Lowe Wins Red, White & Blue Shoes 5K

ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Mackenzie Lowe ran 18:01 to win the Red, White & Blue Shoes 5K on Saturday morning in Simpsonville, SC.  She had finished second to teammate Emily Forner in the Sunrise 8K on a course using the same start and finish area in the Greenville suburb last month. It was her first victory since joining the program in August of 2020. 

The Greenville Track Club event was moved from its traditional venue at Furman University to Simpsonville due to COVID-19 concerns, which were more restrictive during the planning period for the race months ago. There were 576 finishers. 

Red, White & Blues Shoes women's winner in Red, White & Blue

Post-race smiles

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, three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA and one qualifier for the 2021 USATF Olympic Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase.  Also, the group set four South Carolina State road race records in 2020 (5K, 15K and Half Marathon).  The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 49-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), The ATI Running Academy, 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 Running (treadmill body weight support).  The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and  USATF.​