NEW ORLEANS – Six Linfield student-athletes were named to the 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field All-West Region Team, announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday.

Keaton Wood was honored as the West Region Field Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA.
 
Ronan Krutzikowsky joined Wood on the All-West Region team in the heptathlon. Wood also earned honors in the 60-meter hurdles. On the women's side, Jerrica Pachl garnered honors in the high jump. The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Pachl, Hillary Connors, Kenzie Feinglas and Justice McBride-Steiger rounded out Linfield's selections.
 
Wood and Pachl are both representing the Wildcats at the 2022 Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Two of eight Northwest Conference athletes in the meet, Wood is competing in the heptathlon while Pachl takes on a strong field in the high jump.
 
Wood entered the national meet ranked sixth after tallying 4,959 points in his win at the St. Olaf Quadrangular on Jan. 28 in Northfield, Minnesota. He hit personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles and the shot put, both of which were winning marks. Krutzikowsky placed eighth in the same meet with 4,096 points.
 
Pachl won the high jump at both the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and the Seattle Pacific Indoor meet with leaps of 5 feet, 6 inches. Those marks rank her 10^th in the Division III Indoor Championships. Linfield's women's 4x400 relay team placed second at the Seattle Pacific Indoor meet in 4:10.75.
 
The top-five individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region recognition. The members of each region's top-three relay teams also earned All-Region honors.