2018 Track and Field Roster
Biography
2018 OUTDOOR: Opened the 2018 season with a silver medal and career best in the 800m (2:04.94) at the UTEP Springtime … finished eighth at the Don Kirby Tailwind in the 800m … competed at the C-USA Championships in the 8K.
2018 INDOOR: Competed at the Don Kirby Elite with a career best of 2:06.25 in the 800m to secure 16th overall … opened the indoor season at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational with a 17th-place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:09.03 … achieved a personal best in the mile clocking in at 4:59.27 to take 23rd place at the New Mexico Classic.
PRIOR TO UTEP: Qualified for cross country nationals in the U.S.A. Track and Field (USATF) ... competed for the Texas Shooting Stars track club ... ran at the USATF Border Association Junior Olympic Championships in the 1,500m and 3,000m … took first at the El Paso Flames meet in the 1,500m with a personal best of 4:29.42 … opened the season with a personal best in the 3,000m registering a personal best of 10:01.97.
PERSONAL: Son of Thomas Ortiz and Ana Saenz ... Kinesiology major ... was a member of the National Honor Society.
