Sophomore Olivia Schwarzrock earned All-NSIC honors with a third place finish in the weight throw Friday afternoon to lead the Wayne State women's indoor track and field team on the opening day of the 2024 Northern Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held at Myers Fieldhouse in Mankato, Minnesota.
            Minnesota State holds the team lead after the opening day with 81.5 points followed by the Augustana women in second at 47.  UMary (38.5), Northern State (16) and Sioux Falls (14.5) close out the top five teams.  MSU Moorhead is sixth with 10 points while Wayne State and Minnesota Duluth are tied for seventh with eight points.
            Schwarzrock, a sophomore from Gibbon, Minnesota, posted a personal-best and NCAA provisional mark of 57' 7 ½" to collect a third-place finish while teammate Hailey Baker took eighth place with a mark of 54' 8 ¾".
            The other point scored by the Wildcats Friday came from the distance medley relay team of Callie Kirchner, Sarah Cotton, Kylie Pachta and Alison Stineman taking eighth place with a time of 12:44.05.
            In Friday's prelims, Pachta qualified for Saturday's final in the 800-meter run with the #8 qualifying time of 2:22.25.
            The final day of the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships will take place Saturday with multi-events starting at 9 a.m., field events at 1 p.m. and finals in all running events beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Mankato, Minnesota.