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University of North Florida Athletics

2026 Men's Track Roster

Avaunt Ortiz

  • Event Sprints
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Tempe, Ariz.
  • High School McClintock
  • Previous School Tennessee

Biography

College Indoor Track PR | 200m: 21.91; 400m: 47.23
College Outdoor Track PR | 400m: 47.34

High School Track PR | 100m: 10.89; 200m: 21.50; 400m: 46.69

PRIOR TO UNF
Competed on the Tennessee track and field team from 2023-25...took his first collegiate win in the 400m at the Music City Challenge indoor meet...also won the 400m in the Tennessee Invite to debut outdoor season...ended his 2025 outdoor season in first overall at the Big Orange Invite in the 400m race...placed in the top five on 10 occasions...was named to the 2023-24 SEC First-Year Honor Roll...two-time state champion sprinter for McClintock HS...ranked No. 5 on the 2022 World Athletic U-18 Performance List with a personal-best and meet-record time of 46.69 at the Nike Chandler Rotary Invite...his personal-best ranked No. 3 all-time in the state of Arizona and No. 17 nationally during the 2022 outdoor season...finished fourth at the 2022 Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle...won the 400m race at the 2022 Great Southwest Track & Field Classic...claimed a pair of AIA D2 state championships in the 200m (21.50) and 400m (47.04) during the 2022 outdoor season...as a sophomore, won bronze in the 200m and finish sixth in the 400m at the AIA D2 State Championships.

PERSONAL
Son of Gary Ware and Beverly Williams...born on Sept. 3, 2004...plans to major in psychology...chose UNF because "to me, it was a great fit and originally had the same values that I wanted to include in my athletic career."