After a Year Away From Portland, Matthew Centrowitz Joins Bowerman Track Club

By Adam Kopet

Matthew Centrowitz spent six years with the Nike Oregon Project under coach Alberto Salazar. After a year away from Portland, Centrowitz has announced he has joined the Bowerman Track Club.

 

 

 

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Damn, I look good in red 👀 As some of you may heard, I have joined the Bowerman Track Club and will be coached by Jerry Schumacher. I’m looking forward to creating more memories like the one in the photo with the BTC. I hope you all will continue to follow and support me as I embark down this new path. At this time I would like to thank Alberto and the Nike Oregon Project for everything they have done for me over the past six years that enabled me to win the 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 World Indoor Championships, silver at the 2013 World Championships and six USA titles. I please ask you all to be respectful to me and both groups with my decision at this time. Thank you #BowermanBabes

A post shared by Matthew Centrowitz (@mgcentro) on Jan 11, 2019 at 12:12pm PST

Centrowitz saw great success on the world stage with the Oregon Project. He won global titles at 1,500 meters at the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The former was the first time since 1908 that an American had won the men's 1,500 at the Olympics.

Centrowitz also earned silver at the 2013 IAAF World Outdoor Championships and has captured six USATF Championships titles.

After spending much of 2018 on the east coast, Centrowitz moved to Seattle last fall to serve as a volunteer assistant with the Washington cross country team. He also officially left the Oregon Project. However, Centrowitz had no Nike teammates to train with in Seattle.

Earlier this week, speculation grew that Centrowitz had joined the Bowerman Track Club after a photo showed him running with several Bowerman Track Club members, including Marc Scott.

Centrowitz made it official Friday, signifying that he would run for the Bowerman Track Club and be coached by Jerry Schumacher. Both the Bowerman Track Club and the Oregon Project are based on the Nike campus in Beaverton, Ore.