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Abraham Alvarado
Personal information
Born (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventMiddle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:44.44 (2024)
1500m: 3:33.21 (2025)
Mile: 3:53.48 (2025)

Abraham Alvarado (born 4 August 1995) is an American middle-distance runner.[1]

Early life

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He attended Atwater High School in Atwater, California before attending California State University, Stanislaus and Brigham Young University.[2][3][4]

Career

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He placed second in the 800 metres at the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and that year lowered his personal best to 1:46.90 for the distance at the Portland Track Festival.[5] He finished fifth competing for BYU in the 800 metres at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships before turning professional later that year.[6][7]

In 2021, he lowered his 800 metres personal best to 1:46.15 at the at the Trials of Miles New York City Qualifier.[8] He lowered it again the following month to 1:46.11 at the USATF Showcase.[9] That year he reached the semi-finals of the 800 metres at the US Olympic Trials.[10]

He competed for the United States at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago.[11] He was a pacemaker for the Bowerman Mile run at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic.[12] He qualified for the final of the 800 metres at the 2024 US Olympic Trials, placing eighth overall in a personal best 1:44.90.[13][14]

He finishe second over 800 metres behind Bryce Hoppel at the 2025 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Massachusetts in February 2025.[15] The following weekend he was a pacemaker as Yared Nuguse set a new world record in the indoor mile at the Millrose Games in New York.[16][17] In June 2025, he ran a personal best time of 3:33.21 for the 1500 metres at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, Sweden.[18] He was selected as pacemaker for the Bowerman Mile again at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Abraham Alvarado". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  2. ^ Jansen, Shawn (July 16, 2024). "Former El Capitan High track star shares his experience competing in U.S. Olympic Trials". mercedsunstar.com. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ Lynch, Sean (30 June 2016). "Atwater High School alum Alvarado set for US Olympic Trials". mercedsunstar.com. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Warriors' Abraham Alvarado and Wildcats' Lora James Tabbed CCAA T&F Athletes of the Week". goccaa.org. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Stan State sending two onto Olympic trials". Turlockjournal. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Portland Track Festival Preview: Centrowitz vs Murphy & More!". flotrack. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  7. ^ "The Floodgates Have Opened: A Running List Of College Athletes Turning Pro". flotrack. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Distance Runners Eye the Olympic Trials". gottacktownusa.com. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  9. ^ "ATLANTA TRACK CLUB ELITE ATHLETES ALLIE WILSON, ABRAHAM ALVARADO EXCEL IN 800S AT USATF SHOWCASE". Runnerspace. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  10. ^ "BYU's Conner Mantz misses Olympic berth by two places, finishes fifth in 10,000 at U.S. Track and Field Trials". Deseret.com. June 19, 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Pan American Games". World Athletics. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Kerr Wins Epic Bowerman Mile At Prefontaine Classic - RRW". Runnerspace. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Taking inventory of how Utah ties fared during the track and field trials". Deseret.com\a cessdate=4 July 2025. 30 June 2024.
  14. ^ "US Olympic Team Trials". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Hoey, Courtney-Bryant and Coscoran win distance duels in Boston". World Athletics. 2 Feb 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Nuguse and Fisher break world indoor records in New York". World Athletics. 8 Feb 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  17. ^ Monti, David (February 9, 2025). "World Records For Grant Fisher, Yared Nuguse At 117th Millrose Games". Lets Run. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  18. ^ "BAUHAUS-Galan". World Athletics. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Sha'Carri Richardson Faces Alfred, Jefferson At Pre Classic: DL Preview". Flotrack. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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