Garcia Places 2nd in 10,000m

Eddie Garcia in white singlet.

ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Eddie Garcia ran 29:48.56 to placed second in the "Under 30 Minutes 10K" on Saturday evening. The race was won by Greenville's James Quattlebaum with a time of 29:43.03. The event was produced by Greenville's Cole Atkins, with assistance from Quattlebaum, and held at Southern Wesleyan University in Central, SC. 

While the initial intent was to run under 29:00, the extremely humid conditions paired with   unwelcomed wind gusts from the approaching storm slowed the pace somewhat. The pacers led the small group of runners through the early kilometers on sub-29:15 pace, passing 3K in 8:46, but slowed some before passing 5,000 meters in 14:41. Soon thereafter small gaps developed between the eventual four finishers and each ran alone.

Alex Cornwell placed third with a time of 29:56.19 and Atkins fourth at 30:16.89. 

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, 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) and the MOBO board.  The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and  USATF.​