Matt Centrowitz

Matt Centrowitz Sr. does not recall ever sitting down with his son Matthew to regale him with tales of being an Olympian, or to explain the thrill and responsibility of representing the United States on the world's most-watched athletic stage. (via )

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                Men's 1500 Semi-Finals Results Look Who's Back! Centro Looks Smooth  1 Matthew Centrowitz   Nike 3:41.90 Q        [3:41.893]   2 (1)  2 Leonel Manzano   Nike 3:41.90 Q        [3:41.898]   2 (2)  3 Robby Andrews   adidas 3:42.14 Q            2 (3)  4 Jeff See   Saucony 3:42.16 Q            2 (4)  5 Miles Batty   Asics 3:42.33 Q            2 (5)  6 Andrew Bayer   Indiana University 3:42.56 q            2... (via )

EUGENE, Ore. - Tracktown USA has always been an incubator of running talent. (via )

               The 2012 installment of New York City's famed Milrose Games, being the first outside of Madison Square Garden since 1913, had an overall peculiar feel to them. The meet and its illustrious history had been transferred 130 blocks uptown to The Armory, yet the recreation of that good old fashioned Milrose ambiance proved difficult. Instead of the standard wonky, character building, and undersized track surrounding the covered hardwood of MSG (where the San Antonio Spurs bested the New York Knicks in 5 games during the 1999 NBA Finals), a state of the art Mondo... (via )

By Douglas Bruce Clement Matthew Centrowitz is coming to the Harry Jerome Track Classic on his way to London. In 2011 he was the NCAA and USA champion in the 1500m and the bronze medal winner at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu. He has run 3:34.46 over this distance but he needs to achieve the Olympic standard before the US Olympic Trials. He is not alone in this quest. Several athletes from the US and Canada are in the same situation and all are looking for that magic moment when the tempo of the metric mile is fast, very fast indeed.

In a race such as the 1,500 meters, knowing when to run in front or hang back can be the difference between triumph and disappointment. (via Washington Post)

Benjamin Norman for The New York Times At the 105th Millrose Games, which were held at the Armory for the first time on Saturday, Matt Centrowitz showed why he is considered one of the rising stars of American middle-distance runners with an electrifying victory in the Wanamaker Mile. (via www.nytimes.com)  

Former Broadneck star Matthew Centrowitz won the prestigious Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games on Saturday night, finishing in a time of 3 minutes, 53.92 seconds to break the New York City Armory record. (via baltimoresun.com)

The race will be the second for Centrowitz as a professional. (via The Oregonian - OregonLive.com)

CENTROWITZ EXCITED TO JOIN SALAZAR'S TRAINING GROUP By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Used with permission. Click for yesterday's Matt Centrowitz Video Interview in Boston BOSTON (04-Feb) - Although he turned pro last year and recently signed an endorsement contract with Nike, IAAF World Championships 1500m bronze medalist Matthew Centrowitz is still a student.  He's in his final semester as a sociology major at the University of Oregon in Eugene, but looks forward to finishing up his studies so he can join Alberto Salazar's Oregon Distance Project training group in Portland, about two hours north... (via Flotrack)

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Racing News presents the most important news from the worlds of marathoning, road racing and track/field, plus exclusive interviews with leading athletes. Written and edited by Peter Gambaccini. (via Racing News)

Phil Wharton is one of my heros in the sport of track and field. He’s extremely knowledgable, extremely passionate about his craft and his compassion for athletes is tremendous. He works with his father Jim at Wharton Performance, working with athletes from a variety of sports. He and his father are best know for their Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) with ropes – “the rope stretching” – but as you’ll hear in this podcast, there is so much more to Phil’s approach than just rope stretching. (via www.coachjayjohnson.com)

Lauren Centrowitz Northwestern girls 4x200 1:47.64.  Joel Roberson 49.71, Dorian Claggett 49.86.  Champ Page 1:04.21

After taking three months to consider his options, former Broadneck track and field star Matthew Centrowitz announced Tuesday he will forgo his senior year of eligibility at Oregon and turn professional. (via baltimoresun.com)

By Keith Mills "It's not Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken or Michael Phelps," Paul McMullen said, "but it's one of the greatest local accomplishments in sports that I can ever remember."    Now the managing editor of the Catholic Review , McMullen spent nearly three decades do (via www.pressboxonline.com)

Young Matthew Centrowitz never bothered to look at the startlist for the 1,500-meter finals at the World Championships. Yet another solid tactic that earned him an improbable bronze medal. (via Armory Track)

Like many of the other 1,500-meter races during his outdoor track season at Oregon this spring, rising senior Matthew Centrowitz felt someone pull up on his shoulder shortly after the final turn. (via baltimoresun.com)