FDU Knights Athletics

2014 Cross Country: Appeared at six meets for Fairleigh Dickinson ... Opened the season with a 34:44.2 at the Fordham Fiasco (9/6) and finished 64th ... Finished 97th at the NYC Metropolitan Championships (10/10) in the 5-mile ... Ran a season-best time of 30:02.0 in the 8K at the Princeton Invitational (10/18) and finished 286th ... Crossed the line 56th at the Northeast Conference Championships in a time of 30:14.4. 

2013 Cross Country: Ran in six events... Posted an 8K time of 32:20 at the Father Bede Invitational (9/28)... Ran a season-best 8K time of 30:32 at the Metropolitan Championships (10/11)... Produced a 5K time of 17:51 at the CCSU Mini Meet (10/25)... Finished with a time of 32:08 at the Northeast Conference Championships (11/2)...

2012 Cross Country: Competed in six events… Placed third on the team in the 8k at the Bryant Invite to open the season with a time of 30:32.9 (9/8)… Took home fourth among FDU runners at the Metropolitan Championships in 31:25.82 (10/5)… Set a personal 8k record at the Highlander Classic in 28:31.16 (10/7)… Placed fourth on the team at the NEC Championships in 29:44.21 (10/27)… 

2011 Cross Country: Finished in the Knights' top five on three occasions… Improved each week over the first month, posting a season-best time of 30:30 at the Metropolitan Championships, good for fourth on the team (10/7)… 

Union City: Member of the cross country and track and field teams... Captained the track and field team... Named MVP of the cross country squad...

Personal: Born July 13, 1992... Son of Francisco Ortiz and Ramonita Martinez... Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.