Michaela Dendinger and Robert Sullivan of Wayne State College were announced late Tuesday afternoon as national qualifiers for the NCAA Div. II Indoor Track and Field Championships, set for March 9-10 in Pittsburg, Kan.
For the second straight year, Dendinger is a national qualifier in the women’s shot put and weight throw while Sullivan is a repeat qualifier in the men’s heptathlon.
Dendinger, a senior from Coleridge, will compete in the weight throw on Friday, March 9 at 4:55 p.m. She posted a season-best mark of 65 feet, 6 inches, a new WSC school record, on Friday to win the NSIC weight throw and has the second-best throw in NCAA Div. II entering the national championships. Dendinger also qualified in the shot put on Saturday, March 10 at 5:05 p.m. and has the top mark in the country after recording a mark of 54-10 1/2, also a new WSC school record, at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational on Feb. 2.
Sullivan, a junior from Bennington, will compete in the two-day heptathlon starting Friday, March 9 at 10 a.m. and Saturday, March 10 at 12 p.m. He was a repeat champion in the NSIC heptathlon this season with a new school-record point total of 5,226 points, which ranks 10th in NCAA Div. II entering the national meet.
