INDIANAPOLIS - Mandy Ortiz (Eagle, Colo.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the women’s junior title at the World Mountain Running Championships in Krynica-Zdroj, Poland on Sept. 7.
Ortiz is the first junior athlete to ever win an individual World Mountain Running title for Team USA. Ortiz covered the 4.65 km course in 22:56 to cross the line first, eleven seconds in front of runner-up Lea Einfalt of Slovenia. Ortiz led the women’s junior team to a combined score of 17 points to place second overall. Germany won the division with 9 points, with Russia third with 19 points.
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