Mastandrea Leads GTC-ELITE at The 49th Great Cow Harbor Run 10K

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Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jack Mastandrea ran 28:59.31 to place 8th and lead his teammates in the 49th edition of The Great Cow Harbor Run 10K in the village of Northport, NY on Saturday morning. His time (rounded up to 29:00) is the fastest performance in this historic race by a GTC-ELITE athlete. He eared $400 for his place. 

He was followed in 10th place by training partner Jason Weitzel who improved his time on this course by 24 seconds with his 29:15.37 (29:16). It was Jason's best finish here as he had previously placed 12th on three occasions (2022, 2023 and 2024). His tenth place was good for $200. Their teammate Noah Fisher ran eight seconds faster than in 2025 to place 13th. 

​Mastandrea, Weitzel and Fisher have all qualified for the 2028 USA Olympic Team Marathon Trials in St. Louis, MO. They are next scheduled to compete in the USATF 10K Road Championships in Minneapolis, MN on October 3, the Indianapolis Monumental Half Marathon in November, and the USATF Marathon Championships at the California International Marathon in Sacramento in December. 

This year's Great Cow Harbor 10K sold out its 5,000 participant limit in 92 hours. The race started with the temperature at 61 degrees and 64% humidity with cooling breezes. It was the fastest top ten men finishers in race history as winner Chandler Gibbons of Chicago lead 8 runners under 29:00 as he just missed the course record of 28:13 with his time of 28:15.68 (28:16).

Jack Mastandrea, 8th

Jason Weitzel, 10th

Noah Fisher, 13th

2026 Great Cow Harbor Run 10K Top 15 Overall

Jack, Jason and Noah being interviewed on Friday evening.

Jason, Jack and Noah post race with their "military-grade" flashlight awards.

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Men's Top 10: Jason Weitzel on left on second row and Jack Mastandrea third from left, second row.

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Historical GTC-ELITE Men's Top Performances at the Great Cow Harbor 10K

​ 1.  Jack Mastandrea, 29:00 - 8th (2026)
 2.  Jason Weitzel, 29:16 - 10th (2026)
 3.  Jack Mastandrea, 29:21 - 10th (2024)*
 4.  Noah Fisher, 29:32 - 13th (2026)
 5.  Jack Mastandrea, 29:39 - 10th (2025)
 6.  Noah Fisher, 29:40 - 11th (2025)
 6.  Jason Weitzel, 29:40 - 12th (2022)*
 8.  Karl Thiessen, 29:42 -11th  (2023)*
 9.  Jason Weitzel, 29:43 - 12th (2024)*
10. Jason Weitzel, 29:46 - 12th (2023)*
11. Adam Freudenthal, 29:49 - 6th (2014)

​* USATF 10K Championships

12. Eduardo Garcia, 29:57 - 15th (2023)*
13. Mark Leininger, 30:16 - 6th (2016)
14. Eduardo Garcia, 30:16 - 9th (2018)
15. Mark Leininger, 30:47 - 6th (2015)
16. Victor Pataky, 30:52 - 11th (2019)
17. Adam Freudenthal, 31:02 - 9th (2013)
18. Tyler Morse, 31:15 - 13th (2017)
19. Austin Steagall, 31:16 - 9th (2016)
20. Victor Pataky, 31:27 - 15th (2018)
21. Chass Armstrong, 32:14 -13th (2013)
​22. Austin Steagall, 32:46 - 20th (2017)

The Great Cow Harbor 10K Course Profile

Cow Harbor, Northport, NY

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 three for the 2028 Olympic Trials Marathon in St. Louis, MO. 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 54-year-old Greenville Track Club, ASICS, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Endurance Ally Physical 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), LEVER Movement (treadmill body weight support),Omius (Cooling Systems) and BAKLINE (custom competition kits). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.​
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