Education
Arciniaga attended Fountain Valley High School, where he ran cross country and track under coach Barry Migliorini. He started out as an 800 meter runner before he made a transition to longer-distance events.
Arciniaga attended Fountain Valley High School, where he ran cross country and track under coach Barry Migliorini. He started out as an 800 meter runner before he made a transition to longer-distance events.
High school Collegiate He specialized in the 5K. Post-collegiate After college, Arciniaga moved to distance-running hub Flagstaff, Arizona, where he began a training program with coach Greg McMillian. In 2007, Nick ran 2:17:08 at New York Marathon in November. In 2009, Nick ran 2:13:46 at New York Marathon in November.
In 2011 (January 30), Arciniaga competed in the Chevron Houston Marathon where he finished 2nd in a time of 2:11:30.
During the summer that same year, Arciniaga competed in the men"s marathon at the world championships where he finished 41st. In 2012, Arciniaga placed 8th representing McMillan Elite adidas in 2:11:56 at 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, Texas on January 14, 2012.
Nick Arciniaga was 9th in 2:14:31 in Duluth, Minnesota at 2014 Grandma"s Marathon on June 21st. In 2015, he began training for the 10K on the track with Scott Smith, peaking in the spring.
On May 1, 2015, he set his 10,000 meter personal best at the in the second section of the men"s 10K at the Payton Jordan Invitational, recording 28:29.71.