The Wayne State College women's outdoor track and field team is picked to finish 10^th in the 2025 NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll announced Friday morning by the league office in Burnsville, Minnesota.  Selected as Wildcat Athletes to Watch this season are senior thrower Reilly Young and freshman sprinter Zoey Holmes.
            Minnesota State was voted the team to beat this season receiving 167 points and 12 first-place votes.  The University of Mary was second with 157 points and one first-place ballot followed by Augustana in third at 143 points.  Sioux Falls was next with 137 points and the remaining first-place vote with Northern State fifth at 107 points.
            Minnesota Duluth was sixth with 106 points followed by Winona State (89), MSU Moorhead (74), Concordia-St. Paul (73) and Wayne State 10^th with 65 points.  Minot State and Southwest Minnesota State tied for 11^th each with 48 points followed by Bemidji State (44) and St. Cloud State (16) rounding out the coaches' poll.
            Young, a senior from Scotia (Central Valley HS), is a returning All-NSIC performer for the Wildcats after placing third last spring in the discus with a mark of 151' 6".
            Holmes, a freshman sprinter from Forest City, Iowa (Forest City HS), earned an eighth-place medal in the 600-meter dash at the NSIC Indoor Championships with a time of 1:39.65. 
            Wayne State opens the 2025 outdoor schedule next weekend, hosting the Wildcat Outdoor Classic on Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28 at LeRoy Simpson Track/Bob Cunningham Field in Wayne.