McKnight Runs PB in Indianapolis Half Marathon

McKnight during her pre-race shakeout on Friday before her race.

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​ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Cristina McKnight ran a personal best of 1:16:04 to place 14th in the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Half Marathon in Indiana's capital city. She averaged 5:48 per mile over the 13.1-mile course on a cold Saturday morning. Her finishing time was 36 seconds faster than her previous best, which she ran in Eugene, OR in April. Cristina ran negative splits as she passed 10K at 36:28 (5:52 pace).

McKnight joined the post-collegiate, Olympic-development program in March and had not competed as a collegiate athlete while studying at Michigan State University. She graduated in 2018 with a degree in Statistics and is employed by GE.  

GTC-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and one qualifier/participant for the 2019 Pam American Games Marathon in. Lima, Peru. The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 47-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate,   generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Boston Bill Sunglasses, 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, DorsiFlex and Synergy Performance (mental performance).  The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and  USATF.

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