In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is Ayala and the second or maternal family name is Acevedo.
Allan Ayala Acevedo (born July 7, 1986) is a male
track and fieldathlete from
Guatemala, 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.