Centro Drops a 8:41!

That is a crazy field! Has there ever been such a deep HS 2 mile?

2003 arcadia race maybe?

i dunno how many guys were under 9 in that one had to have been a ton.

Imagine running 8:59.19 for two miles and getting 14th place. Unreal.

Imagine that, 25 posts after a great distance race and no EPO accusations! What is going on???

Seguru wrote:

1. Jeff Nelson

2. Craig Virgin

3. Centrowitz

4. Prefontaine!!!

75% of this list is soon to be or former Ducks. Gotta love that.

Actually it's more like this:

1. Jeff Nelson

2. Craig Virgin

tie 3. Pre/Centrowitz

Man, Minnesota representing with two in the top five. These are some sick results.

Does anyone have a brief rundown of where the top placers are going to college?

1 Matthew Centrowitz 07 Arnold, MD 8:41.55# Nike U (Should be American)

2 Craig Forys 07 Howell, NJ 8:44.53 Michigan

3 Elliott Heath 07 Winona, MN 8:46.12 Stanford

4 Evan Jager 07 Algonquin, IL 8:47.59 Badgers (should be Illinois)

5 Hassan Mead 07 Minneapolis, MN 8:51.23 U of Plasencia

6 Paul Springer 07 Kennett Square, PA 8:52.77 Notre Dame

7 Dan Jackson 07 Ann Arbor, MI 8:55.60 Notre Dame

10 Mark Amirault 07 Walpole, MA 8:56.84 Princeton

12 Thomas Gruenewald07 Manlius, NY 8:58.98 Syracuse

14 Maxwell O'Donoghue-McDon 07 Seattle, WA 8:59.19 Washington

It appears way better Arcadia 2003 "Best 3200 ever", according to dyestat:

Results

Men 3200 Meter Run Invitational

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Name Year School Finals Points

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1 Solinsky, Chris 12 Stevens Point 8:43.24

2 Vaughn, Brent 12 Smoky Hill,Auror 8:45.60

3 Moe, Carl 12 Auburn River 8:48.04

4 Curtis, Bobby 12 St Xavier,KY 8:48.39

5 Debole, Matt 12 Mount Tabor 8:50.16

6 Hassen, Steven 12 Vanguard HS 8:52.75

7 Ruiz, Manuel 12 Monroe High 8:55.80

8 Trafeh, Mohamed 11 Duarte High 8:55.87

9 Kollar, Christopher 12 Strongsville 8:56.35

10 Nelson, Tim 12 Liberty Chri 8:58.89

11 Alizzi, Mark 12 Syosset High 8:59.63

12 Dalpiaz, Brian 12 Sayville High,NY 9:01.20

13 Hampton, Charles 11 Brophy Colle 9:04.62

14 Burrell, Ian 12 Air Academy 9:04.78

15 Ramos, Austin 12 Jesuit HS 9:07.17

16 DeVries, Hakon 11 John Jay (Ny 9:10.44

17 Cardenas, Jonathon 11 Reno HS (Nv) 9:12.92

18 Mineau, Jeremy 11 Menlo-Atherton 9:15.30

19 Poe, Mike 12 Etiwanda 9:23.34

20 Wall, Alec 12 Grant (Or) 9:24.10

21 Alcorn, Kyle 12 Buchanan,Clovis 9:31.36

Men 3200 Meter Run Seeded

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Name Year School Finals Points

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1 Greer, Geoff 12 Spokane Mead 9:07.48

