Husky volunteer assistant coach Matthew Centrowitz moves to Nike Bowerman Track Club...
Gault and letsrun.com cite an anonymous source confirming that the reigning Olympic champion will run for the Bowerman TC moving forward.
While both the Bowerman TC and Centrowitz’ former club, the Nike Oregon Project share the same training facilities at Nike world headquarters in Beaverton, there is a rivalry between the two teams.
Centrowitz, who last year won his fifth US 1500-meter title, will become one of the few athletes to have trained under both Oregon Project coach Alberto Salazar and Schumacher, two of the most successful coaches in American distance running.
The Olympic champ trained in Washington, DC under his father Matt in 2018. Centrowitz won his fifth US national title, and ran a season best of 3:31.77 at the Herculis meeting in Monaco on July 20th, one week after he was announced by UW director of track and cross country Maurica Powell and Husky head coach Andy Powell as a volunteer assistant for the 2018-19 season.
Over the last few days, there had been some speculation about Centrowitz’ move to the Bowerman TC, after team member Marc Scott posted on his Instagram account a photo of Centrowitz on a training run with team members Ryan Hill, Matt Hughes, and Scott in Colorado Springs (below). According to Scott's post, the Bowerman group will spend the next five weeks training at altitude.
A few days ago, JDL Fast Track had announced that Centrowitz had withdrawn from the Camel City Elite meet on February 2nd, citing that he was behind with his training. He broke away from the Nike Oregon Project late last year and competed in a standard Nike pro kit at the USATF 5k road championships in New York in November. Centrowitz was entered at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships in Spokane in December, but did not run.
How this move affects his role as a volunteer assistant coach at the UW remains to be seen.
The letsrun.com article is available here.
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