McKnight Wins Cincinnati Heart 15K

In her final competition before relocating to Greenville, SC and joining the ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE post-collegiate, Olympic-development program, Cristina McKnight won the Cincinnati Heart 15K race in the Ohio city. She ran 56:40 over the hilly route on a windy morning. It was a personal best for McKnight, who only began competitive running a couple of years ago. 

GTC-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and currently one "time-qualifier" for the 2020 Olympic marathon.  The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 47-year-old Greenville Track Club, ScanSource, 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, DorsiFlex and Synergy Performance (mental performance).  The club is a proud member of both the Road Runners Club of America and  USATF. ​