Niemiec Places 14th at USATF 25K Champs

Niemiec finishing a previous race.

ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Joe Niemiec returned to his home state of Michigan and placed 14th in the USATF 25K Championships. The national championship competition is conducted within Grand Rapids' Amway River Bank Run, which is the largest 25K event in the country. 

Niemiec, who relocated with his wife and children from Michigan to Greenville in the later part of 2018, improved his personal best for the distance by over 70 seconds. Starting conservatively, per the race plan, he then settled into a pace just under 5:10 per mile after 5K. He passed the half-marathon (13.1-mile) split at 1:07:24 before finishing at 1:19:52 (5:08/mile). 

GTC-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and one qualifier for the 2019 Pam American Games in. Lima, Peru. 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, 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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