Jett-Reynolds Places 3rd in Bob Pollock Invitational 3000-meters

Davonte Jett-Reynolds leading at 1650 meters.

Traversing the quagmire on the way home after the meet.

Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Davonte Jett-Reynolds ran 8:03.96 to place third in the men's 3000-meter Invitational event at the Bob Pollock Invitational on Saturday afternoon. With a steady rain falling outside, the acton level was high in Clemson's Indoor Track & Field facility. DJR's time was only two tenth's of a second off the time (8:03.76) that he won last week's Carolina Challenge in Columbia, SC. 

Davonte moved through the pack on the first two laps of the 200-meter circuit and followed a pacesetter through the first 1000 meters in 2:41.84. He then took the lead, passing 1600m at 4:18.57 and 2,000m at 5:23.96. At that point he held a narrow lead over the chase pack of four that were within two seconds. However, he slowed on the 11th circuit with his slowest lap (34.66) of the race and relinquished the lead as he fell back into fifth position. He then rallied over the next 400 meters, covering those two laps in 63.0. He ran the penultimate lap in his fastest of the day (29.65), moving into third. After that rallying move though, he lost contact on the final circuit to place third behind Wake Forest's Paul Specht (7:59.37) and Cincinnati's Tyler Wirth (7:59.64). 

Greenville Track Club-ELITE 3000-Meter Top Ten All-Time Performances 

Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012 and is in its second decade as a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program. 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, 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 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 also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year. 

​The program is sponsored and supported by the 52-year-old Greenville Track Club, ASICS, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, UCAN energy products, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.​