The Wayne State College men were picked to finish eighth in the 2022 Preseason NSIC Indoor Track and Field Coaches' Poll released Thursday afternoon by the league office in Burnsville, Minnesota.  The Wildcats received 56 points in voting and return two All-NSIC performers from last year's team that was seventh with 40 points.
            Selected as Athletes to Watch in the NSIC this season are junior distance runner Brandon Mundorf and sophomore jumper Logan Moeller.
            11-time defending NSIC indoor champion Minnesota State was the unanimous selection for NSIC men's indoor track and field this season with 121 points and 11 first-place votes followed by Augustana in second with 107 points and the remaining first place vote.  MSU Moorhead was third at 87 points with University of Mary (86) and Concordia-St. Paul (75) filling out the top five.
            Northern State came in sixth with 69 points, just ahead of Minnesota Duluth (68), with Wayne State eighth, Sioux Falls ninth (52) and Minot State 10^th at 36 points.  Southwest Minnesota State (20) and Upper Iowa (15) closed out the preseason coaches' poll.
            Mundorf, a junior from Springview (North Central HS), is coming off a strong cross country season where he earned All-NSIC Second Team honors with an 18^th place finish. 
            Moeller, a sophomore from Pierce, had a standout freshman season for the Wildcats setting a new indoor school record in the triple jump at 48' 6" to earn All-NSIC honors and a second place finish while also taking fourth in the long jump at 23' ¾".
            Wayne State opens the 2022-23 indoor track and field season Friday and Saturday at the SDSU Holiday Invite in Brookings, South Dakota at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex.