Matt Centrowitz (Broadneck, MD)
Matt Centrowitz would soon become the multiple-time All-American at the University of Oregon and 2012 Olympian, two-time IAAF World Championships 1,500m medalist that the track and field world knows so well.
But back in 2006, he was a junior at Broadneck High School - albeit, already a multiple-time Maryland State Champion. He garnered his first national attention in winning The Penn Relays Carnival 3k that year in 8:20.09.
Centrowitz returned in 2007 as an entrant in the Mile and set the then-Meet Record [since broken, see: Sean McGorty] of 4:08.38.
He is the only schoolboy to win both individual distance events in the history of the Relays.
ALAN WEBB & SOUTH LAKES (VA) | TASHA STANLEY & ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (MD) | NICK VENA (MORRISTOWN, NJ) | MATT CENTROWITZ (BROADNECK, MD) | MARY CAIN (BRONXVILLE, NY) | OBEA MOORE & JOHN MUIR (CA) | BRYSHON NELLUM & LONG BEACH POLY (CA) | YOHAN BLAKE & ST. JAGO (JAM) | DATHAN RITZENHEIN (ROCKFORD, MI) | ALBEMARLE (VA) & MORRIS HILLS (NJ) BOYS 4X800M | OLIVIA BAKER & COLUMBIA (NJ) | SEAN MCGORTY (CHANTILLY, VA) | SHALONDA SOLOMON & LONG BEACH POLY (CA)