Matthew Centrowitz 3:30.40 - Fastest American born 1500m ever

Dopers are us wrote:

So? He is a doper and a punk to boot.

Please supply the link or cite the date of the doping CONVICTION you tool!!! Until that day, speculation is not sufficient!

We're waiting on the USADA for that

Hopeful Runner wrote:

We're waiting on the USADA for that

Yup. And the poster, get a real man, will have to find another "man" to root for.

jjjjjj wrote:

Ventolin uses formulas heavily. But I know the difference between precision and accuracy. A mathematical conversion of 1.08x is very precise without necessarily being all that accurate. The mile is contested at the height of the European season on numerous occasions every year with very few athletes going anywhere close to their 1.08x conversions from 1500m. It's not only that they run more 1500's. There's a different mindset between the two events; the pacers leave you more to do on your own; 800m/1500m guys sometimes are less able to handle the extra distance.

The mile is certainly not contested on numerous occasions at the height of the European season.

Webb went to a small meet in Belgium and loaded the field with his own pacemakers, including one to run right behind him as long as he could.

Elites run a mile race once a season in Europe at most, usually.

The Pre mile is a good chance to run fast too.

1.08 is a good indicator of what you should be able to do in the same conditions.

Everyone is so obsessed with times. More important is place: 10th. Sure better than any other american could do in this race, but nothing to jump up and down about.

It was a well beaten 10th as well. Even taking out Kiprop.

He's dangerous in a slow race. No so much in a fast race. Lucky for him that most championship races are slow. It just shows he has a long way to go if he wants to be great. He's good. Even very, very good, but not great.

blotto wrote:

Everyone is so obsessed with times. More important is place: 10th. Sure better than any other american could do in this race, but nothing to jump up and down about.

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Place is not more important than time.

Idk why people are hatin' on centro....he's bangin Laura Roesler, at the end of the day he's still a winner. It's probably tight too

If you think the mile isn't contested numerous times in Europe (as well as at Pre) every year, then check out this list, where the names Rome, Rieti, Nice, Oslo, Zurich, London, Berlin, and even Helsinki appear, in addition to the aforementioned Brasschaat. Granted that some of these are irregular, you still have London, Birmingham, Pre, and Oslo every year in the height of the season, meaning that at least 4 out of the 14 DL meets alone have the mile.

In the past, New York has had it as well (see Webb/Lagat duel in 2007). There is also the opportunity at any number of smaller meets, and top athletes have often had the privilege of requesting and getting a mile at a meet if they want it.

1 3:43.13 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 14.09.74 1 Roma 07.07.1999

2 3:43.40 Noah Ngeny KEN 02.11.78 2 Roma 07.07.1999

3 3:44.39 Noureddine Morceli ALG 28.02.70 1 Rieti 05.09.1993

4 3:44.60 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 14.09.74 1 Nice 16.07.1998

5 3:44.90 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 14.09.74 1 Oslo 04.07.1997

6 3:44.95 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 14.09.74 1 Roma 29.06.2001

7 3:45.19 Noureddine Morceli ALG 28.02.70 1 Zürich 16.08.1995

8 3:45.64 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 14.09.74 1 Berlin 26.08.1997

9 3:45.96 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 14.09.74 1 London 05.08.2000

10 3:46.24 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 14.09.74 1 Oslo 28.07.2000

11 3:46.32 Steve Cram GBR 14.10.60 1 Oslo 27.07.1985

12 3:46.38 Daniel Komen KEN 17.05.76 2 Berlin 26.08.1997

13 3:46.70 Vénuste Niyongabo BDI 09.12.73 3 Berlin 26.08.1997

14 3:46.76 Saïd Aouita MAR 02.11.59 1 Helsinki 02.07.1987

15 3:46.78 Noureddine Morceli ALG 28.02.70 1 Berlin 27.08.1993

16 3:46.91 Alan Webb USA 13.01.83 1 Brasschaat 21.07.2007

17 3:46.92 Saïd Aouita MAR 02.11.59 1 Zürich 21.08.1985

18 3:47.10 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 14.09.74 1 London 07.08.1999

19 3:47.28 Bernard Lagat KEN 12.12.74 2 Roma 29.06.2001

20 3:47.30 Noureddine Morceli ALG 28.02.70 1 Bruxelles 03.09.1993

21 3:47.32 Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 03.12.92 1rA Eugene 31.05.2014

22 3:47.33 Sebastian Coe GBR 29.09.56 1 Bruxelles 28.08.1981

23 3:47.65 Laban Rotich KEN 20.01.69 2 Oslo 04.07.1997

24 3:47.67 Noah Ngeny KEN 02.11.78 2 London 05.08.2000