The Wayne State men’s track and field team were preseason ranked eighth and the Wildcat women were picked ninth in the Northern Sun Conference preseason coaches poll.
Graduate student Cole Christoffersen was listed as the Wildcat Field Athlete to Watch this season. Last year, Cole placed fourth in the hammer throw and recorded marks over 185 feet in every regular-season meet in the event. He had a season-best NCAA provisional mark of 194-3 to place fifth at the Sioux City Relays.
Senior Noah Lilly is the men’s Track Athlete to Watch after earning All-NSIC accolades last season, placing second in the decathlon with an NCAA provisional mark of 6,368 points while also placing fifth in the javelin at 174-11 3/4.
On the women’s side, Allie Rosener is Wayne State’s Track Athlete to Watch this season. She just missed placing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at last year’s NSIC Outdoor Championships, taking ninth at 11:36.50.
Mckenzie Scheil was listed as the Wildcat Field Athlete to Watch. She is the reigning NSIC outdoor champion in the hammer throw (195-6 1/2) and was the NCAA national runner-up in the event last spring. Scheil also placed sixth in the shot put (48-11) at last year’s NSIC meet.
Wayne State opens the 2022 outdoor track and field season on Friday and Saturday, March 25-26, hosting the Wildcat Classic at LeRoy Simpson Track in Wayne.
