Brooklynn Chipps and Mckenzie Scheil of Wayne State College have qualified for the NCAA Div. II Indoor Track and Field Championships, scheduled for March 11-12 in Pittsburg, Kan.
The list of NCAA Div. II national qualifiers were announced late Tuesday afternoon by the NCAA office in Indianapolis, Ind. Both athletes will compete in the weight throw on Friday, March 11 at 4:55 p.m. at the Robert W. Plaster Center on the Pittsburg State campus.
Chipps, a junior, is ranked seventh in NCAA Div. II with a top mark of 64 feet, 7 inches at the USD Alumni Meet in Vermillion, S.D. on Feb 5. She is coming off a sixth-place finish at last weekend’s NSIC Indoor Championships with a top throw of 61-6 3/4 and it’s her first time qualifying for an NCAA Div. II Indoor National Championship.
Scheil, a graduate student, is a national qualifier in the weight throw for a fourth straight season. She currently ranks 11th in the event with a top throw of 63-4 3/4, recorded last weekend at the NSIC Indoor Championships where she finished fourth. Last season, Scheil earned All-American honors in the weight throw with a second-place finish.
