Greenville Track Club, Greenville, SC
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 Greenville Track Club member Philippe Giguere competed in three events in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden and represented his native country of Canada. He ran the 5,000m, 800m and 1500m events. After placing 10th in the Men's 55-59 800-meter final last Saturday with a seasonal best of 2:11.48, he qualified for today's Men's 55=59 1500-meter final. He was one of the two automatic qualifiers from Heat 1 as he placed second with a seasonal best of 4:28.33. Previously on August 14, Philippe ran 16:48.4 to place fifth in the men's 55-59 Age Group over 5,000 meters. Including to prelim and the 800m prelim and final he will compete in five competitions at these championships. He placed 10th of the 16 finalists in today's Men's 55-59 Age Group 1500m Final. Philippe's post race comments: "Finished 10 of 16 in the 1500 final. in windy conditions. My race plan was to go for it and follow the favorite. I went for it but not by following the favorite. I ended up taking the lead. I had the runners to my right and left try to cut me off and I accelerated to get through and that burst put me ahead of everyone. I led for 750m and purposely slowed down the 2nd lap to have someone take the lead then, but no one took the bait. I could not find another gear when I started to get passed. I didn't slow down and was able to move from 11 to 10 in the final 100m. My splits were 68.8, 72.8, 72.6, 54.5.
The favorite won with a time of 4:17.45 and third place was 4:22.53. The top 3 were the same as for the 800 and in the same order. I was 2 sec from 5th place and 11 people were sub 4:30. Having the lead early in windy conditions took a toll."  Greenville Track Club member Philippe Giguere is competing in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden and is representing his native country of Canada. After placing 10th in the Men's 55-59 800-meter final last Saturday with a seasonal best of 2:11.48, he qualified for this Saturday's Men's 55=59 1500-meter final. He was one of the two automatic qualifiers from Heat 1 as he placed second with a seasonal best of 4:28.33. Previously on August 14, Philippe ran 16:48.4 to place fifth in the men's 55-59 Age Group over 5,000 meters. Including today's prelim and the 800m prelim and final he will compete in five competitions at these championships. Men's 1500m Preliminary: Heat 1 (Top 10)3 Heats with Top 2 in each heat automatically advancing to final (Q), plus next 10 fastest times (q)   Greenville Track Club member Philippe Giguere is competing in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden and is representing his native country of Canada. On Saturday he placed 10th in the Men's 55-59 800-meter final with a seasonal best of 2:11.48, with 400m splits 64.7. and 66.8. He had qualified for the final on Thursday with a 2:13.17 performance. .
 Greenville Track Club member Philippe Giguere is competing in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden and is representing his native country of Canada. On August 14, Philippe ran 16:48.4 to place fifth in the men's 55-59 Age Group over 5,000 meters. One day later, on August 15, he ran the 800m and placed 10th overall (2nd in his heat) among the six preliminary heats to qualify for Saturday's final with a time of 2:13.71. The top 12 qualifiers moved on to the final. Men's 55-59 5,000m Final Men's 55-59 800m Heat 1  Our August Greenville Track Club Newsletter is available to download here. 
The GTC Hall of Fame committee is now accepting nominations for the induction of a new class. Nominations must be submitted no later than August 30, 2024. Submitted nominations must contain detailed justification for the nominee. Nominees must be identified as having at least one of the 5 categories of criteria for qualification. The 5 categories are – Athletic Performance, Club Leadership, Volunteerism for GTC, Community Relations for GTC, and Ambassadorship and/or Club Promotion. Please use the nomination form below and submit the form. Any and all nominations must be submitted no later than August 30, 2024. For a list of our past inductees please see: GTC Hall of Fame.  2024 GTC Running SeriesHighlights from Sunrise Run... After falling slightly last year, total registration this year was up 16% to , and 9.3% more runners actually got up early and finished the race! More importantly, 18.4% more GTC members finished this year, so Running Series competition continues to get tougher. Most notably, the Female 35-39 group had 9 finishers (↗200%) and the Male 40-44 age group had 10 finishers (↗233%). Average finishing times (GTC Males @45:07, GTC Females @53:52) were about a minute slower this year, but there were some substantial improvements:
And the point group highlights... There are lots...
Important Upcoming Dates
07/04 - GTC Red, White & Blue Shoes (Running Series, Corporate Shield) 08/17 - Michelin Edouard Michelin Memorial (Running Series, Corporate Shield)  Highlights from Memorial Day Mile... EVERYONE finished this year's Memorial Day race substantially faster than last year's Memorial Day race, many were more than twice as fast!😉. There was a lot of sleeper points available with only 77 club members competing (↓2). In fact, there were 11 divisions where all you had to do was show up and move a mile to get 50 points. Be sure to get up early This Saturday for the GTC Sunrise Run! Meanwhile, competition for the Enduro Award (for accumulating the most running series miles possible) is now down to 6 runners (20.3Mi so far this season). The fastest club member (non-Pro) times were Ashley Lavelle (F35-39) finished in 6:38, and David Cowan (M40-44) in 5:24. And the point group highlights...
Running Series Standings through GTC Memorial Day Mile are updated here
incitecg.com/gtcrs/standings.html Important Upcoming Dates 06/08 - GTC Sunrise Run (Running Series, Corporate Shield) 07/04 - GTC Red, White & Blue Shoes (Running Series, Corporate Shield) 08/17 - Michelin Edouard Michelin Memorial (Running Series, Corporate Shield)  Here is the link to download the GTC May Newsletter.
 photo: Stephen Moore  photo: Stephen Moore On a beautiful Saturday morning Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jason Weitzel ran a quick 29:44 to win the 46th edition of this historic Greenville race. With a new finish line overlooking the new United Community headquarters on E. Camperdown, almost 2,000 runners covered either the 10K or 5K routes through downtown Greenville and the city parks. Simpsonville's Alyssa Bloomquist won the women's title with a time of 35:18. Both Weitzel and Bloomquist are ranked first among men and women, respectively, in the current South Carolina Road Race Rankings.
Greenville's Ricky Flynn, running his 1oth Reedy River Run 10K, placed second with a time of 29:58. Weitzel and Flynn had finished 2nd and 3rd in the three most recent United Community Reedy River Run 10Ks. GTC-ELITE's Jack Mastandrea finished third with a time of 30:08. Defending champion Johanna Stephens of Dallas, GA, placed second among women in 36:30. All five of the runners mentioned above earned prize money awards due to their placings, time bonuses and meeting the minimum time standards: Weitzel ($850), Flynn ($650), Mastandrea ($425), Bloomquist ($600) and Stephens ($400). Weitzel received $500 for the win, $100 as first South Carolina resident and $250 for breaking 29:45. Simpsonville's Phillips Giguere, 54 years of age, ran an outstanding 35:07, which is the event record for Grand Masters (50 & Over) athletes and earned $100 for his effort. The previous record was 35:18. He was also the Masters (Over 40) champion. LINK TO RESULTS @ https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/32178#resultSetId-450852;perpage:100 LINK TO PHOTOS @ https://runsignup.com/Race/Photos/SC/Greenville/ReedyRiverRun |
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