Patricia Ortega

Photo by: Kim Spir

Photo by: Jeff Harwell

Photo by: Jeff Harwell

Event:
Multis
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Logrono, Spain
High School:
Colegio Paula Montal/University of La Rioja

Results

2018 Outdoor: Garnered second-team All-America accolades after placing 15th in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (June 9) with a seven-event cumulative score of 5,542...earned her first-ever berth in the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the heptathlon on the strength of a career-best score of 5,782 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 19)...was an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier in the high jump registering a jump of 5-5 (1.65m)...garnered second-team All-Mid-American Conference accolades placing second in the heptathlon at the MAC Championships (May 11) with a seven-event score of 5,285...also finished fourth in the high jump at the MAC Championships (May 12) with a mark of 5-4.50 (1.64m)...won her flight of the heptathlon at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 19) with a score of 5,782...posted five first-place performances and 35 top-five finishes on the campaign...recorded second- and fourth-fastest times in outdoor program history in the 100-meter hurdles (13.52) and 400-meter hurdles (60.35) at the MAC Championships.

2018 Outdoor Accolades: Second-team All-America honoree in the heptathlon...NCAA Championships qualifier (Outdoor Heptathlon)...NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (Outdoor High Jump)...second-team All-MAC (Outdoor Heptathlon)...earned Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar accolades.

2018 Indoor: Garnered second-team All-MAC accolades placing second in the pentathlon at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23) with a five-event score of 3,887, while also finishing fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with the fourth-fastest time (8.50) in indoor program history...recorded fourth-best score in indoor program history at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2) with a career-best total of 4,008...posted nine top-10 efforts in the 60-meter hurdles.

2018 Indoor Accolades: Second-Team All-MAC (Outdoor Heptathlon)...earned Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honors.

2017 Outdoor: Earned a second-place finish in the heptathlon at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 12) with a season-best score of 5,352 to garner second-team All-MAC honors...posted a seven-event cumulative score of 5,055 to place 15th in the heptathlon at the Texas Relays (March 30)...jumped 5-1.25 (1.56m) to place 17th in the high jump at the MAC Championships (May 13)...registered top-10 finishes in the 100-meter hurdles in five meets, including winning the event with a time of 14.49 at the Ashland Alumni Open (April 29)...recorded a season-best time of 14.07 in the 100-meter hurdles en route to placing third at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15)...recorded season-best marks in the long jump (18-4/5.59m), high jump (5-6.50/1.69m), shot put (39-5.25/12.02m) and 200 meters (25.71) in the heptathlon at the MAC Championships (May 11/12)...2017 Indoor: Competed in seven meets for the Zips, including placing third in the pentathlon at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 25) with a cumulative score of 3,808...registered a season-best score of 3,823 in the pentathlon at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3)...finished third, fourth and seventh, respectively, in the high jump (5-5.75/1.67m), 60-meter hurdles (8.88) and shot put (38-2/11.63m) at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 14)...registered a season-best jump of 18-0.50 (5.50m) in the long jump at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3).

Personal: Majoring in sport science – coaching...daughter of Javier Ortega and Carmen Trincado.