<strong>USA Championships</strong><br />
2011 USA Outdoor champion (3:47.63)<br />
2008 USA Junior 5,000m champion (14:44.67)<br />
2012 USA Indoor runner-up (3:48.16)<br />
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<strong>International Championships</strong><br />
2011 World Outdoor bronze medalist (3:36.08)<br />
2007 Pan Am Junior champion (3:56.63)<br />
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<strong>Collegiate Championships</strong><br />
2011 NCAA Outdoor champion (3:42.23)<br />
Three-time PAC-10 champion - 2009 (3:46.26); 2010 (3:41.16); 2011 (3:41.73)<br />
Seven-time NCAA Division I All-American<br />
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<strong>Awards and Honors</strong><br />
2009 PAC-10 Newcomer of the Year<br />
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<strong>About Matthew</strong><br />
Matthew Centrowitz surprised everyone except for maybe himself with a bronze medal at the 2011 World Outdoor Championships, becoming the youngest American to medal in that event. The former University of Oregon Duck turned pro after 2011 and holds school records in the 1,500m and distance medley relay. An NCAA champion 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. He majored in sociology. <br />
<strong>Results<br />
2012:</strong> 2nd at USA Indoors in 1,500m (3:48.16); 7th at World Indoors in 1,500m (3:47.42). <br />
<strong>2011: </strong>World Outdoor bronze medalist (3:36.08); 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)<br />
<strong>2010:</strong> 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)<br />
<strong>2009:</strong> 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)<br />
<strong>2008:</strong> USA Junior 5,000m champion (14:44.67); 11th in 5,000m at World Junior Championships (13:58.31)<br />
<strong>2007: </strong>Pan American Juniors 1,500m champion (3:56.63); Nike Outdoor Nationals 2-mile champion (8:41.55)<br />
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<strong>USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests</strong><br />
<strong>2011:</strong> 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<br />
<strong>2010:</strong> Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:47.77; 1,500m, 3:41.16<br />
<strong>2009:</strong> Indoor bests - mile, 3:57.92; 3,000m, 7:55.90; Outdoor bests - 1,500m, 3:36.92; 5,000m, 13:49.15<br />
<strong>2008:</strong> Indoor bests - 800m, 1:51.57; mile, 4:00.26; Outdoor bests - 5,000m, 13:58.31<br />