asics Greenville Track Club-ELITE - a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program
8 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
established 2012
8 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
established 2012
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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Mackenzie Lowe returned to her home state of New York and placed fifth in the women's Rochester Mile on Saturday evening. She earned $250 for her performance as she clocked 5:07 for the distance, which was much shorter than the distances that she focuses on--10K through the marathon. Mackenzie had placed second in Greenville, SC's United Community Bank Reedy River Run 10K last month with a time of 36:16. The Rochester Mile is part of a thrilling event featuring the USA Cycling Rochester Twilight Criterium. The race, as well as The USATF Masters Mile Championship race, was run along a barricaded one-mile loop course through the heart of Rochester just like the Criterium cyclists. The pro runners were competing for $10,000 in cash prizes and featured some of the fastest runners in the Northeast. ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel ran 14:07.1 to win the 5,000 meters on Saturday night at the Lee University Last Chance Meet in Cleveland, TN. With the temperature cooling somewhat from the late afternoon high in the mid-80s, to a more comfortable 69 degrees at the 9:20 pm start, the race was an opportunity for many collegiate athletes to obtain their qualifying marks for upcoming NCAA championships. However, the humidity also rose to 88 percent after sundown making the conditions somewhat more difficult. Jason ran in the chase pack for most of the race as the pacer led a couple of runners at the intended pace of 13:50. However, once the pacer dropped out, the leader began to slow and Weitzel caught him with about 500 meters remaining. Jason closed well with a final 400 at 1:03.07. His winning margin grew to almost five seconds. "I thought the race was a little slower tonight than the previous one here in April for some reason--probably being warmer," he stated following the race. Jason had run 14:05.29 here on April 8th. "I'm pleased with being able to win, though." ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel continues to be ranked second in the South Carolina Road Race Rankings for the sixth consecutive month. The rankings were published today by South Carolina's USATF record keeper Bill Marable. In December Weitzel was ranked for the first time since joining the post-collegiate, Olympic-development program. The top ranked SC road racer continues to be Greenville's James Quattlebaum, who was the 2019 and 2021 South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the year and has led the SC rankings all year. At the United Community Bank 44th Reedy River Run 10K on April 23 in downtown Greenville, SC, Quattlebaum won his third consecutive title with an excellent time of 29:20 over the challenging course. Weitzel placed second, as he did in the 2021 event which was conducted last September due to COVID-19, with his 29:47 clocking. Greenville's Ricky Flynn continues to be ranked third in the rankings, which is the same as his placing at the UCB Reedy River Run. The top three finishers in that race are similarly ranked in the SC Road Race Rankings. ASICS GTC-ELITE's Mackenzie Lowe ran 36:16 to place second at that race, to earn sixth in the SC Road Race Rankings. She had not raced in South Carolina since September and had fallen out of the previous rankings. The race winner, Victoria Hammersmith (36:12) is currently ranked third, while third placer Shelby Jaramillo is now ranked fourth. South Carolina Road Race Rankings |
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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
 Philadelphia, PA |  Mackenzie Lowe |
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Mackenzie Lowe ran 59:34 for 10 miles to place 26th among women in Philadelphia's Broad Street Run on Sunday morning. After passing the five-mile checkpoint in 29:42, she maintained her pace through seven miles at 41:46 and then through the finish. Mackenzie had placed second last weekend in Greenville's United Community Bank Reedy River Run 10K with a time of 36:16. She previously had competed in the City of Brotherly Love last November, when she ran 2:48:50 in the Philadelphia Marathon.
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
 James Quattlebaum (Black top) and Jason Weitzel at 3K. |  |
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel and Mackenzie Lowe placed second among men and women, respectively, in the United Community Bank 44th Reedy River Run 10K on Saturday morning. Weitzel placed second for the second time in this historic race as he covered the challenging course in a quick 29:47--some 35 seconds faster than in the 2021 race (which was held on Labor Day in September due to COVID-19). He finished behind two-time defending champion James Quattlebaum, who not only won for the third time, but set what is believed to be an event record of 29:20. Quattlebaum and Weitzel have been ranked first and second all year in the South Carolina Road Race Rankings.
In the women's division, Lowe improved on her third place in 2021 by finishing second with a Personal Best of 36:16, dropping 1 minute and 39 seconds from her time here last year. She finished only four seconds behind Mauldin, SC's Victoria Hammersmith, who won in 36:12. Hammersmith was the 2021 SC Long Distance Runner of the Year.
Weitzel earned $650 for his performance ($400 for 2nd overall, $50 for 2nd South Carolinian and $200 time bonus) and Lowe takes home $450 (2nd overall and South Carolinian).
In the women's division, Lowe improved on her third place in 2021 by finishing second with a Personal Best of 36:16, dropping 1 minute and 39 seconds from her time here last year. She finished only four seconds behind Mauldin, SC's Victoria Hammersmith, who won in 36:12. Hammersmith was the 2021 SC Long Distance Runner of the Year.
Weitzel earned $650 for his performance ($400 for 2nd overall, $50 for 2nd South Carolinian and $200 time bonus) and Lowe takes home $450 (2nd overall and South Carolinian).
 Mackenzie Lowe, second from left, at Awards presentation. |  Jason Weitzel, second from right. |
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel ran a personal best of 14:05.29 on a windy Friday evening to place third in the 5,000 meters at Lee University's Flames Invitational in Cleveland, TN. His previous best was 14:12.0 while competing for Concord University in 2021. Jason recorded kilometer splits of 2:48.33, 2:51.23, 2:51.28, 2:53.25 and 2:41.2 as he covered the final 400m lap in 1:02.9. It was a quick turnaround after running 29:22 at the Cooper River Bridge Run 10K six days earlier.
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
James Quattlebaum (left) and Jason Weitzel, just after finishing the Cooper River Bridge Run 10K in Charleston, SC. photo: Whitaker
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel continues to be ranked second in the South Carolina Road Race Rankings for the fifth consecutive month. The rankings were published today by South Carolina's USATF record keeper Bill Marable. In December Weitzel was ranked for the first time since joining the post-collegiate, Olympic-development program. The top ranked SC road racer is Greenville's James Quattlebaum, who was the 2019 and 2021 South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the year and has led the recent SC rankings.
Quattlebaum finished 10th (29:01) and as the third USA citizen and first South Carolinian at last weekend's very competitive Cooper River Bridge Run 10K, which ran from Mt. Pleasant to Charleston. Weitzel was the second South Carolina finisher and fifth USA citizen as he placed 12th with a time of 29:22.
Jason's ranking also comes from his runner-up (to Quattlebaum) placing at September's United Community Bank Reedy River Run 10K in Greenville, his 1:04:45 performance in December at the 2021 USATF Half Marathon Championships in Hardeeville, SC and his January victory in The Greenville News Run Downtown 5K (14:37). Also of note, Jason set new State resident records at 15K, 10-Miles and 20K in route during his Half Marathon performance. He recently ran 45:48 to place 25th at the 2022 USATF 15K Championships at Jacksonville, Florida's Gate River Run. That performance did not affect the South Carolina Road Race Rankings due to being out of state.
Quattlebaum finished 10th (29:01) and as the third USA citizen and first South Carolinian at last weekend's very competitive Cooper River Bridge Run 10K, which ran from Mt. Pleasant to Charleston. Weitzel was the second South Carolina finisher and fifth USA citizen as he placed 12th with a time of 29:22.
Jason's ranking also comes from his runner-up (to Quattlebaum) placing at September's United Community Bank Reedy River Run 10K in Greenville, his 1:04:45 performance in December at the 2021 USATF Half Marathon Championships in Hardeeville, SC and his January victory in The Greenville News Run Downtown 5K (14:37). Also of note, Jason set new State resident records at 15K, 10-Miles and 20K in route during his Half Marathon performance. He recently ran 45:48 to place 25th at the 2022 USATF 15K Championships at Jacksonville, Florida's Gate River Run. That performance did not affect the South Carolina Road Race Rankings due to being out of state.
South Carolina Road Race Rankings
as of April 3, 2022
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
Jason Weitzel (striped singlet) among the lead pack before climbing the bridge.
On a cooler, but breezy, Saturday morning ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel ran a personal best of 29:22 for 10K in the 45th edition of the Cooper River Bridge Run from Mt. Pleasant to Charleston, SC. That placed him 12th overall in a field mostly dominated by Kenyan-born athletes as seven finished ahead of him. Although finishing well behind second-placer and 2016 USA Olympian Leonard Korir (28:27), he bested two other USA Olympians (2021 marathon) in Abdi Abdirahman (13th/29:37) and Jake Riley (15th/29:58).
Jason finished as the fifth USA citizen and second South Carolinian. Greenville's James Quattlebaum, who is currently ranked first among South Carolina road racers (Weitzel is second) was the third USA and first South Carolina finisher with his 10th place overall (29:01). Weitzel's time was also a new 10K best for the ASICS GTC-ELITE program, eclipsing the long-standing performances of Adam Freudenthal and Ricky Flynn back in 2014.
Jason finished as the fifth USA citizen and second South Carolinian. Greenville's James Quattlebaum, who is currently ranked first among South Carolina road racers (Weitzel is second) was the third USA and first South Carolina finisher with his 10th place overall (29:01). Weitzel's time was also a new 10K best for the ASICS GTC-ELITE program, eclipsing the long-standing performances of Adam Freudenthal and Ricky Flynn back in 2014.
 Jason Weitzel | James Quattlebaum and Jason Weitzel after the finish. Photo: Whitaker |
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel continues to be ranked second in the South Carolina Road Race Rankings for the fourth consecutive month. The rankings were published today by South Carolina's USATF record keeper Bill Marable. In December Weitzel was ranked for the first time since joining the post-collegiate, Olympic-development program. The top ranked SC road racer is Greenville's James Quattlebaum, who was the 2019 and 2021 South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the year and has led the recent SC rankings.
Weitzel's ranking comes from his runner-up (to Quattlebaum) placing at September's United Community Bank Reedy River Run 10K in Greenville, his 1:04:45 performance in December at the 2021 USATF Half Marathon Championships in Hardeeville, SC and his January victory in The Greenville News Run Downtown 5K (14:37). Also of note, Jason set new State resident records at 15K, 10-Miles and 20K in route during his Half Marathon performance. He recently ran 45:48 to place 25th at the 2022 USATF 15K Championships at Jacksonville, Florida's Gate River Run. That performance did not affect the South Carolina Road Race Rankings due to being out of state.
Weitzel's ranking comes from his runner-up (to Quattlebaum) placing at September's United Community Bank Reedy River Run 10K in Greenville, his 1:04:45 performance in December at the 2021 USATF Half Marathon Championships in Hardeeville, SC and his January victory in The Greenville News Run Downtown 5K (14:37). Also of note, Jason set new State resident records at 15K, 10-Miles and 20K in route during his Half Marathon performance. He recently ran 45:48 to place 25th at the 2022 USATF 15K Championships at Jacksonville, Florida's Gate River Run. That performance did not affect the South Carolina Road Race Rankings due to being out of state.
South Carolina Road Race Rankings
as of March 5, 2022
Also in the men's rankings, former ASICS GTC-ELITE runners Ricky Flynn is ranked third and Roland Hakes ninth.
ASICS GTC-ELITE's Mackenzie Lowe is ranked ninth among women, but has not raced in South Carolina since September. .
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
ASICS GTC-ELITE's Mackenzie Lowe is ranked ninth among women, but has not raced in South Carolina since September. .
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
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ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel ran 45:48 to place 25th at the 2022 USATF 15K Championships on Saturday. On a foggy and very humid north Florida morning Jason passed the first 5K in 14:49 and 10K in 30:03 before the infamous climb up the Hart Bridge--a.k.a. The Green Monster--in Jacksonville, FL. After climbing some 43 meters in elevation up the bridge, he ran the mostly downhill then flat final mile in 4:48.
It was the 45th edition of the Gate River Run and had 10,327 finishers in the 15K including Olympians Leonard Korir (3rd), Hilary Bor (4th), Galen Rupp (7th place), Diego Estrada (17th) and Jacob Riley (35th) among the men plus Emily Sisson (1st) and Emily Infield (3rd) among the women. Nico Montanez ran a quick 43:09 to win the USATF Championship and Sisson repeated as the the women's champion with an outstanding time of 47:28.
It was Jason's first competitive attempt at the 15K distance, although he ran his personal best and South Carolina State Record of 45:34 en route to his 1:04:45 finish at the 2021 USATF Half Marathon Championships in December. Also.of note, former ASICS GTC-ELITE Eduardo Garcia finished 27th with a personal best of 45:53.
It was the 45th edition of the Gate River Run and had 10,327 finishers in the 15K including Olympians Leonard Korir (3rd), Hilary Bor (4th), Galen Rupp (7th place), Diego Estrada (17th) and Jacob Riley (35th) among the men plus Emily Sisson (1st) and Emily Infield (3rd) among the women. Nico Montanez ran a quick 43:09 to win the USATF Championship and Sisson repeated as the the women's champion with an outstanding time of 47:28.
It was Jason's first competitive attempt at the 15K distance, although he ran his personal best and South Carolina State Record of 45:34 en route to his 1:04:45 finish at the 2021 USATF Half Marathon Championships in December. Also.of note, former ASICS GTC-ELITE Eduardo Garcia finished 27th with a personal best of 45:53.
The Start of the 2022 USATF 15K Championships
ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012. The program produced 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 and one qualifier for and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase. 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. ASICS GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
The post-collegiate, Olympic development program is sponsored by ASICS, the 50-year-old Greenville Track Club, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), The Borch Foundation, generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Carolina Spine and Rehab, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Cocoa Elite recovery products, Stryd Running, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility), On Pace Wellness (nutrition coaching) 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.
