Ruck Sets Record at Greenville News Run Downtown 5K

Kimberly Ruck.

ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE athlete Kimberly Ruck ran to a new course record of 16:32 in winning the 36th edition of the Greenville News Run Downtown 5K in beautiful Greenville, SC. It was the third consecutive win for Ruck, who bested her previous record of 16:55, set last year. She was followed by her teammate Alison Parris, who placed second among the women in 17:33. ASICS GTC-ELITE's Chris Caldwell was second in the overall competition with a 15:55 on a cold, but sunny Saturday morning. The race was the first of many Greenville Track Club events in 2015 and is sponsored by The Greenville News. 

GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the 42-year old Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System's North Greenville Hospital, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, The TD Bank Foundation, The Kroc Center, Carolina Spine and Rehab, The Proaxis Running Academy, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors.

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