Whether it s the hills of the Upper Northwest, the super-slow mail service, hitting the trails of Glover Archibold Park, eating yummy pizza at Armand s, or just traversing down the monstrous escalator to the Metro, this journal writer will always have fond memories of Tenleytown and the upper Northwest Hills of our Nation s Capitol. So when the Washington City Paper wrote a full feature article on American University Cross Country team, the crown jewel of Tenleytown, I expected a typical feel-good article on how a small school with few scholarships competed with the big boys of Division I. Instead, the article takes a deeper look at the team and their controversial coach, Matt Centrowitz. Fair to say, Centrowitz does not coach like our Tony Ruiz!! The article makes it clear that there is a price that one needs to pay in order to be a successful Division I program. By focusing on both the good and bad sides of the program, the author of the piece avoids the formulaic trap of writing a boring David vs. Goliath story, and instead gives us so much more. For this reason, the article deserves deep praise, and is without a doubt the most interesting running related feature (not involving any teammates of ours) in ages. Read the lengthy story for yourself here.
