Four GTC-ELITE Athletes Rank Among the Top Seven in the July South Carolina Road Race Rankings

Jack Mastandrea, Jason Weitzel, Sergio Cuartas, Davonte Jett-Reynolds and Ryan Drew

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In the South Carolina Road Race Rankings, published on July 17 by USATF SC Record Keeper Bill Marable, the top four runners remained the same as the previous month. Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jack Mastandrea is ranked second, while his teammates Jason Weitzel, Ryan Drew and Davonte Jett-Reynolds are ranked fourth, fifth and seventh, respectively. Drew jumped three positions after being ranked 8th last month and recently had record-breaking performances in winning the Sunrise 8K and the Red, White & Blue Shoes 5K.. Jett-Reynolds dropped one place in the rankings. Former GTC-ELITE members Ricky Flynn, who rank a personal road best at the R,W&B Shoes 5K is ranked third  and Roland Hakes ninth. 

James Quattlebaum of Greenville is ranked first for the fifth consecutive month, a spot he has occupied many times previously.  The top five, and eight of the top ten, men are from Greenville  while the other two reside in the Midlands of the state. ​

South Carolina Road Race Rankings
as of July 5, 2025

  1. James Quattlebaum, (29, Greenville) 
  2. Jack Mastandrea (27, Greenville) 
  3. Ricky Flynn (37, Greenville) 
  4. Jason Weitzel (28, Greenville) 
  5.   Ryan Drew (27, Greenville) 
  6. Solomon Kagimbi (37, Columbia) 
  7. Davonte Jett-Reynolds (27, Greenville) 
  8. Coen Roberts (22, Greenville)  
  9. Roland Hakes (32, Irmo) 
10. Sergio Cuartaz (22, Greenville)
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* GTC-ELITE
** former GTC-ELITE
*** trained with GTC-ELITE

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Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012 and is well into its second decade as a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program. The program developed and produced one participant for the 2024 Olympic Games marathon in Paris; 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; one qualifier and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase in Eugene, OR; and three qualifiers for the 2024 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Orlando, FL. 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. GTC-ELITE  produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year and recently had the top two ranked South Carolina road racers for 2024.

​The program is sponsored and supported by the 53-year-old Greenville Track Club, ASICS, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility) 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.​