Garcia & Rodenfels Lead South Carolina Road Race Rankings

Victor Pataky, Eddie Garcia, Annie Rodenfels and Coach Laura Caldwell

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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Eddie Garcia and Annie Rodenfels lead the men's and women's South Carolina Road Race rankings, which were published on December 6, 2020. Their teammate Victor Pataky was ranked third among the men. 

Garcia's two most recent road races both took place in the state's Low Country, where he won the Low Country Elite 5K in September and then broke his own SC state resident's record in the Half Marathon last weekend with a time of 1:04:32. He placed 8th overall, but was the first SC finisher, in the Mortgage Network Half Marathon. Pataky also ran a personal best in the later event at 1:07:05 and had previously placed 4th in the Low Country Elite 5K. Rodenfels last road competition was the Low Country Elite 5K, where she set the SC state resident record of 16:09.

The number of road competitions in South Carolina (and most other states) has been dramatically reduced during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both of those events in the Low Country (Hardeeville/Bluffton, SC) were "elite" events and conducted under COVID-19 protocols, including pre- & post-race face masks requirements. The most recent event also required proof of negative COVID-19 tests. 

South Carolina Road Race Rankings (as of 12.06.20)

The SC Road Race Rankings are published by Bill Marable.

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.​