GTC-ELITE Ranked 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th in February South Carolina Road Race Rankings

The top six ranked male runners in the February 2026 South Carolina Road Race Rankings reside in Greenville, as published by USATF SC Record Keeper Bill Marable. Multiple-time rankings leader James Quattlebaum remains in the top position. Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Noah Fisher moved up from 4th in the January rankings to second this month. His teammates and training partners Ryan Drew, Jason Weitzel and Jack Mastandrea ranked 3rd, 4th and 5th, respectively. 

Quattlebaum won the Greenville Journal Run Downtown 5K in January, just ahead of Fisher. while Drew and Weitzel placed third and fourth. Ricky Flynn, a GTC-ELITE alum and now ranked sixth in the Palmetto State's road rankings.

South Carolina Road Race Rankings
as of February 2026

 1.   James Quattlebaum, (30, Greenville) 
 2.   Noah Fisher (23, Greenville)
 3.   Ryan Drew (27, Greenville) 
 4.   Jason Weitzel (28, Greenville) 
 5.   Jack Mastandrea (27, Greenville)   
 6.   Ricky Flynn (38, Greenville) ** 
 7.   Hunter Jarvis (27, Columbia)
 8.   Roland Hakes (32, Irmo) 
 9.  Caleb Christiansen (24, Cayce)
10. David Williams (22, Irmo)

​* GTC-ELITE athlete
** GTC-ELITE alum (previous member)

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;  three qualifiers for the 2024 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Orlando, FL and currently two for the 2028 Olympic Trials Marathon. 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 had the top two ranked South Carolina road racers for 2024 and the 2nd through 5th ranked in 2025. 

​The program is sponsored and supported by the 54-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.​