Woodruff Wins Greenville News Run Downtown

Chelsi Woodruff (3) and Alison Parris (2) en route to a one-two finish at The Greenville News Run Downtown 5K.

Chelsi Woodruff likes racing in downtown Greenville, SC. In October the Florida State University graduate won the Spinx 5K, finishing at Greenville's Fluor Field. Today, on a brisk Saturday morning, the ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE athlete ran 17:41 to win one of the city's largest 5K events. She finished ten seconds ahead of her teammate Alison Parris (17:51), who was the runner-up for the second consecutive year. It also marked the the third straight year an ASICS GTC-ELITE runner has won the women's title. 

GTC-ELITE is sponsored by ASICS, the 43-year old Greenville Track Club, Performance Therapy, Greenville Health System's North Greenville Hospital, ScanSource, Soleus Running Watches, Boston Bill Sunglasses, Roll Recovery, 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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