The Pacific University men's and women's track and field teams competed in their first home meet Saturday at the Pacific Preview. The Boxers had an excellent home opener, with eight individual champions and 17 top three finishes. Notably, the Boxers swept the top four spots in the women's shot put and the top two spots in the women's 400m dash.
 
Those placing in the top three in their events for the Boxers were:
 
James Hoban, champion in the men's 100m dash (11.16)
Megan Eberhardt, champion in the women's 400m dash (1:01.11)
Alexa Smith, runner up in the women's 400m dash (1:01.33)
Garrett Stewart, third in the men's 800m (2:00.29)
Airel Farley, champion in the women's 3,000m steeplechase (12:21.78)
Brooke France, runner up in the women's discus throw (38.28m); third in the women's hammer throw (40.88m)
Jacob DuVall, champion in the men's discus throw (46.72m); third in the men's hammer throw (41.85m)
Jenna Hoiland, champion in the women's long jump (5.17m); champion in the women's triple jump (11.69m)
Megan Wesel, champion in the women's shot put (12.34m)
Karen Du, runner up in the women's shot put (12.02m)
Emily DeYoung, third in the women's shot put (11.55m)
Josh Huffman, runner up in the men's shot put (13.38m)
Namaka Park, third in the men's triple jump (12.77m)
Pacific women's 4x400m relay team, champions (4:06.04).

"Today was a great first home meet competition of the season," Head Coach Matt Lydum said. "It's exciting to see the team continue to add more PRs and conference qualifying marks each week."

The Boxers continue their season at George Fox next Saturday.