May 26, 2007

Lutes Come Up Empty at National Championships

OSHKOSH, Wisc. – Pacific Lutheran's four entrants in the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships came up empty in the three-day meet.

Freshman Karin Hatch, the Lutes' lone competitor in Saturday's final day of the meet, threw the javelin 124-11 to finish 16th.

On Friday, sophomore Taylor Hacker and senior Megan Wochnick were unable to get out of the preliminaries in the women's hammer throw. Hacker threw 158-4 to finish 11th and Wochnick was one inch back at 158-3 to finish 13th.

On Thursday, sophomore Faven Araya failed to advance to Saturday's final in the 400-meter hurdles. Araya finished fifth out six runners in her Thursday evening heat. Her time, 1:03.03, placed her 11th in the preliminaries.

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