Diego Estrada (athlete)

Diego Estrada

Diego Estrada at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Mexican
American
Born (1989-12-19) December 19, 1989
Michoacán, Mexico
Sport
Sport Track
Event(s) 1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres
College team Northern Arizona
Coached by Joe Vigil
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 1500 metres: 3:41.80[1]
5000 metres: 13:15.33[1]
10,000 metres: 27:30.53[1]
Updated on 4-29-16.

Juan Diego Estrada Constantino (born 1989 in Chilchota, Michoacán)[2] is a Mexican American long-distance runner. He competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for Mexico.[3] After some confusion about his eligibility after becoming a U.S. citizen, he was excluded from the U.S. Olympic trials even though it was later known that Estrada was misinformed on his eligibility possibilities.[4] Estrada resides in Flagstaff, Arizona.

He became eligible to represent the United States internationally in May 2014.[5]

Running career

High school

Estrada attended Alisal High School (Salinas, California), for which he competed in track. In cross country he qualified three times for states, and in the outdoor track season he finished fourth in the 3200-meter, recording a high school personal-best time of 9:04.80.[6]

Collegiate

Estrada was recruited by Northern Arizona, where he decided to major in Spanish for secondary education.[7]

In his sophomore year with Northern Arizona University, one of his lungs collapsed, and Estrada's career was brought into question.[8] Estrada ran NCAA regional qualifying 10K time at the Payton Jordan Stanford Cardinal Invitational (28:40.19) & NCAA regional qualifying 5K (13:49.35) in the 5K at the Mt. SAC Relays.

In his junior year, Estrada opened outdoor season with the third-fastest 1,500m time in NAU history at the Mt. SAC Relays when he crossed the finish line in 3:41.80 ... At the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships, finished fourth overall in a NAU indoor-record time of 13:29.01 for first All-America award on the track.

Redshirt year, Estrada ran a personal-best time in the 10K (27:32.90) at the Payton Jordan Invitational as an unattached athlete to punch his ticket to London ... Competed in front of 80,000 fans at London's Olympic Stadium on August 4 in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 21st in a time of 28:36.19.

In his senior year, Estrada finished in third place in the 5000-meter race at the 2013 NCAA D1 Outdoor T&F Championships. Estrada earned his eighth and ninth All-America honors at the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships in record fashion with a runner-up finish in the 5,000m (13:30.24), the second-fastest all time indoors at NAU, and a fourth-place mark in the 3,000 meters (7:49.53), the third-fastest in NAU history. Estrada capped his year at the International Association of Athletics Federations 2013 World Championships in Athletics where he finished 25th in the 5000 meters semi-final while representing Mexico.[9]

Post-collegiate

Diego Estrada is an Asics sponsored runner[10] and coached by Joe Vigil, known for his spell with Adams State and coaching Pat Porter.

2014

Diego Estrada finished 1st at 2014 USA Road 5k Championships.[11][12]

2015

Estrada won his 2nd USATF Title[13] in Houston on January 18, 2015 by running the 7th fastest American half marathon[14] ever in 60:51.[15]

5000m 13:17.30 Palo Alto (USA) 02.05.2015
10,000m 27:30.53 Eugene (USA) 29.05.2015
5 km Road 13:56 Carlsbad (USA) 29.03.2015
15 km Road 43:14 Houston (USA) 18.01.2015
20 km Road 57:45 Houston (USA) 18.01.2015
Half Marathon 1:00:51 Houston (USA) 18.01.2015

Diego finished 8th in the 10,000 metres in 28:36.06 at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Diego came back to place 15th in 14:07.51 in the 5000 metres at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[18]

Diego Estrada finished on the podium in Providence, Rhode Island at USA Road 5 km championships on September 20 in 14:22.[19]

Diego's half marathon is 2015 US leader.[20] Diego is ranked second nationally in the 10,000m.[21]

2016

In 2016, Diego ran US Olympic Marathon Team Trials in February, was in 10th place at 20 miles, but did not finish.[22] At the New York Road Runners New York City Half Marathon, Diego finished 5th in 1:02:15.[23] Estrada finished 3rd in the elite field representing USA at Bolder Boulder 10 km in 29:40 leading team usa red to a second place team finish behind Kenya.[24] Diego Estrada ran a season best time on July 4 of 13:48.71 in 5000 meters to ultimately place 11th in the 5000 m final at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field); after running in 10th place ~ 6 km and dropping out of the trials' 10,000 m.[25]

Road

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  United States
2014 United States Road 5 km championships Providence, Rhode Island 1st 5km 13:56.4
2015 USA Half Marathon Championships Houston, Texas 1st Half marathon 60:51.0
2015 United States Road 5 km championships Providence, Rhode Island 10th 5km 14:22.0
2016 US Olympic Trials Los Angeles, California DNF @ 20 miles Marathon [26]
2016 Bolder Boulder Boulder, Colorado 3rd 10 km 29:40[27]
2016 Chicago Marathon Chicago, Illinois 8th Marathon 02:13:56[28]

References

  1. 1 2 3 All-Athletics. "Profile of Diego Estrada".
  2. ↑ Representante mexicano en los 10 mil metros de Londres 2012
  3. ↑ "Diego Estrada". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Weldon. "Diego Estrada Would Have Been Eligible to Run the US Olympic Trials".
  5. ↑ Transfers of allegiance. IAAF (2014-05-27). Retrieved on 2014-06-27.
  6. ↑ Estrada's hometown is Salinas, California. Athletic.net: Diego Estrada
  7. ↑ NAU Athletics. "Diego Estrada".
  8. ↑ Gugula, Jon. "NAU's Estrada Chases the American Dream".
  9. ↑ "2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics".
  10. ↑ "Asics America Diego Estrada".
  11. ↑ "Watch the 2014 men's 2014 USA Road 5k Championships".
  12. ↑ "2014 Providence CVS Health Downtown 5k".
  13. ↑ "2015 USATF Half Marathon Championships results".
  14. ↑ "All Time list of half Marathon Times".
  15. ↑ "2015 USATF Half Marathon Championships - video of Houston, Texas race".
  16. ↑ "Diego Estrada All-athletics".
  17. ↑ "Diego Estrada IAAF profile".
  18. ↑ "2015 USATF Outdoor Championships Results".
  19. ↑ "2015 USA Road 5 km championships".
  20. ↑ "Track and Field News Annual List".
  21. ↑ "USATF 2015 Annual List".
  22. ↑ "2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon Final Male Results with Splits".
  23. ↑ "United Airlines NYC Half 2016 Male finishers in order Distance: 13.1 miles, 21.1 kilometers Date/Time: March 20, 2016, 7:30 AM Location: Central Park to Downtown, NYC Weather: 34 degrees, 35% humidity, wind 14 mph".
  24. ↑ "Elite Men 10k - BolderBOULDER 2016 result". bolderboulder.com. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "SATURDAY 5:20 PM - FINAL Men's 5000m". Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  26. ↑ 2016 US Olympic Team Trials - Marathon results. Retrieved on February 14, 2016
  27. ↑ 2016 Bolder Boulder results. Retrieved on May 31, 2016
  28. ↑ 2016 Chicago Marathon. Retrieved on Oct 10th, 2016

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