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2022 Men's Cross Country

Gabriel Ortega

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pompano Beach, Calif.
  • High School Pine Crest School

Biography

Career Highlights

2022: As a senior, competed in all six races...opened the season in time of 19:31 in the 5k race at Wheaton on September 2…ran the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on September 17, finishing with a time of 30:34…crossed the finish line with a time of 30:20 at the Bowdoin Invitational on September 24...turned in a season-best time of 29:34 at the Connecticut College Invitational on October 15...placed 80th with a time of 30:25 at the NEWMAC Championships on October 30...ran a 30:48 at the NCAA East Regionals on November 12.

2021: As a junior, competed in five of six meets...made his season debut in the Wheaton Invitational 5k on September 3...ran a career-best 26:35 for 12th-place at the Keene State Invitational on October 2...finished with a time of 28:39 at the Suffolk Invitational on October 16...placed 42nd with a time of 27:44 at the NEWMAC Championships on October 30...posted a time of 28:12 and placed 68th at the NCAA East Regionals on November 13.

2020: As a sophomore, season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019: As a first-year, appeared in all six races…led the team with an average 8k time of 27:34…made his collegiate debut at the Wheaton 5k where he placed fifth with a time of 17:56 on August 30…finished 16th at Fitchburg State’s 8k Sheehan Invitational with a time of 27:43 on September 8…recorded a season-best time of 27:06 to finish 22nd at the Keene State Invitational on October 5…crossed the finish line with a team-best time of 27:20 to place 25th overall at the NEWMAC Championship at Franklin Park on November 3…posted a time of 27:14 in the NCAA New England Championship at Bowdoin on November 16.

Top Time
8k: 26:35 - Keene State Invitational (10/2/21)

Career History

2022 Race Location Distance Time Place
 9/2 Wheaton Inv. Highland Park, Attleboro, Mass. 5K 19:31 32nd
 9/17 UMass Dartmouth Inv. Bob Dowd Course, Dartmouth, Mass. 8K 30:34 240th
 9/24 Bowdoin Inv. Pickard Field, Brunswick, Maine 8K 30:20 88th
10/15 Conn. College Inv. Harkness Park, Waterford, Conn. 8K 29:34 72nd
10/30 NEWMAC Champ. Highland Park, Attleboro, Mass. 8K 30:25 80th
11/12 NCAA East Reg. Champ. Pickard Field, Brunswick, Maine 8K 30:48 159th
Average Time 30:20
2021 Race Location Distance Time Place
 9/3 Wheaton Inv. Highland Park, Attleboro, Mass. 5K  17:35 10th
 9/18 UMass Dartmouth Inv. Bob Dowd Course, Dartmouth, Mass. 8K  --  --
 10/2 Keene State Inv. Cheshire Fairgrounds, Swanzey, N.H. 8K  26:35 12th
 10/16 Suffolk Inv. Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. 8K  28:39 74th
 10/30 NEWMAC Champ. Wellesley, Mass. 8K  27:44 42nd
 11/13 NCAA East Reg. Champ. Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. 8K  28:12 68th
Average Time  27:47
2019 Race Location Distance Time Place
 8/30 Wheaton Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. 5K  17:56 5th
 9/7 Fitchburg/Jim Sheehan Inv. Doyle Conserv. Center, Leominster, Mass. 8K  27:43 16th
 10/5 Keene State Inv. Owl Athletic Complex, Keene, N.H. 8K  27:06 22nd
 10/19 Western New Eng. Inv. Springfield, Mass. 8K  28:29 50th
 11/3 NEWMAC Champ. Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. 8K  27:20 25th
 11/16 NCAA New England Champ. Pickard Field Course, Brunswick, Maine 8K  27:14 137th
Average Time  27:34

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior