NEW ORLEANS, La.- Four student-athletes of Pacific Track and Field received All-Region recognition from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Dominic Funk, Kara Putman, Naomi Johnson, and Emily Rutkowski represent the Boxers in the West Region of Division III.

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Dominic Funk finished 10^th nationally in the javelin as the school record holder enjoyed a fantastic junior season. His throw of 64.56m at the George Fox Final Qualifier on May 19 landed him at the national meet in Geneva, Ohio, where he locked up a top-10 national ranking.
 
Kara Putman also capped off an impressive junior campaign by clocking a stellar time of 38:00.10 in the 10,000m race where she finished as the Northwest Conference runner-up. She was an NCAA National Championship qualifier in cross-country this fall after winning the NWC 6k championship race, and was a runner-up in both the 10k and 5k at the NWC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She is a member of the school record-holding Distance Medley Relay team and her name appears all over the Pacific top-10 record lists. Putman ranks third all-time on Pacific's all-time list for the 6,000m cross country race, is ranked fifth in both the mile and 3,000m on Pacific's Indoor Track top-10 list, and is ranked fourth in the 5,000m and second in the 10,000m on Pacific Women's Outdoor Track top-10 list.
 
In discus, Naomi Johnson took second place at the NWC Championships with her toss of 41.253. This garnered All-West Region honors from the USTFCCCA. 
 
Emily Rutkowski earns All-Region for the first time after her lifetime best time of 1:05.48 in the 400m hurdles. This gave her a second-place finish at the Portland Distance Carnival on May 14. 
 
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