Fernando Cabada Jr

Running career

High school Cabada attended and ran with Buchanan High School of Clovis, California until he graduated in 2000. At Buchanan, Cabada ran cross country and track and established himself as one of the most formidable high school distance runners in the state of California. In cross country, he recorded 15:42 in the 5K as a junior at the 1998 CIF Cross Country Championships. He recorded a personal best 3200-meter time of 8:59.02 in his junior year at the Golden West track meet on June 11, 1999, after which he was ranked seventh in the high school boys' 3200 meters in the entire United States. In his final outdoor track season as a high school senior, he recorded a personal best time of 4:17.28 in the 1600 meters. Cabada quickly grew disenchanted with the pressures at Arkansas and returned to his hometown to attend Fresno State. At Fresno, the cross country and track programs folded due to financial reasons, and Cabada attempted to walk-on at Arkansas, this time without a scholarship. Eventually he dropped running and, in 2003, dropped school altogether to work as a tile setter for $8 an hour. While working various labor jobs, Cabada allegedly applied to Minot State University after contacting their coach, Scott Simmons, on the internet. Simmons, however, moved to Virginia Intermont and Cabada left Fresno to follow him. The move to Virginia ultimately saved Cabada's running career; at Virginia Intermont College, he won 7 NAIA titles.

International At the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships he finished 72nd. In the following year, Cabada finished 50th at the 2007 World Championships in the marathon.

At the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Cabada finished 46th.

National Cadaba is a two-time winner of the US 25K national championship race. He set the national record for the distance (1:14:20) in 2006. In 2011, he was back at the top of the podium, clocking 1:15:41. He won the 2008 Twin Cities Marathon, which served as the United States National Marathon Championship for the year. He won in a time of 2:16:32.