Allan Ayala

Allan Ayala Acevedo (born July 7, 1986) is a Guatemalan track and field athlete, specialized in the 400m intermediate hurdles event. As a junior, he was a member of the team that broke the Guatemalan 4x400 relay Junior National Record in 2004.

In 2007, Ayala ran for Dickinson State University in North Dakota and was named Outstanding DAC Conference Track Athlete in both indoors and outdoors events. He was runner-up in the 400IH in the NAIA national championships; also setting a new Guatemalan national record in the event. Three weeks later he set the 400 meters Guatemalan national record in Costa Rica. He then broke his own record in the 400IH at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ayala was also the only Guatemalan to run in the 2007 World Athletic Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Achievements Representing 2005 Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.40 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.91 2006 NACAC U-23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 10th (h) 400m hurdles 53.55 2007 Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 2nd 400 m 48.05 3rd 110 m hurdles 15.07 (+1.1 m/s) 2nd 400 m hurdles 52.15 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:13.95 CR NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 7th 400 m hurdles 52.44 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:16.83 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13th (h) 400 m hurdles 51.20 8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:17.86 World Championships Osaka, Japan 32nd (h) 400 m hurdles 52.26 2008 Central American Championships San Pedro Sula, Honduras 1st 400 m hurdles 51.72 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.30 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:15.28 Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile 4th 400 m hurdles 51.41 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 6th 400 m hurdles 52.70 NACAC U-23 Championships Toluca, Mexico 4th 400m hurdles 52.05 A 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:13.83 A 2009 Central American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 2nd 400 m hurdles 50.16 Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 10th (h) 400 m hurdles 51.89 2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 7th 400 m hurdles 51.82 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 12th (h) 400 m hurdles 53.57 2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico — 400 m hurdles DNF