2021 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
TFRRS Profile
2020 (at Stanford):
2019 (at Stanford):
- 24th in Pac-12 Championships in the 800m
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Third leg on NCAA second-place distance medley relay
- First-team All-America (DMR)
- Third leg on MPSF-winning distance medley relay
- Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in the distance medley relay
- MPSF All-Academic
2018 (at Stanford):
- Ran season best 800 of 1:53.41 at the Big Meet
- Made collegiate outdoor debut at Hornet Invitational, placing 10th in the 800
- Ran season-best 1,500 of 3:55.69 at the Cardinal Classic
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
- MPSF All-Academic
2017 (at Stanford):
- Won his mile section at the MPSF Championships, running a personal best 4:08.37 to place 13th overall
- Made collegiate debut by finishing second in the 1,000 at the UW Indoor Preview, in 2:24.05
- Ran the opening leg of the Cardinal distance medley relay at the Penn State National, with the team placing second
High School:
- Became just the second male since 1923 to win California state titles in the 800m/880y and 1,600m/mile at the same meet
- Helped lead Great Oak of Temecula to victory at the Nike Cross Nationals, earning the school's first national championship
- Riverside Press-Enterprise Boys Athlete of the Year
- Placed third in the 800 at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals, running a personal best 1:50.20
- Won the mile at the 2016 indoor Milrose Games, passing four runners in the final 50 meters at The Armory in Manhattan, and edged a celebrating opponent at the tape, winning in 4:09.87 on national television
- Ran the fourth-fastest 1,600 in the nation in 2016 with his personal best 4:04.01 to win the Southern Section Masters Meet
- Member of 4x1,600 relay that set national records in consecutive weeks, at Arcadia and Mt. SAC Relays
- Ran 1:49.3 split in anchoring 4x800 team to victory at New Balance Nationals
- Four-time CIF Southern Section Division I champion, winning both the 800 and 1,600 in 2015 and 2016
- Seventh at the 2015 California Division I cross country championships as the No. 3 runner for champion Great Oak
- Won Southwestern League 800 title all four years
- Ran 9:00.28 in the 3,200 at the 2016 Arcadia Invitational
Personal:
- Son of Frank and Florina Cortes
- Has a younger sister, Fatima, and younger twin brothers, Mark and Ramses
