Brooklynn Chipps and Mckenzie Scheil are repeat national qualifiers in the weight throw for the Wayne State College women's track and field team as the NCAA announced the listing of national qualifiers late Tuesday afternoon for the 2023 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships March 10 and 11 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 
            Chipps, a senior from Elgin (Clearwater HS), is ranked second in NCAA Division II in the weight throw entering nationals.  She recorded a season-best mark of 66' 11 ½" at the Minnesota State Massive Meet #2 in Mankato on February 11^th.  Chipps won the NSIC weight throw last weekend in Mankato at 65' 2 ¾" and is a national qualifier for the second time in her career in the weight throw.  She will compete on Friday, March 10^th at 12:30 p.m.
            Scheil, a graduate student from Fairmont (Fillmore Central HS), is a national qualifier in the weight throw for a fifth straight year and is a two-time All-American in the event placing sixth last year and second in 2021.  She has the seventh-best mark in NCAA Division II entering nationals with a top mark of 64' 4 ¾" at the SDSU Holiday Invite December 2^nd.  Scheil will compete in the weight throw on Friday, March 10^th at 12:30 p.m.