Centro has run his final track race - pay your respects here

Comparing him to Frank Shorter is good company!

Quotes from page two of this thread (not to mention the dozens of other multi-page thread about the guy):

"Centro is the greatest middle distance runner the US has produced - to date." WRONG. without giving this any other thought, Jim Ryun is far and away greater.
"This guy was the best non-convicted doper of an era. Hands down." WRONG. Makhloufi far better.
"I remember he closed the Trials in 1:48-1:49 to run 3:34.0 and didn't even look like he was trying, just crushed everyone the last 600." WRONG. As I just posted, he closed in 1:15.2.

What always struck me is how passionate he is about the sport. Really loved listening to him in the Citius podcast ( even though I never listen to it normally ) and the LRC one.

The 2016 Rio race is one of the only races I watch again and again a few times per month. What I find incredible is that because of that race the sport basically changed in tactics, just because of how he basically broke the game that year.

Amazing fluid stride to watch as well.

have fun Centro and thanks !

1) They weren’t dating in 2021…so that’s false.

2) All the other BTC teammates kept PR’ing after Shelby got banned…unlike Centro they were just younger and closer to their prime.

3) Cheating or clean, it’s not like those other guys in the Rio 1500m were clean…they were very dirty. Just look at their nationalities, their coaches, their connections, yada yada yada.

Is he in the conversation for best all time Mexican-American miler yet?

It was reported that they were dating at the time. Where is the proof that they were not?

My point was that Quigley and Centro (and Jager too?) didn't PR after 2021. And, BTC faired well after 2021? It did? Really?...

Your third point is that everyone was dirty in 2016, which basically supports everything I am saying.

You are a gamer and were so fun to watch, Centro. I know you'll crush whatever you do next. Thanks for so many great races.

There has got to be plenty of Americans who have done that. Sydney and Athing for sure. Probably Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, JJK. I'm sure there are others.

Didn't even win footlocker in hs...pathetic

Centro is the greatest tactician of the 2000s, possibly all time.

He bent every big race he was in to his will and has the results to prove it.

He could be in a race with 5 3:26 guys and they'd silently agree to run 3:40 just because of Centro's aura.

A legend. A king. A champion. A hero.

We'll miss you Centro.

The Olympics officially are (or at least were at the time) the world championships for athletics. The Olympic champion was the world champ.

Shorter was a prep school guy and a state championship wasn't available to him.

I'm not 100% certain that roid chacne centro was a doping cheater in high school, but ever since......

A flash in the plan? He was at the top of the game for a decade. He made 8 US outdoor teams and won 3 medals. The literal opposite of a flash in the pan. He was always in the mix when it mattered.

Rudisha would of won that 800m flying start race he ran in the Olympics in 2016. The field were very dumb that day, especially the Kenyon's. How low IQ was Asbel Kiprop to jog a 68 second first lap, 2 seconds slower than the Centro's already easy pace, when he ran 3:26 by opening 13 seconds faster. Why the fukk did the field stay behind Centro the whole time. All it took was an IQ higher than room temperature for these runners to just go by him when they realised that the first 200m was such a joke. Bekele opens marathons with a faster first 400m.

If you're reading this thread, Matthew, congratulations on an incredible career! I worked at AU when your Dad was coaching our team and met you a couple times when you came to see him and/or work out on our track. You were very gracious to an old slow fan. Best wishes on your next chapter.

2028 Olympic Trials Marathon BABY!!!

Centromania!

Olympic champion-hmmm, the race unfolded perfectly for him. Its hard to fathom how superior athletes such as Steve Ovett or Steve Cram are not Olympic Champions and Centro is. Centro was the perfect tactician.

Gold medalist and at one point he was invincible. Can't beat that.

Two questions:
1) Is he planning to train full time for the marathon and run it as fast as he can?
2) What's he planning to do after the Chicago Marathon?

Any word on either of these?