Background
Matt Centrowitz was born in New York, New York United States of America.
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Matt Centrowitz was born in New York, New York United States of America.
He attended Manhattan College in New York for one year, then transferred to the University of Oregon. He was on the Ducks" 1977 National Collegiate Athletic Association Cross Country Championship team and graduated from Oregon in 1978.
He is 6 feet 1 inch (186 cm) tall and weighs 170 pounds (77 kg). In 1973 (his senior year), he was ranked as the country"s number one high school mile runner. He has the fourth best all-time 1500 m time of 3:43.4 and still holds the state record in the 1500 m and mile events.
In 1976, he broke Steve Prefontaine"s 1500 m school record, running 3:36.7.
In 1982, he set the American record in the 5000 m with a time of 13:12.91. He has been the track coach for the Reebok Enclave, in charge of training distance runners who tried out for the 1996 and 2000 United States. Olympic Team.
Centrowitz began his coaching career as an assistant track coach at Saint John"s University (New York). He restarted the track program at American University in 1999, becoming the cross-country and track coach.
Centrowitz has coached seven All-American runners.
In 2001-2002, his athletes captured nine Patriot League titles in track and field, earned seventeen All-League honors, two All-Region honors and one All-East award. In 2003-2004, both the men"s and women"s cross country teams captured league titles, five of the six Athletes of the Meet, twenty First-Team All-League selections and nine Second-Team All-League selections.
Centrowitz was a member of the United States Olympic Team in 1976, competing in the 1500 m. Centrowitz is a member of the United States. Olympic Development Committee. Centrowitz was inducted into the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame with the other members of the 1977 University of Oregon Cross Country team in 1998.
