TACOMA, Wash. – Keaton Wood claimed an individual championship in the men's 110-meter hurdles and ran on two winning relays, and Jerrica Pachl claimed a title in the women's high jump, marking a successful showing by the Linfield Wildcats at the Northwest Conference Track and Field Championships.

Wood, a decathlete, was honored as the NWC's Track Athlete of the Meet.
 
The nine-team meet culminated Saturday at the University of Puget Sound's Baker Stadium. Linfield's men captured fourth place in the team standings while the women earned fifth place.
 
MEN
Wood blazed to a time of 14.66 in the 110 hurdles, winning the event by nearly a full second. Ronan Krutzikowsky nabbed runner-up honors in the 400 hurdles (56.24) and was fifth in the 110 hurdles (16.66).
 
Dylan Jackson timed 22.08 to take the NWC crown in the 200 dash while Wood was third in the same event (22.30). Jackson was also second in the 100 dash (11.04) and Wood was fifth (11.12).
 
Chandler Morris grabbed the 400 dash championship with a winning time of 49.81. Alex Oathout was seventh in the 1,500 in 4:03.64.
 
In the relays, Jackson, Morris, Krutzikowsky and Wood combined to edge George Fox for the 4x100 crown. Krutzikowsky, Calvin Cahill, Morris and Wood ran 3:23.68 in the 4x400 relay, again beating out George Fox for the title.
 
In the field events, Morris took third place while Wood was third in the high jump. Jacob Slifka was third in the discus with a toss of 148-5.
 
WOMEN
Pachl achieved a new personal best, soaring 5 feet, 7 inches to claim her first NWC championship. Pachl's breakthough effort pushed her to No. 3 on Linfield's top-10 high jump list.
 
Kenzie Feinglas placed third in the 100 dash (12.28 seconds) and third in the 200 dash (25.27) to lead the sprint corps.
 
Justice McBride-Steiger was third in her specialty event, the 400 dash, finishing in 59.63. Jennifer Torres Bermudez scored a fifth-place result in the 1,500 run (4:51.95) and was seventh in the 800 (2:23.51).
 
Linfield's 4x400 relay, featuring Pachl, Torres Bermudez, McBride-Steiger and Feinglas, earned third place in 4:03.33.
 
NEXT
Selected Linfield athletes will compete in the Oregon State High Performance Meet, Friday and Saturday in Corvallis.