Patrick Ortiz

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Pecos, NM
	High School: Pecos HS

	Height / Weight: 5-11 / 138
	Experience: 3L

01/26/2012

40 Lobos Named to Academic All-Mountain West Team

New Mexico has third-most honorees in MW

11/21/2011

Stevens: Lobo Women Finish No. 9 at NCAA Cross Country Championships

Ross Millington, UNM's top runner on the men's side, drops out ill and Lobo men tumble to 31st place

11/12/2011

Women's Cross Country Ties for Mountain Region Title

Men's team finishes fourth and has to await NCAA selection on Monday

11/10/2011

Stevens: Lobos Cross Country At NCAA Mountain Region

Joe Franklin's Lobos swept the Mountain Region in 2010, but this time around UNM is just hoping to advance to NCAA finals

10/29/2011

Three-Sweep! Lobo Cross Country Sweeps MW Titles for Third Straight Year

Men win title by just three points, Women win fourth straight conference title

NEW MEXICO:

Senior year runner to help lead the team to a great season in 2011-2012. (2010)Third-year runner who showed great promise on the cross country course...was the No. 2 freshman in the MWC...has an indoor track redshirt season available...two-time Academic All-MWC. 2008-09: (outdoor) Raced 6 times in 4 meet appearances...top 1,500 time of 4:05.23 and top 5,000m time of 15:07.01...Academic All-MWC...(indoor) Did not compete...(cross country) Four meet appearances, running with a veteran-laden UNM top-7 at the MWC Championships (35th) and Lobo Invitational (26th)...was 2nd among the freshmen in the MWC Championship field (season-best 26:26)...led the Lobo B team with an 11th place finish at New Mexico State...Academic all-MWC. 2007-08: (outdoor) Raced twice...3rd in the 3,000 at UTEP...(indoor) Redshirt season...(cross country)Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of Pecos (N.M.) High School...5-year letterwinner in track and 4-year letterwinner in cross country for head coach Sal Gonzales...named school Athlete of the Year all four years...led Pecos to third place finishes at the 2A state cross country meet in 2005 & `06...owns the school cross country course record...also a 3-time Academic Athlete honoree.

PERSONAL: Born in Rowe, N.M...full name is Patrick Victor Ortiz...son of Victor and Emily Ortiz...has one brother, Issac, 13...Favorite athlete is Usain Bolt...Favorite food is any type of New Mexican food...Favorite movies are love movies...greatest thrill of being a part of a sport is meeting other runners and making memories along the way...Majoring in Exercise Science.