USA Championships
2011 USA Outdoor champion (3:47.63)
2008 USA Junior 5,000m champion (14:44.67)
International Championships
2011 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (3:36.08)
2007 Pan Am Junior champion (3:56.63)
Collegiate Championships
2011 NCAA Outdoor champion (3:42.23)
Three-time PAC-10 champion - 2009 (3:46.26); 2010 (3:41.16); 2011 (3:41.73)
Seven-time NCAA Division I All-American
Awards and Honors
2009 PAC-10 Newcomer of the Year
About Matthew
Matthew Centrowitz surprised everyone except for maybe himself with a bronze medal at the 2011 World Outdoor Championships and becoming the youngest ever American to medal in that event. The University of Oregon senior holds school records in the 1,500m and distance medley relay. An NCAA title in 2011, Centrowitz placed third in the 1,500m at the NCAA Championships in 2010 to be a part of a 1-2-3 sweep for the Ducks. He was the first Oregon Duck undergrad since Steve Prefontaine to win a USA Outdoor championship and holds two school records. His father, Matthew, was a two-time Olympian and an All-American distance runner at Oregon.
Results
2011: USA Outdoor champion (3:47.63); NCAA Outdoor champion (3:42.23); 10th at Monaco (3:34.46); 11th at Paris (3:34.69); Oregon Relays 1,500m champion; PAC-10 1,500m champion (3:41.73)
2010: 3rd at NCAA Championships (3:48.08); 5th at USA Outdoors (3:51.81); Oregon Twilight Meet mile champion (3:59.33); Oregon Preview Meet 1,500 champion (3:48.97); PAC-10 1,500m champion (3:41.16)
2009: 6th in mile at NCAA Indoors (4:02.69); 1st in indoor mile at Husky Classic (3:57.92); first in 3,000m at MPSF Indoors (7:55.90); 1st at Stanford Invitational 1,500m (3:36.92); 1st at NCAA West Regional 1,500m (3:38.30); 3rd at Oregon Relays 5,000m (13:49.15); PAC-10 1,500m champion (3:46.26)
2008: USA Junior 5,000m champion (14:44.67); 11th in 5,000m at World Junior Championships (13:58.31)
2007: Pan American Juniors 1,500m champion (3:56.63); Nike Outdoor Nationals 2-mile champion (8:41.55)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2011: Indoor bests - mile, 4:04.01; 3,000m, 7:50.59; Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:50.91; 1,500m, 3:34.46; 3,000m, 7:50.59
2010: Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:47.77; 1,500m, 3:41.16
2009: Indoor bests - mile, 3:57.92; 3,000m, 7:55.90; Outdoor bests - 1,500m, 3:36.92; 5,000m, 13:49.15
2008: Indoor bests - 800m, 1:51.57; mile, 4:00.26; Outdoor bests - 5,000m, 13:58.31