Nicholas Arciniaga

Home:Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Bib: #22
Pronunciation:Nic-oh-lis Are-Sin-Ee-Ah-Gah
Birthdate:30 June 1983
Personal Best: 2:11:30 (Houston, 2011)

World Marathon Majors:

16Apr12Boston MarathonDNF 
04Sep11IAAF World Marathon Championships, Daegu41st2:24:06
10Oc10Bank of America Chicago Marathon15th2:18:12
01Nov09ING New York City Marathon 8th2:13:46
21Apr08Boston Marathon10th2:16:13
22Oct06The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon22nd2:16:58

Additional Marathon Highlights:

06Oct13Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon1st2:13:11
17Mar13Honda Los Angeles Marathon7th2:17:05
02Dec12Sacramento California International Marathon5th2:18:36
14Jan12Houston U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials8th2:11:56
30Jan11Chevron Houston Marathon2nd2:11:30
06Jun10Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon3rd2:11:48
03Nov07New York City U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials 17th2:17:08

Career Notes:

Nicholas ‘Nick’ Arciniaga is the 2013 U. S. National Champion in the marathon, after securing that title last year with a well-earned win at the Twin Cities Marathon. Earlier in the year he finished top American and seventh overall in Los Angeles in rainy conditions. Arciniaga has run in two U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials improving respectively in both time and place. In Houston at the 2012 Trials, he ran a near personal best of 2:11:56 to finish eighth. Arciniaga made his marathon debut in Chicago in 2006, and has since found the podium three times: San Diego, Houston and Twin Cities. He has placed top-ten at two World Marathon Majors: New York (8th) and Boston (10th). In his 2008 Boston appearance, he was also the first American man to cross the finish line.

Personal Notes:

Arciniaga runs with Team USA Arizona, is coached by Greg McMillan and lives in Flagstaff. He was born in Fountain Valley, California, and graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2006 with a BA in accounting.