Mandy Ortiz

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-1
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Vail, Colo.
High School:
Battle Mountain

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
3,000-Meters: 11:08.17 (2015)
OUTDOOR
1,500-meters: 5:06.55 (2015)

ACADEMIC HONORS
Pac-12 All-Academic First Team (2016)

2016: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Ortiz ran three races during the spring. She ran her first outdoor 3,000 at the CU Invite, finishing in 11:47.55. Ortiz clocked a season best mark of 19:42.89 in the 5k at the Bryan Clay Invitational the following week.

2015: Indoor: Ortiz competed at two meets during her redshirt freshman season, running the mile at the Potts Invite (1/17) and the 3k at the Air Force Invite (1/24).
Outdoor: Ortiz ran two events, the 1,500 and 5,000, in her first outdoor season. She ran the 1,500 at the Fum McGraw Quadrangular (3/28) and the 5k at the Bryan Clay Invite.

2014: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.

CROSS COUNTRY: (2015) Did not compete. (2014) Ortiz raced twice as a redshirt freshman. She was 21^st at the Rocky Mountain Shootout before taking 22^nd in the open race at NCAA Pre-Nationals.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ortiz recorded a top-15 finish at the 2013 Colorado State 4A Cross Country Championships (15th overall) and placed sixth at the 4A Region 6 Championships as a senior. During her junior season, Ortiz won the 4A Region 5 Championships and placed 11th at state. As a senior on the track, Ortiz placed fourth in the 3,200 and was eighth in the 1,600 at the 2013 Colorado State 4A Track and Field Championships. She raced at the 2012 state meet and finished seventh in the 3,200-meters and 12th in the 1,600. Ortiz owns school records in the mile (5:18), two-mile (11:30) and on the 5k cross country course (18:38).

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: Mile: 5:18; 3,200-meters: 11:30.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Ortiz is majoring in integrative physiology and has a GPA of 3.972.

PERSONAL: Amanda (Mandy) Louise Ryan Ortiz was born on March 17, 1995 in Vail, Colo. She is the daughter of Michael and Anita, a professional mountain and ultra-runner, Ortiz of Eagle, Colo. She has three siblings, Amelia, who runs cross country and track at Williams College, Acacia and David. Ortiz enjoys baking, hiking, spending time outdoors and with family and friends.