Personal information | |
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Born | 4 August 1995 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:44.41 (2025) 1500m: 3:33.21 (2025) Mile: 3:53.48 (2025) |
Abraham Alvarado (born 4 August 1995) is an American middle-distance runner. [1]
He attended Atwater High School in Atwater, California before attending California State University, Stanislaus and Brigham Young University. [2] [3] [4]
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] He finished second behind Navasky Anderson in the 800 metres at the Sunset Tour Los Angeles on 12 July 2025 in 1:44.47. [20]
He reached the final of the 800 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, placing seventh overall in a personal best 1:44.41. [21] [22]