing the run.
Victor Pataky joined ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE in August of 2018 and departed in December of 2020 to accept an assistant coaching position at Millsaps College in Jackson, MS. During his time with ASICS GTC-ELITE he ran personal bests in the 3000-meter Steeplechase (8:56.67) and the Half Marathon (1:07:05). He also coached the GTC's Youth Running Program--the GTC Rabbits. GTC-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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-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), The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance) , On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) and LEVER Running. The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
South Carolina USATF Record Keeper Bill Marable has published the 2020 South Carolina Open and Age Group rankings and the year's Top Performances. ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Eduardo Garcia and Annie Rodenfels were honored with the Top Performances for men and women, respectively. Garcia's performance was his Half Marathon State Record time of 1:04:32, set at December's Mortgage Network Half Marathon in Hardeeville, SC. Rodenfels' performance was also a South Carolina State Record when she ran 16:09 for 5K in the Low Country Elite Invitational in Bluffton. Garcia also was ranked first in the Open category for the Age Group rankings, where the top three performances for each athlete were used for comparison. Eddie's top three performances included a 14:17 5K (1st place) at the Low Country Elite Invitational (Bluffton); a 1:05:25 victory at Columbia's Governor's Cup Half Marathon which was a State Record; and a 1:04:32 State Record effort at the Mortgage Network Half Marathon (Hardeeville). Garcia was also recently awarded the 2020 SC Long Distance Runner of the Year award. Rodenfels did not have three road performances of at least 5K in distance, so was not included in the Open rankings. However, she did set the aforementioned State Record of 16:09 for 5K and also won the Greenville News Run Downtown 5K back in January 2020 with a time of 16:44. It should be noted that she also won the Governor's Cup Main Street Mile in February with a time of 4:54. Annie's focus was targeted toward the track where she ran personal bests over 5,000 meters of 15:49.53 (Nashville, TN) and 15:35.18 (Columbia, SC). GTC-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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-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), The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance) , On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) and LEVER Running. The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
The information below was provided by Bill Marable, the USATF South Carolina State Record Keeper. Competing in the state’s toughest events Eduardo “Eddie” Garcia won 3 of 6 races he participated in 2020, with major wins coming at The Long Run 15K (Columbia) in 46:32, the Lowcountry Elite Invitational 5K (Hardeeville) in 14:17 and the Governor’s Cup Half Marathon (Columbia) in a state record of 1:05:25. He lowered that record at the Mortgage Network Half Marathon (Hardeeville) to 1:04:32, finishing eighth in the state’s most competitive event. On the track he ran 10,000 meters in 29:48.56 placing runner-up at the Under 30 and outside of South Carolina at the Music City Festival he ran 5000 meters in 14:20.37. A native of Jacksonville, FL, Garcia has dual citizenship with the United States Virgin Islands. Competing at the University of Florida his top accomplishment was winning the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championship at 10,000 meters in 2015. He graduated in 2016 with a degree in in Sports Management. In 2019 he represented the Virgin Islands at the Pan-American Games in Lima. Peru placing 12th in the marathon in 2:19:12. He ran 2:18:50 that same year in Houston which is one of a total 10 national records he holds. In March of 2018 Garcia joined ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE and works as a sales associate at Fleet Feet Sports. He is coached by the club’s director Mike Caldwell, who is a former Furman athlete and has an extensive background in the running industry. Their goal is for him to compete it to the Tokyo Olympics this summer. The 28-year-old athlete in currently engaged to Sydney Sibner. Other contenders for this award were Chris Bailey, Jonathan McGinnis, Brett Morley and James Quattlebaum.
 GTC-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 and three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 48-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), The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance) , On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) and LEVER Running. The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
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