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Chaminade University Athletics

2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Pacific West Conference

Chris Ortiz

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Plainfield, Ill.
  • High School Plainfield South

Biography

2017 (Senior):  Academic All-PacWest ... team's Scholar-Athlete ... competed in all five races ... had three No. 3 team finishes ... top 5k time was 21:15.0 at Chaminade Invitational (Sept. 16) ... completed 8k PacWest Championships (Oct. 21) in 30:36.1.

2016 (Junior):  Academic All-PacWest ... was team's No. 3 finisher in all six races ... best 5k time was 20:12.50 at the UH Big Wave Invitational (Sept. 3) ... top 8k time was 33:36.0 at the Chaminade Invitational (Oct. 8) ... finished 8k PacWest Championship (Oct. 22) at Kamehameha-Hawai'i School in 36:20.40.

2015 (Sophomore):  Named to the Academic All-Paciffic West Conference honor roll ... ws the team's Most Outstanding runner ... participated in all races ... was team's third finisher (17th overall) at 8k Chaminade Invitational with a time of 34:23.1 (Oct. 10) ... set personal-best of 8k events with 33:30.18 at the Pacific West Conference Championships in Riverside, Calif. (Oct. 24) ... finished 17th overall at 8k BYU-Hawai'i Invitational (Sept. 26) in 34:56.0.

2014 (Freshman):  Named to the Academic All-Pacific West Conference Team ... joined squad mid-season, competing in the team's final four races of the year ... finished the 8k Pacific West Conference Championships in Fresno, Calif., in time of 36:19.89, fastest time of the season ... completed 8k Chaminade Invitational in 36:43 (Oct. 11) ... crossed the finish line of the 10k HPU Invitational in 49:35.67 (Oct. 25).

High school:  A 2014 graduate of Plainfield South High School ... participated on the Cougars' cross country, track and soccer teams.

Personal:  Parents are Ramon and Mary Ortiz of Planfield, Ill. ... majoring in Biology ... hobbies include kayaking, running, swimming and playing video games.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    5'9" 175 lbs
  • 2015Sophomore

    5'9" 175 lbs
  • 2016Junior

    5'9" 175 lbs
  • 2017Senior

    5'9" 175 lbs

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