2 Ghebray, Yoseph 10 Logan HS 9:08.96

3 Garber, Evan 11 Spokane Mead 9:10.93

4 Aukshunas, Tim 12 El Modena HS 9:13.80

5 Wyatt, Tom 11 Charles Wrig 9:14.39

6 Mack, Eric 12 North Forsyth 9:15.22

7 Swier, Troy 11 Mar Vista HS 9:15.69

8 Wall, Scott 12 Grant (Or) 9:16.03

9 Liber, Brad 12 University C 9:17.37

10 Pellegrino, Kevin 11 Klamath Union,Or 9:18.02

11 Wagnew, Babey 11 Helix HS 9:18.83

12 Maldonado, Erick 12 Don Lugo HS 9:19.43

13 Kinsella, David 11 Inglemoor (W 9:19.61

14 Curran, Ryan 10 Mount Tabor 9:22.05

15 Lambert, Bob 12 West Jordan 9:22.09

16 Krieger, Keith 12 Cherokee (Nj 9:22.54

17 McKay, Travis 12 Harry Ainlay,Edm 9:22.94

18 Kotter, Jon 12 Alta (Ut) 9:23.05

19 Barrett, Sean 12 St. Augustin 9:23.45

20 Merriman, Ryan 12 Bingham (Ut) 9:26.71

21 Mason, Alex 10 Brophy Colle 9:29.33

22 Benavidez, Alex 12 Don Lugo HS 9:30.60

23 Robles, Juan 12 Valencia,Placent 9:31.28

24 Golding, Dale 11 American For 9:45.49

25 Wihtol, John 11 Jesuit HS 9:45.97

26 Leary, Ryder 12 Bishop Kenny 9:54.55

-- Lipkin, Andrew 11 Henry Gunn H DNF

-- Ramirez, Ruben 12 Don Lugo HS DNF

Men 3200 Meter Run

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Name Year School Finals Points

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1 Nunn, Dan 11 San Luis Obi 9:14.52

2 Uribe, Miguel 12 Grace Davis 9:15.33

3 Glenn, Dallin 12 Eisenhower,Yakim 9:16.57

4 scratched, 21 Unattached 9:19.49

5 Tifilippo, Sean Glendora HS 9:19.82

6 Cipolla, Matt 12 El Toro High 9:20.48

7 Figueiredo, John 10 Arcata High 9:25.21

8 Tachias, Andrew 11 Covina High 9:40.49

9 Gonzalez, Sergio Upland HS 9:46.14

10 scratched, 22 Unattached 9:47.01

11 Wilhelm, Mike 12 Upland HS 10:28.68

-- Herbison, Josh 11 Upland HS DNF

Gruenewald to Stanford

The Dyestat board had Miller transferring, Tommy G and King from Stotan and Murdock all to Syracuse. Can't believe that an internet message board could be wrong.

And Groonie shouldn't you be sleeping after that big effort last night?

way to plug yourself on letsrun. cool.

flotrack has matt's race video up now.

it's heat 3, boys 2 mile.

I was at the meet last night and it was probably the best possible race conditions for a 2-mile.

It was run around 10:30pm at NC A&T which is an awsome facility with an incredibly hard and fast track. There was no wind and the whether was pretty cool and unhumid. Perfect.

Centrowitz looked better then any other high schooler I have ever seen closing. It was amazing how focused he was, eyes straight ahead until the very finish. He just had perfect form.

I just hope he has not overextended himself with his training like so many of the phenominal high schoolers do, however with his dad coaching im sure things are under control.

Also, yall should check out the winning girls 4X800 team. Only one senior.

Besides that there was nothing too remarkable.

Totally Stupid wrote:

4 Evan Jager 07 Algonquin, IL 8:47.59 Badgers (should be Illinois)

Washington

What motive would there be to pass up running for the NCAA champions to go to a largely unproven program at Illinois?? Has their coach ever broken a grape at that level? Will he ever? Most likely not and is in over his head.

Also, don't you think big Matt had a small hand in his boy going to Oregon?

Nike U-that's cute-old and tired, but very cute

Have the Centrowitz's passed Archie San Romani and Archie San Romani Jr. as the best father/son team ever?

This race is more proof that A.J. Acosta was incredibly overrated. If there wasn't so muhc hype about him last year, I would've forgotten about him already.