Abraham Alvarado

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Abraham Alvarado
Personal information
Born (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 30)
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]

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Early life

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

Career

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]

References

  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.
  20. "BRIAN MUSAU GOES UNDER 13 MINUTES, BYU WOMEN SHINE AT SUNSET TOUR". Dyestat. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  21. "USA Championships". World Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  22. Hinson, Oliver (2 August 2025). "HIGH SCHOOL SOPH COOPER LUTKENHAUS ROLLS INTO U.S. 800 METERS FINAL". Runnerspace. Retrieved 2 August 2025.