2016 Olympian for the United States
Olympic Games History
| Olympic Medal Summary |
| 2016 Rio Games |
800M |
| Event |
Result |
| Preliminary: 800m |
Finished 3rd in heat, 1:46.17, advanced to semifinals |
| Semifinals: 800m |
Finished 7th in heat, 1:46.74, did not advance |
- 2016 Olympic Semifinalist (800m)
- 2017 IAAF World Championships qualifier (800m)
- 2017 SEC Indoor Champion (800m)
- Four-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (800m)
- Three-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (800m)
- Broke Mark Everett's 26-year-old indoor 800m school record (1:46.20) at 2016 SEC Indoor Championships
- No. 2 outdoor 800m runner (1:44.98) on UF’s All-Time Top 10
- No. 4-ranked 1,500m runner (3:41.95) on UF’s All-Time Top 10
- Three-time All-SEC Indoor Second Team (DMR -- 2014; 800m -- 2015, 2016)
- Two-time All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (800m -- 2015, 2017)
Collegiate PR | 800m: 1:44.98; 1,500m: 3:41.95; Mile: 4:07.11
High School PR | 800m: 1:47.79—sixth-fastest high school time in history; 1,500m: 4:01.91; 1,600m: 4:11.79
Andres Arroyo’s TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
2017: Qualified to represent Puerto Rico in the 800m at 2017 IAAF World Championships ... USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor All-American (800m) ... Fifth-place finisher at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished 10th at NCAA Indoor Championships ... All-SEC Indoor First Team (800m) ... All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (800m -- silver medalist) ... Ran the No. 2-ranked 800m time on UF's All-Time Outdoor Top 10 (1:44.98) at TrackTown Summer Series -- New York (July 6) ... Ran No. 4-ranked 1,500m time on UF's All-Time Top 10 (3:41.95) at Tom Jones Memorial ... Ran a mile PR (4:07.11) at Commodore Invite.
2016: Represented Puerto Rico at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, finishing 22nd overall in the 800m semifinals (first Puerto Rican in history to make the Olympic semis) ... USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (800m) ... All-SEC Indoor Second Team (800m -- silver medalist) ... Broke Mark Everett's 26-year old indoor 800m school record at SEC Indoor Championships (1:46.20) ... Ran the 800m prelims at NCAA Indoor Championships ... Qualified for the 800m at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary ... Ran a season-best time and broke the Olympic qualifying standard at the Pepsi Florida Relays (1:45.78) ... Helped UF's sprint medley relay team to a victory at The Penn Relays.
2015: USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor All-American (800m) ... Eighth-place finisher in the 800m at NCAA Outdoor Championships … All-SEC Indoor Second Team (800m -- silver medalist) ... All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (bronze medalist) ... Ran the 800m preliminaries at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Nabbed runner-up honors in the 800m at the Iowa State Classic.
2014: Ran the 800m preliminaries for Puerto Rico at the IAAF World Junior Championships … USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor All-American (800m) ... Ran the 800m preliminaries at NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships … Garnered runner-up honors with the distance medley relay team and took seventh in the 800m at SEC Indoor Championships … Ran the 800m preliminaries at SEC Outdoor Championships … Won the 1,500m at the UF Tom Jones Memorial … Collected a runner-up finish in the 800m at the Razorback Invitational (indoor).
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Competed at Colonial High School in Orlando, Fla. … Two-time (2012-13) FHSAA Class 4A Outdoor Finals 1,600m and 3,200m champion … Recorded the United States’ No. 1 high school 800m (1:47.79) and 1,600m (4:04.45) of 2013 … Finished eighth in the mile at the 2013 adidas Grand Prix … Won the 800m title at the 2013 Pepsi Florida Relays with a time of 1:47.79—the sixth-fastest United States high school time in history … Finished 14th in the mile at the 2013 New Balance Nationals Indoor … Won the mile crown at the 2012 Golden South Classic … Sixth-place finisher in the 800m at the 2012 New Balance Nationals Outdoor … Andres Arroyo’s DyeStat Profile (for top high school performances and meet results).
