SEATTLE (Nov. 10) -- Jessica Pixler of Seattle Pacific University has been chosen the NCAA Division II West Region’s women’s cross country runner of the year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Pixler (Fr., Sammamish, Wa./Eastlake) is unbeaten in four meets this season, winning both the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and regional crowns. She is the first SPU harrier to accomplish the latter in 21 years.

The Falcons and Pixler won the GNAC and finished second in the West to earn a berth in the NCAA Championships, Nov. 18 in Pensacola, Fla. She is also a member of the Seattle Pacific soccer team that reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.