Portland, Ore. – The Boxer men and women's track teams competed at home for three days in a row. Pacific hosted a heptathlon and decathlon at the Multi Meet from Thursday - Friday, March 30-31, and then hosted the Pacific Open on Saturday, April 1. The three meets were well attended, with the Pacific Open hosting nearly 600 athletes.
Top Performers
Dominic Funk did it again! The senior had a great day of throwing in the javelin at his final home track meet. He won the event with his throw of 63.57m, or 208'06", a mark that sits him at #2 in NCAA DIII right now. Funk has strung together a good series of meets and now has his eyes set on the NCAA National Championships.
The Boxers had eleven top-three finishes at both meets.
Two Boxers won their events: Angelica Gatica Gomez won the women's 400m (59.04) and Dominic Funk won the men's javelin (63.57, 208-06).
Seven Boxers took second place finishes at the home meet: Lucas Dahl in the men's 200m (21.99) and the men's long jump (6.65, 21-10.00), Emily Rutkowski in the women's 400m hurdles (1:06.27); Henry Tierney in the men's 800m (1:55.48); Itzel Vazquez in the women's long jump (4.83, 15-10.25); and two men's relays - the 4x100m relay (42.27) and the men's 4x400m relay (3:25.43).
There were two third place finishes, both by Ally Hammond - she took third in the women's 100m (12.75) and in the 110m hurdles (15.46).
On Thursday and Friday at the Pacific Multi Meet, the Boxers had three women compete in their first heptathlon. Courtney Tiernan took 16th with 3046 points and PR'd in 5 of the 7 events. Dina Altuhovs took 17th with 2808 points and PR'd in 4 out of the 7 events. Autumn Gerard took 18th with 2620 points and PR'd in 4 out of the 7 events. Also on Friday, Annie Berry raced the 5k at the San Francisco State Mike Fanelli Track Classic and placed 68th out of 115 women with a time of 17:56.67.
Here is a look at who moved up or onto the Outdoor Top Ten list this weekend:
Women's 100m
Ally Hammond - #2, 12.75
Men's 200m
Lucas Dahl - #6, 21.99
Men's 5,000m
Will Wada - #9, 15:35.37
Women's 4x100m Relay
Patton, Vazquez, Lowery, Hammond - #8, 51.34
Men's 4x100m Relay
Moreland, Vargas, Booker, Dahl - #4, 42.27
Conference qualifiers this week:
Men's 400m: Lucas Dahl
Men's 3k Steeplechase: Marc Manzano
Women's 5k: Maddy Hubbs, Abby Klein
Men's 5k: Will Wada
Men's Triple Jump: Josiah Chaffin
Up Next
The Boxers will compete this Saturday at Linfield's Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational. For the latest information on Pacific Athletics, make sure to check out GoBoxers.com. You can also find the Boxers on social media at @GoBoxers and @BoxerTFXC, and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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