Greenville Track Club-ELITE - a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program
11 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
established 2012
11 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
established 2012
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Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel is now ranked first in the most recent South Carolina Road Race Rankings, published by USATF State Record Keeper Bill Marable. Jason surpasses Greenville's James Quattlebaum, who has lead the rankings for the past couple of years. Weitzel's training partner and teammate, Eddie Garcia, remains third in the rankings. Each of the top three ranked runners have not recently raced within the state of South Carolina, as they have competed in top competitions elsewhere, including the USATF 20K Championships (New Haven, CT), USATF 10K Championships (Northport, NY), the Bakline McKirdy Marathon (Valley Cottage, NY) and the USATF 5K Championships (New York, NY). Both Jason an Eddie ran under the USA Olympic Trials Marathon qualifying standard of 2:18:00 at the Bakline McKirdy Marathon with Personal Bests of 2:15:55 and 2:17:09, respectively. Weitzel and Garcia's most recent SC performances were Jason's victory at the Michelin Memorial 5K in August and Garcia's runner-up finish. Both Jason and Eddie crushed the previous course record of 14:42 (GTC-ELITE's Austin Steagall in 2016), with times of 14:15 and 14:20, respectively. Eddie previously had victories this summer at the Sunrise 8K and the Red, White and Blue Shoes 5K and was ranked second in the August rankings. Quattlebaum was the 2022 South Carolina Long Distance Runner of the Year and previously won the SCLDROY honors in 2019 and 2021. Garcia, was the 2020 SCLD Runner of the Year in 2020. GTC-ELITE alums Ricky Flynn (Greenville) and Roland Hakes (now residing in Columbia) continue to be ranked fourth and fifth, respectively. South Carolina Road Race Rankings |
1. Jason Weitzel - 14:15 (2023), 1st 2. Eduardo Garcia - 14:20 (2023). 2nd 3. Austin Steagall - 14:42 (2016), 1st 4. Adam Freudenthal - 14:43 (2014, 1st 5. Jason Weitzel - 14:44 (2022), 1st 5. Austin Steagall - 14:44 (2018), 1st 7. Eduardo Garcia - 14:48 (2018), 2nd 8. Mark Leininger - 14:54 (2015), 1st | 9. Ryan Bugler - 14:57 (2019), 1st 10. Joe Niemiec - 14:59 (2019), 2nd 11. Adam Freudenthal - 15:01 (2013), T-1st 11. Chass Armstrong - 15:01 (2013), T-1st 13. Victor Pataky - 15:06 (2018), 2nd 14. Victor Pataky - 15:07 (2019), 3rd 15. Tyler Morse - 15:22 (2017), 2nd 16. Avery Martin - 15:25 (2019), 4th |