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Leonel Manzano

Event: 1,500m
Height: 5-5
Weight: 125
PR: 800m - 1:44.56 (2010); 1,500m - 3:32.37 (2010); mile - 3:50.64 (2010)
Born: 09/12/1984
Current Residence: Austin, Texas

High School: Marble Falls High School '04
College: University of Texas '08
Coach: John Cook
Agent: Ricky Simms
Sponsor: Nike
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USA Championships
2012 USA Indoor 1,500m champion (3:48.05)
2008 Olympic Trials runner-up (3:40.90)
Three-time USA Outdoor runner-up - 2007 (3:35.29); 2009 (3:41.82); 2010 (3:50.91)

International Championships
Three-time member World Championships Team USA ('07, '09, '11)
2008 Olympic Team USA member

Collegiate Championships
Two-time NCAA Outdoor 1,500m champion - 2005 (3:37.15); 2008 (3:41.25)
Two-time NCAA Indoor mile champion - 2005 (3:59.86); 2007 (3:59.90)
Nine-time NCAA All-American

Awards and Honors
2008 USTFCCCA Athlete of the Year

About Leo
Born in Mexico, Manzano moved with his family to Texas at the age of four where he soon began running. After a standout high school career for Marble Falls High School (Marble Falls, Texas), where he won a total of nine Texas 4A state championships, Manzano competed for the University of Texas. In Austin, he became the first ever Longhorn to make the U.S. Olympic squad in the 1,500m. Organizes his own event “The Manzano Mile” each March in Austin and was the dominant NCAA miler of his era.

Results 2012: USA Indoor 1,500m champion (3:48.05); 8th at USATF Classic mile (3:57.92) 2011: Placed 13th in second heat at World Championships semi-final (3:47.98); 3rd at USA Outdoors (3:48.16); 1st in mile at London Grand Prix (3:51.24); Best of 3:33.66 at Paris. 2010: USA Outdoor runner-up (3:50.91); 3rd at Gateshead (3.33.51); 1st at Boston Indoor Games (3:56.82); 1st at Occidental HP Invite (3:36.74); 2nd in Brussels (3:32.20.); 13th at Monaco (3:42.93); 4th in Berlin (1:44.56); 5th in Stockholm 800m (1:45.41); 3rd in London (3:50.64); Bests of 1:44.56 (800m), 3:33.51 (1,500m), 3:50.64 (mile). 2009: USA Outdoor runner-up (3:41.82); 12th at World Outdoors (3:40.05); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (3:34.14PR); 2nd at London (3:53.01); Best of 3:34.14 (1,500m). 2008: Olympic Trials runner-up (3:40.90; 12th in semifinals at Olympic Games (3:50.33); 6th in opening round at Olympic Games (3:36.67); 1st in mile at Texas Relays (3:56.98PR); NCAA Outdoor champion (3:41.25) 2007: USA Outdoor runner-up (3:35.29); 13th in heats at World Outdoors (3:45.97); 2nd at NCAA Outdoor Championships (3:37.48); NCAA Midwest Region champion (3:40.21); Big 12 champion (3:41.60); Big 12 Indoor mile champion (3:58.78); NCAA Indoor champion (3:59.90) 2006: 3rd at USA Outdoors (3:39.49); 4th at NCAA Outdoors (3:44.59); NCAA Midwest Regional Champion (3:42.86); 6th at Big 12 Championships 800m (1:51.78); 7th in Mile at NCAA Indoor Championships; Big 12 Indoor Mile Champion (3:59.86). 2005: Finished undefeated at 1,500m; NCAA Outdoor champion (3:37.13); NCAA Midwest Regional Champion (3:44.93); Big 12 Outdoor Champion (3:45.45); Big 12 Indoor mile Champion (3:59.86); NCAA Indoor champion (3:59.86)   USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Outdoor bests - 1,500m, 3:33.66 (No. 3 in the USA) 2010: Indoor bests - mile, 3:56.82 (No. 5 in the USA); 1,500m, 3:32.37 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 11 in the world) 2009: Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:46.20 (No. 6 in the USA); 1,500m, 3:33.33 (No. 3 in the USA) 2008: Indoor bests - mile, 3:59.21 (No. 5 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 1,500m, 3:36.67 (No. 6 in the USA) 2007: Indoor bests - mile, 3:59.08 (No. 3 in the USA); Outdoor bests -  1,500m, 3:35.29 (No. 4 in the USA) 2005: Indoor bests - mile, 3:59.86 (No. 4 in the USA); Outdoor bests -  1,500m, 3:37.15 (No. 7 in the USA)