ESTACADA -- This past Saturday the women's and men's cross country teams competed at the NCAA DIII West Regional Championships. Hosted by Lewis & Clark College at Milo McIver State Park, the Boxers finished their season with one of their best performances.

Coming in ranked 18th, the women finished in 19th overall, just 13 points out of 18th place.

On the men's side, Pacific moved up from the rankings coming in, finishing in 21st place. This was also an improvement from where the Boxers finished last season when they placed 23rd.

"I'm very pleased with how everyone performed today," Pacific head coach Christine Eckstein said. "What a way to cap off the season. We had a couple people battling injuries and they gutted it out on a tougher course and one that is not so forgiving with the ankles. Time wise most of our team ran faster today than they did 1 month ago when we ran the same course at the Lewis and Clark Invitational.

"I thought our team handled this meet with poise and were ready for the challenge of how good the competition would be. We have so many positive things to take away from this meet and the season. We showed up with a positive attitude, confident, and we raced hard. There's nothing more that I could ask from this team. "

Junior Megan Feitz had another stellar performance dipping under the 23-minute barrier for the second time this season. Feitz placed 49th in a time of 22:52.2. Staying very consistent in the mid to low 23 minute range all season was senior Cris Brethower. Coming in at 82nd place, Brethower crossed the line at 23:37.2. In one of her best races of the season, junior Alena Krull completed the 6k race in 24:31.3, which placed her in 112th.

For the second race in a row, sophomore Morgan Boddy set another PR of 12 seconds. Boddy finished in 119th place with a time of 24:41.4. The women's top performer of the day was freshman Lauren Ortega who had a massive PR of 55 seconds. Ortega ended her first collegiate cross country season in a time of 25:08.8 and finished in 141st.

In the men's race, freshman Peyton Fisher capped off his season with another solid performance. Fisher claimed 99th place running a time of 26:34.1. Finishing exactly 1 second behind Fisher was freshman Jacob Tilden in 100th place. Tilden continues to prove how consistent he is, staying within 20 seconds of all of his 8k races throughout the season. Tilden finishes his freshman campaign running a new PR of 26:35.1.

Crossing the finish line in 114th place was senior Reese Yamamoto. With his second best performance of the season, Yamamoto was only 1 second off his PR running a time of 26:56.7. Freshman Robert Lydon had his second best race of the season running a time of 27:20.1 and finishing in 127th place. Coming across the finish line in a time of 27:45.9 was freshman Tate Woodward who placed 137th overall.

Senior Carlos Masuko finishes his collegiate cross country career, by finishing in 151st place. With the exception of one meet, Masuko had a season's best time at each race throughout the season finishing with a time of 28:19.4. Rounding out the men's squad was senior Kadyn Eves who battled through an injury to place 155th place. Eves finished in a time of 28:25.4.