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  May 22, 2008

Araya Qualifies for 400-Meter Hurdles Finals at National Meet

OSHKOSH, Wis. – Pacific Lutheran junior Faven Araya recorded the second fastest time in school history to advance to the finals of the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships being held at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Araya came into the meet with a personal best 1:02.14, but she shattered that mark, clocking 1:01.09 to win her heat on Thursday’s opening day of the championship meet. She will take the third fastest qualifying time into the finals scheduled for 3:15 p.m. local time on Saturday. Sumer Rohrs of Frostburg State (Maryland) had the fastest qualifying time on Thursday, clocking 1:00.34, followed by Sarah Wittingen from Calvin (Mich.) in 1:00.83.

Araya’s time jumps her from fifth to second on the all-time Pacific Lutheran top 25 list, behind only the 59.79 recorded by Karen Steen in 1986.

Taylor Hacker, another junior, is the only other Pacific Lutheran athlete to qualify for the national championships. She competes for the Lutes in the women’s hammer throw final at 3 p.m. local time Friday. Hacker enters the meet with the nation’s sixth-best throw at 171-5.

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