WHY IS CENTROWITZ IN THE DIAMOND LEAGUE 1500??

10/10 because people responded

Any meet would be happy to have the US 1500 meter champion racing. Also he's in college and thus does not have to be paid. Also he won the US championship by outkicking Lagat (3:26 lifetime, probably still a 3:30-3:31 guy on his best day) Manzano (3:32) and Wheating (3:30).

If you don't see why these three things make him a very attractive entrant, you're trolling or dumb.

honestly!! wrote:

Stopwatch, boys. Stopwatch.

Now, who got this scrub into a the race when there are a dozen or more other runners could take it to him any time?

Not a huge Centro fan, but what was that stopwatch saying before the US Champs?

As to who got him into the meet, Nike, duh.

honestly!! wrote:

The guy is at LEAST one tier below everyone else in the field, and also below probably dozens of runners who would never be allowed to the starting line?

My question: which element of the USATF-Nike-IAAF you-pat-my-back-I-pat-yours club is it that gets runners who simply AREN'T world-class into world-class races?

Clearly its because you were not available.

Honestly

And he's the National Champ.

too close to home wrote:

As to who got him into the meet, Nike, duh.

Why would Nike have any pull with a meet that has Areva and Puma as its most prominent sponsors?

Augusto Perez wrote:

too close to home wrote:

As to who got him into the meet, Nike, duh.

Why would Nike have any pull with a meet that has Areva and Puma as its most prominent sponsors?

Why wouldn't Nike ask to get him in the meet. You think his mom called the meet director?

too close to home wrote:

Not a huge Centro fan, but what was that stopwatch saying before the US Champs?

Are you serious? Are you comparing the Paris Golden/Diamond League stop to the USATF 1200 easy/300 hard? Have you even looked at the field?

too close to home wrote:

As to who got him into the meet, Nike, duh.

Finally. You're the first one to answer this question. Anyone else?

is there anywhere streaming this meet live?

Slate Burger? wrote:

Any meet would be happy to have the US 1500 meter champion racing.

Um, why? This is such ridiculous arrogance.

The US champion can and often is a complete scrub compared to the true world elite. This is one of those times. STOPWATCH.

In case you missed it, Centrowitz is seeded 17 of 18 in this race. He is clearly outclassed. He shouldn't be there. Good for him for taking the opportunity. Shame on the corrupt managers etc who got him in there.

When Centro was originally in Paris and not in the meet I first thought, "He's finding out how hard it is to get into meets" but then thought a) he may not want to run in Paris and perhaps is just there with Wheating and crew.

After a few seconds of thought, I reassessed and figured with some lobbying Centro likely could get in the meet. He is the US champ. A meet director in Europe is likely going to look at PRs and season's best on first glance but with all the other Americans in the field, could be shown Centro should be in the field.

I still could see a lot of reasons not to enter Centro in the meet. But Centro isn't showing any fear and I'm excited to see what happens.

As a fan, I'd much rather see him in the meet.

A Kiprop wrote:

Of course they can invite whoever they want.

The question is WHY invite this clown when 50 of my countrymen can beat him any day of the week.

Nobody seems to have an answer. Certainly not you.

HE IS THE US CHAMP!!! That means a hell of a lot more than some generic Kenyan who may be a few seconds faster. Get over it people.

Y would they care? wrote:

too close to home wrote:

Why wouldn't Nike ask to get him in the meet. You think his mom called the meet director?

The question, though, is why Nike would have any pull. Supposing that Nike did "ask to get him in the meet," why would said call have any influence?

They're flippin' NIKE. Certainly there is someone in the company with pull for reasons such as this. Maybe it wasn't Nike, throw something out there and lets see if it passes the LRC litmus test.

honestly!! wrote:

The guy is at LEAST one tier below everyone else in the field, and also below probably dozens of runners who would never be allowed to the starting line?

My question: which element of the USATF-Nike-IAAF you-pat-my-back-I-pat-yours club is it that gets runners who simply AREN'T world-class into world-class races?

He's in it because they want to piss of rote Oregon hating gonads like yourself.

Because your country is poor and unmarketable. Get over it.

honestly!! wrote:

Slate Burger? wrote:

Any meet would be happy to have the US 1500 meter champion racing.

Um, why? This is such ridiculous arrogance.

The US champion can and often is a complete scrub compared to the true world elite. This is one of those times. STOPWATCH.

In case you missed it, Centrowitz is seeded 17 of 18 in this race. He is clearly outclassed. He shouldn't be there. Good for him for taking the opportunity. Shame on the corrupt managers etc who got him in there.

Someone has to be seeded 17th out of 18th. If you're finding 3:36 guys to fill out your meet, having one of them be a guy who recently won a national championship by kicking down three world class 1500 (as of last year, anyway) runners AND doesn't have to be paid is a no brainer.

Seriously, this isn't complicated.

Am I wrong to think even a dl event is a race against other runners and not the clock? Ok so it's not usually a super tactical race but for the top guys do they nearly kill themselves to run 3:30 or try to put themselves in a better position to get paid at 3:32? Always hating on any American runner that shows the talent to run with the best is really getting old and pathetic.

honestly!! wrote:

WHY IS CENTROWITZ IN THE DIAMOND LEAGUE 1500??

Centro aside, I know some good computer techs who can help you replace that broken Caps Lock key.

Shoebacca wrote:

10/10 because people responded

I wasn't going to go that high--I'm a little more parsimonious with the trollometer--but agree that this is a very solid (only slightly over the top) effort:

6/10, which I believe is the highest score I've given this year.

Well played, OP.

honestly!! wrote:

too close to home wrote:

Not a huge Centro fan, but what was that stopwatch saying before the US Champs?

Are you serious? Are you comparing the Paris Golden/Diamond League stop to the USATF 1200 easy/300 hard? Have you even looked at the field?

Where did Manzano run 3:32? Where did Wheating run 3:30? In some podunk B-level meet? Centro has never been in a truly Class A GL field before, so he does not have that type of time yet.

Do you know what Wheating's 1500 best was before Monaco? 3:37, even slower than Centro. And he had no National Championships at the time. Clearly he belonged in that field, but he had no time to back it up- how is Centro any different?