2023 NSIC Indoor Track/Field Championship Women's Day 1 Results

            Wayne State throwers Brooklynn Chipps and Mckenzie Scheil placed first and second in the weight throw Saturday to lead the Wildcat women's indoor track and field team at the opening day of the 2023 Northern Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships in Mankato, Minnesota.
            Wayne State sits in third place after the first day of the NSIC Championships with 18 points.  Minnesota State holds a commanding 68.5-27 lead over Augustana for the top spot.  Sioux Falls (17.5) and Winona State (15) round out the top five teams. 
            Chipps earned an NSIC individual championship with a first place mark of 65' 2 ¾" in the weight throw with teammate Mckenzie Scheil collecting All-NSIC honors with a second place finish at 59' 9 ½" to lead a 1-2 sweep for the Wildcats in the event.
            Wayne State had two other athletes qualify for finals in Saturday's prelims as junior Kelsey Larsen had the #5 qualifying time in the 1,000-meter run prelims at 3:02.61 while Kylie Pachta advanced to the finals in the same event with the seventh-fastest qualifying time at 3:03.69.
            Junior Emily Smollen made the finals of the long jump but just missed a medal finishing ninth at 18' 6".
            The final day of the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships will take place Sunday with field events starting at 9:30 a.m. and finals in all running events beginning at 1:30 p.m.