Cal Poly doles out monthly awards

Track and Field competitors Joaquin Ortiz and Jasmine Winn have been named the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Male and Female Athletes of the Month for May at Cal Poly Pomona.

            The awards are voted upon by the student-based Bronco Athletics Association.

            Ortiz, who competed in the 800 meters, qualified for the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships that was hosted by Cal Poly Pomona in May. The Woodland native ran a personal-best 1 minute and 52.27 qualifying time at the Occidental Relays on May 10. He then ran 1:52.31 in a qualifying heat at the NCAAs. He did not race in the finals.

            For the season, Ortiz dropped his personal best time in the 800 by more than two seconds in a little more than a month.

            Winn, a junior from Pomona, became the only Bronco athlete - male or female -  this year to earn all-American honors. She finished third in the long jump at the NCAA meet. She jumped 18 feet, 7 inches. She held the nation's best jump for roughly a month and a half this season when she jumped 19-3 ½ at Cal State Los Angeles on March 1.