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March 10, 2008 TRACK & FIELD: Hacker and Faven Hit NCAA Provisional Marks THIS WEEK: Pacific Lutheran will have a bye this week followed by the Charles Bowles Invitational, which is hosted by Willamette University. NCAA PROVISIONAL MARKS: Juniors Taylor Hacker and Faven Araya both hit Division III NCAA provisional marks this past weekend. Hacker’s toss of 167-10 in the hammer throw easily surpassed the NCAA provisional mark of 150-11 and was a lifetime best. The Gig Harbor native moved into the number three spot on the Lutes' all-time top 25 list. Araya won the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 63.90, also hitting the provisional mark. Both Hacker and Araya competed at the Division III national meet last season. JOE PAYTON: Juniors Taylor Hacker and Faven Araya provided the Pacific Lutheran highlights at the Joe Peyton Invitational held this afternoon and hosted by the University of Puget Sound. The Lute women finished fourth out of seven teams. Seattle Pacific won with 158 points followed by Western Washington with 152, Central Washington 128, PLU 92, Seattle U. 84.5, Puget Sound 68.5 and Saint Martin's 35. Other notable performances on the women’s side including freshman Lakia Arceneaux in the 200-meter dash, running a NWC qualifying time of 26.50. Arceneaux teamed up with Araya, Amy Lebrun and Lynette Millard to post an impressive time of 49.78 in the 4x100-meter relay. The team finished second behind Western Washington. In the distance event, Michele Hegg finished fourth overall in the 1500-meter run with a time of 5:01.74. Lauren McDonald and Jillian Bartling both hit qualifying marks in the 5000-meter run, finishing in 19:14.61 and 19:18.12, respectively. The PLU men placed fifth in the seven-team event. Western Washington scored 192, followed by Central Washington with 156, Puget Sound 119, Seattle U. 106, PLU 51, Saint Martin's 49 and Seattle Pacific 35. Luke Weinbrecht was one of two PLU men to qualify for the Northwest Conference championships meet this afternoon. Weinbrecht ran 11.37 in the 100-meter dash and followed that qualifying mark by running a 58.20 in the 400-meter hurdles. Jeff Nielsen was last Lute to hit a NWC qualifying mark with a 42-06 1/4 effort in the shot put. Nielsen also made the conference meet in the hammer with a toss of 130-06. NWC QUALIFIERS: In the first two meets PLU has had 14 athletes hit qualifying marks for the Northwest Conference Championships. George Fox hosts the NWC Championship on April 18-19. The following athletes have already punched their ticket for the conference meet. Men Women - PLU -
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