ABEL FLORES
Class of 2013
Abel Flores competed in cross country and track and field in his 4 years at Defiance High School. As a cross country athlete, Flores was a part of the WBL Championship teams in 2009 and 2012. He won the WBL Individual Title in 2010, 2011 and 2012. He ran in the State Meet every year of his career and placed second in 2011 and 2012 as well as helping the team take second place in his senior year. Flores was selected to represent Ohio his senior year in the Mid-East Cross Country Championship, competing against athletes from Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois.
During his track and field career, Flores would compete in the 1600m, 3200m and the 4x800 relay winning WBL titles in the 1600m and 3200m in 2011 and 2013. He would go on to win District, Region and State Championships in the 3200m in 2013 and help the 4x800 relay team qualify for the state meet.
He attended Eastern Michigan University where he was Captain of the men’s cross country and track teams and helped the nationally ranked cross country team win 4 Mid-American Conference titles. He graduated from Eastern Michigan in 2018 with a B.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice. After college, he began working in the casino industry as a Surveillance Agent for Hollywood Casino in Toledo and Motorcity Casino in Detroit, specializing in reports for the Gaming Commission of Ohio and Michigan. In 2020, Abel began a new career in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he currently lives, working for the corporate headquarters of Domino’s Pizza as a Safety and Loss Prevention Representative. Flores continues to be a part of the cross country and track community, helping his former coach at Eastern Michigan as a volunteer coach.