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Matthew Centrowitz signs endorsement contract with Nike, release from PACE Sports management, note by Larry Eder

Larry Ederby Larry Eder
January 11, 2012
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Matthew Centrowitz, Jr., bronze medalist, 2011 WC 1,500m, photo by PhotoRun.net

Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. won the NCAA 1,500m, the USA Outdoor 1,500m and in his first World Champs, took the bronze at 1,500 meters! This young man is the real thing! Nike signed Matthew Centrowitz to an endorsement contract per his management group, PACE Sports Management. Matthew will be running with the Nike Oregon Project with coach Alberto Salazar and Centrowitz’ coach while at Oregon, Andy Powell. We wish him luck in 2012!  With a world class kick and ability to race rounds, Matthew should be a force in American middle distance running for some time to come!

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Matthew Centrowitz signs endorsement contract with Nike

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Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. 2011 WC, 1,500m, photo by PhotoRun.net

For immediate release –

 

11th
January 2011 – PACE Sports Management is pleased to announce that World
Championships 1500m bronze medalist Matthew Centrowitz today signed a
multi-year endorsement contract with sportswear manufacturer Nike.  The
former University of Oregon runner will wear the Oregon based company’s
swoosh logo and train as part of the Alberto Salazar coached Nike Oregon
Project with assistance from his current coach Andy Powell who guided
him throughout his college career.

 

Matthew
had a breakthrough season in 2011 winning the NCAA 1500m Championships,
USATF 1500m Championships and the bronze medal in the IAAF World
T&F Championships in Daegu.  He ended the season ranked No. 1 in the
US and No. 8 in the world in the 1500m.

Centrowitz_MattFV_USAout11.jpg

Matthew Centrowitz, Jr., 2011 USA Outdoor, 1,500m,

photo by PhotoRun.net

“I
am very excited to sign a professional contract with Nike and become
part of the Nike family.  They have many great athletes and I hope my
achievements will make the brand proud in the years to come,” said
Matthew.       

 

Commenting
from the Nike HQ in Beaverton Global Marketing Manager for Athletics
John Capriotti commented, “We are excited to have Matthew as part of
Nike’s Running Team. I am particularly interested in watching his
continued development as a World Class Middle-Distance Athlete.”

 

The
Nike Oregon Project was founded in 2001 and has been very successful
under the guidance of three times New York marathon winner Alberto
Salazar.  Current Oregon Project athletes include World and European
5000m Champion Mo Farah (GBR), US 10,000m Champion and Record holder
Galan Rupp (USA), World Half Marathon bronze medalist Dathan Ritzenhein
(USA) and World Championships 1500m finalist Ciaran O’Lionard (IRL).

 

PACE
Sports Management
is one of the world’s top athlete management
companies and has a great tradition in 1500m running having represented
2000 Olympic Champion Noah Ngeny (KEN), 3:29 runners William Chirchir,
Daniel Komen and Laban Rotich as well as 3:30 runner and former World 4k
Cross Country Champion John Kibowen.

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  • Larry Eder

    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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Larry Eder

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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