Tarleton State University Athletics

Career Accolades 
Received All-WAC second team honors in the 400m hurdles at the 2022 WAC Outdoor Championships … Two-time recipient of Academic All-WAC recognition (2021, 2022). 

Senior (2022) 
Outdoor: Competed in the 400m hurdles at all seven meets … Finished sixth at the WAC Outdoor Championships in 54.78 to earn his first career set of postseason All-Conference accolades … Claimed third place behind a lifetime personal record of 54.40 at the SFA Invite … Placed third and fourth, respectively, at the UTA Invitational and North Texas Classic … Qualified for the 94th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the event and finished 33rd. 
Indoor: Raced in the 60m hurdles and 400m at the FasTrack Collegiate Challenge … Notched a lifetime personal record of 54.13 in the 400m. 

Junior (2021) 
Hurdled at five outdoor meets … Took seventh place in the 400m hurdles at the WAC Championships … Notched a personal record of 54.66 seconds in the prelims … Also registered a personal record in the 110m hurdles (15.39) to finish 11th … Was fifth in the 400m hurdles at the Joe Gillespie Invitational and finished ninth in the 110m hurdles … Claimed seventh place in the 400m hurdles at the North Texas Classic … Placed seventh and ninth, respectively, in the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles at the UTA Invitational. 

Sophomore (2020) 
Placed 16th and set a personal record in the 60m hurdles (8.78) at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships … Finished 19th in the event at the Howie Ryan Invitational. 

Dallas Baptist University (2019)
Competed in 10 meets … Took 13th place and set a personal record in the 400m hurdles (56.26) at the LSC Outdoor Championships … Notched a personal record and placed 11th in the 110m hurdles (16.47) at the East Texas Invitational … Had a pair of top-five finishes as a member of 4x400m relay teams … Finished 15th in the 60m hurdles at the LSC Indoor Championships. 

Killeen High School 
Lettered three years in track and field … Finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 300m hurdles (40.24) and 110m hurdles (15.44) at the UIL 6A Area 07/08 Championships as a senior … Qualified for the UIL 6A Region I meet in the 300m hurdles that same year … Competed in the 4x400m relay at the Area Championships in 2017. 
 
Personal 
2018 graduate of Killeen HS … Son of Juan and Mariangely Ortiz … Has a sister, Angelis ... Majoring in Political science ... Born Dec. 9.