Mastandrea and Weitzel Remain 1st and 2nd in February South Carolina Road Race Rankings

Jack Mastandrea, Jason Weitzel, Sergio Cuartas, Davonte Jett-Reynolds and Ryan Drew

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Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jack Mastandrea and Jason Weitzel continue to be ranked first and second in the most recent (February) South Carolina Road Race Ranking as published by USATF South Carolina record keeper Bill Marable. It is the sixth consecutive month that Mastandrea has been ranked first and the 39th month that Weitzel has been ranked among the top three. Weitzel had been ranked first before his teammate Mastandrea earned the top spot. 

Two other GTC-ELITE athletes are ranked among the top ten with Davonte Jett-Reynolds sixth and Ryan Drew eighth. Jett-Reynolds recently won the GTC Run Downtown 5K, where Drew was third and Mastandrea fourth. Sergio Cuartas, who trains with GTC-ELITE and placed fifth in the GTC Run Downtown 5K is ninth. And two former GTC-ELITE athletes, Ricky Flynn and Roland Hakes are ranked with and tenth, respectively. Seven of the top ten currently train or have trained with GTC-ELITE. 

Eight of the top ten men reside in the Greenville area, including the top six. 

South Carolina Road Race Rankings
as of February 1, 2025

 1.    Jack Mastandrea (26, Greenville) *
 2.    Jason Weitzel (28, Greenville) *
 3.    James Quattlebaum (29, Greenville)
 4.    Coen Roberts (22, Greenville)
 5.    Ricky Flynn (37, Greenville) **
 6.    Davonte Jett-Reynolds (27, Greenville) *
 7.    Hunter Jarvis (27, Columbia)
 8.    Ryan Drew (27, Greenville) *
 9.    Sergio Cuartas (21, Greenville) ***
​10.   Roland Hakes (31, Irmo) **

* GTC-ELITE
** former GTC-ELITE
*** trains with GTC-ELITE

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; 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  produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year and recently had the top two ranked South Carolina road racers for 2024.

​The program is sponsored and supported by the 53-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.​