Weitzel Places Second in 47th United Community Reedy River Run 10K

Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel ran 29:48 to place second in the 47th edition of the United Community Reedy River Run in downtown Greenville, SC on Saturday morning. With the temperature at 59-degrees for the 7:15 am start, Jason followed now-five-time winner James Quattlebaum around the 10K course that crosses the Reedy River at six different places. Weitzel was just shy of his 29:44 winning time in 2024. It was also his fourth runner-up placing in this historic event. Since 2021 Jason has placed among the first two finishers on each occasion. His top three time performances are 29:44, 29:47 and 29:48. Jason earned $625 for his performance, including $400 for second place, $175 for breaking 29:50 and $50 as second South Carolina resident. 

Quattlebaum broke his own "event record" (course has varied over the years due to multiple construction projects in downtown Greenville) with an impressive 29:03. His previous best and event record in this race was 29:20. James earned a total of $1100 ($500 for winning, $500 for event record and $100 for first South Carolina resident). 

Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012 and is well into its second decade as a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program. The program developed and produced one participant for the 2024 Olympic Games marathon in Paris; 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; one qualifier and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase in Eugene, OR; and three qualifiers for the 2024 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Orlando, FL. 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. GTC-ELITE  produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year and recently had the top two ranked South Carolina road racers for 2024.

​The program is sponsored and supported by the 53-year-old Greenville Track Club, ASICS, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility) 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.​