Watson Places 2nd at Oak City Mile

Carolyn Watson

ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Carolyn Watson placed second in the women's division of the Oak City Mile in Raleigh, NC on a hot Sunday afternoon. Watson ran 5:10.0 over the downtown out-and-back route and finished behind Durham, NC's Marisa Ryan's 5:06.7. Ryan, a graduate of Boston University and now a physician, is a former NCAA All American at 3,000 meters. The first three finishers in the "Competitive" divisions of the event earned $300, $200 and $100, respectively. 

GTC-ELITE produced four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles and is sponsored by ASICS, the Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery, FinalSurge, Joy Real Estate, The TD Bank Foundation, The Kroc Center, Carolina Spine and Rehab, The ATI Running Academy, ElliptiGO, the Bare Minimum Track Club and generous individual contributors. ​​​​​​ 

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