Greenville Track Club, Greenville, SC
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 Runner-up Frank DeVar, 3rd place Trey Sullivan and winner Jason Weitzel. The Greenville Track Club began the celebration of their 50th Anniversary with the 43rd running of the Greenville News Run Downtown 5K on Saturday morning. Jason Weitzel became the 11th ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE athlete to win this historic race. He joins Kimberly Ruck (3x), Austin Steagall (2x), Adam Freudenthal (2x), Joe Niemiec, Annie Rodenfels and Chelsi Woodruff as event winners. Weitzel's time of 14;37 over the rolling route was the second fastest in race history, behind only the 14:14 clocking of ASICS GTC-ELITE's Austin Steagall in 2017. Greenville's Frank DeVar took second with a time of 15:37 as he placed among the top four here for the fourth time. He was followed by Trey Sullivan of Taylors in 16:05. This year's women's winner was Simpsonville's Esther Atkins with a time of 18:47. She was followed by Jamie Connelly in 19:21 and Arden Gray at 19:32, both of Greenville. Atkins, a new mother, is a two-time winner of the United Community Bank Reedy River Run 10K and a former USATF Marathon champion. For the full set of results please use this link: 2022 Results. . Here is a link to PACE Magazine's photos from the race: https://www.facebook.com/thepacemag/photos. And here are links to photos by photographer Stephen Moore: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vsw3fsl2a8te7wo/AAD3Pg8jG5Mfi7FevpZRkKnza?dl=0 https://smooregems.smugmug.com/2022-GTC-Greenville-News-5K/n-6RrK8r/
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 Join us as we kick off the Greenville Track Club's 50-year anniversary with The Greenville News Run Downtown 5K on Saturday, January 15. REGISTER.
 The January monthly meeting will NOT be this Monday January the 3rd, but WILL be held next week, Monday, **January 10th**
at World Piece Pizza, located at 109 W Stone Ave. Greenville 5:45 pm Serving and Social Time 6:30 pm Speaker FEBRUARY Monday, February 7th We will be holding the Annual Awards Banquet at Hampton Park Baptist Church. 875 State Park Rd. Greenville This is for ALL members new and old. Please bring your family members as well!! Come enjoy free barbecue and catching up with everyone. 6:30 Serving and Social Time 7:00 Program: Corporate Shield and Running Series Awards. MARCH Monday, March 7th At World Piece Pizza located at 109 W Stone Ave. Greenville 5:45 pm Serving and Social Time 6:30 pm Speaker **EXCITING NEWS COMING FOR APRIL'S MEETING! YOU MUST COME ON APRIL 4TH!** UPCOMING EVENTS FOR GREENVILLE TRACK CLUB! * *Sign up today for** THE GTC GREENVILLE NEWS RUN DOWNTOWN 5K- JANUARY 15TH AT 8 AM https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Greenville/RunDowntown GTC GREEN VALLEY ROAD RACE 10 MILE AND 5 MILE- FEBRUARY 19TH AT 8/815 AM https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Greenville/GreenValleyRoadRace United Community Bank 44th Reedy River Run https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Greenville/ReedyRiverRun
PACE Magazine has published photos from Saturday's Santa Run, which are available on their FaceBook page @
fb.com/thepacemag.
This Saturday, December 11th, is the final GTC Corporate Shield race of the 2021 season: The Milliken Earth Run Cross Country 5K,
The GE Running Team and extended running community will be honoring the recent passing of GE's own Mike Sullivan. There will be a group photo, signing of cards to his family, and donation of old running shoes in his memory to One World Running. A group photo will be taken at 8:45 am, just before the 9:00 am race start time. All friends of Mike are welcome to join in and it is not limited to GE runners.  PACE Magazine has published photos from Saturday's Paris Mountain Road Race, which are available on their FaceBook page @ fb.com/thepacemag.
 The GTC Nominating Committee is proud to announce the organization's 2022 Officers and Board of Directors effective January 1, 2022. The on-line voting results for the proposed slate received a 94.5% approval rating. Any comments opposing were also recorded and noted to be reviewed for possible resolution. Congratulations to all of the 2022 leadership and a sincere thank you to the 2021 officers and directors. Executive Officers & Board of Directors for 2022
President Robin Walter (re-elected) Vice-President Beth Grumbles (re-elected) Treasurer Annie Groom (newly elected) Secretary Terry Gantt (re-elected) Treasurer Annie Groom (newly elected) Administrator* Kerrie Sijon (Non-Voting contractor position) Past-President Mike Burchett (non-elected position) Strategic Planning Mike Caldwell (non-elected position) Community Development Director Bill Keesling (non-elected position) Webmaster Mike Caldwell (non-elected position) Equipment Coordinator Mark Sejman (non-elected position) Membership Mark Sejman (non-elected position) Running Series Director Vince Herran (non-elected position) Volunteers Kerrie Sijon At Large Director 1 Jane Godwin (2nd year of 2-year term) At Large Director 2 Ed Boehmke (2nd year of 2-year term) At Large Director 3 Chuck Baker (2nd year of 2-year term) At Large Director 4 Robert Morse (2nd year of 2-year term) At Large Director 5 Lee Cook (re-elected) At Large Director 6 Harry Stathakis (newly elected) At Large Director 7 Lydia Thomas (re-elected) At Large Director 8 Kelly Jo Lowe (re-elected) At Large Director Emeritus Lola Amcher (non-elected position) All Comers Track Meet Director(s) TBD Corporate Shield Director Sarah Schoonover (non-elected position) Green Valley Road Race Director John D Lehman Paris Mountain Road Race Director Jim Roberts Paris Mountain Trail Run Race Director John D Lehman Red White & Blue Shoes 5k Race Director Mickey McCauley United Community Bank Reedy River Race Director Mike Caldwell Run Downtown Race Director Kerrie Sijon SC Open & Masters Director Jim Roberts Spinx Run Fest Race Director TBD Sunrise Run Race Director John D Lehman Santa Run Race Director Kelly Jo Lowe USA Track & Field Representative Mickey McCauley (non-elected position) The GTC Nominating Committee is proud to announce the proposed slate of Officers and Board of Directors for 2022. All current GTC members are encouraged to vote "yes" or "no" via the menu below. If voting "no" please add your comments as to why, so that the Nominating Committee can address and respond. We do request voters name so that we can ensure that only current GTC members votes are counted. Voting will be open until end of day, November 9, 2021. Thank you.   Our GTC November Newsletter is available for those who may not have received it via email. November GTC Newsletter. Thanks to our editors (Bill & Lydia) and the other GTC contributors. It is also archived with our previous newsletter on this website under the "Newsletter" tab on the above menu.
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