Centrowitz, Dibaba Added to NBalance Indoor GP

NEW BALANCE INDOOR GP ADDS CENTROWITZ, DIBABA

By David Monti

(c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

(used with permission)



(18-Jan) -- Organizers of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, 

scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 2, in Boston, announced yesterday 

that international medalists Matthew Centrowitz and Tirunesh Dibaba 

had been added to their meeting line-up.  The 18th annual meet is 

the first of three stops on USA Track & Field's 2013 Championship Series 

and will be broadcast live on ESPN3.



Centrowitz, 23, the former NCAA champion for the University of Oregon, 

will run the mile in Boston in what will be his third indoor competition 

of the year. He opened with a rust-buster 800-meter race at the University 

of Washington last Saturday (1:51.60), and will next go to Britain for the British Athletics 

International Match in Glasgow on Jan. 26.



"Excited for my next two races," Centrowitz pronounced on his Twitter feed yesterday.  

"First up Glasgow, Scotland, to represent the U.S and then the MILE at #NBIndoorGP the following weekend

 in Boston!"



At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Korea, Centrowitz exploded onto the international scene when he

 kicked home to a bronze medal at 1500-meters after winning both the NCAA and USA open titles at the same

 distance earlier that year.  Centrowitz clocked 51.6 seconds for the final 400 meters in that race, 

making him one of the fastest closers in all of middle distance running.  He ran the 3000m at the Boston

 meeting in 2012, finishing seventh in an indoor personal best 7:46.19.



Dibaba, 27, one of the most decorated distance runners in history with three Olympic gold medals and 

eight individual world titles, will run the two-mile in Boston.  The world record holder at 5000-meters

 won the two-mile contest in Boston last year in 9:21.60.  Her other victories at the meet include the 

5000m in 2005, '06, '07 and '10, the 3000m in 2008.



"I'm looking forward to launching my 2013 season in one of my favorite cities," said Dibaba through a 

statement provided by meet organizers.



For a complete meet schedule and information on purchasing tickets, visit New Balance GP



PHOTO: Matthew Centrowitz after winning the 2012 Fifth Avenue Mile