Lowe Places 5th in Rochester Mile

Mackenzie Lowe

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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Mackenzie Lowe returned to her home state of New York and placed fifth in the women's Rochester Mile on Saturday evening. She earned $250 for her performance as she clocked 5:07 for the distance, which was much shorter than the distances that she focuses on--10K through the marathon. Mackenzie had placed second in Greenville, SC's United Community Bank Reedy River Run 10K last month with a time of 36:16. 

​The Rochester Mile is part of a thrilling event featuring the USA Cycling Rochester Twilight Criterium. The race, as well as The USATF Masters Mile Championship race, was run along a barricaded one-mile loop course through the heart of Rochester just like the Criterium cyclists. The pro runners were competing for $10,000 in cash prizes and featured some of the fastest runners in the Northeast.

ASICS Greenville Track Club-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, three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year. 

​The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, 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, Stryd Running, 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.​