Matt Centrowitz takes 5000m win at line, Sound Running, Dec 4, 2020, photo courtesy of Sound Running
2016 Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz is competing at 800m this weekend in the Miramar Invite.
Centrowitz in the 800 m
MIRAMAR (USA): From not yet published names for Miramar WACT Silver meet on Saturday to mention, Olympic winner Tianna Bartoletta in the long jump. Her rivals Briton Lorraine Ugen and recently improved to 681 Malaina Payton. In the shot put Jamaican record holder Daniel Dodd-Thomas with some top US putters Chase Ealey, Maggie Ewen, and Jessica Ramsey. World leader Kenny Selmon runs the 400 m hurdles and improved Shamier Little is in the flat 400 m. Interesting switch in the middle distances, Olympic winner at 1500 m Matt Centrowitz is entered in the 800 m and specialist from 800 m Kenyan Michael Saruni is in the 1500 m.
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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