WAYNE, Neb. -- Three Wayne State College throwers were announced Tuesday night as qualifiers for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 27th-29th in Allendale, Michigan.

Mckenzie Scheil will represent the women's team in the hammer throw and shot put, while her teammate Jadin Wagner will compete in the hammer throw. Cade Kalkowski will represent the men's squad in the hammer throw.

Scheil, a junior from Fillmore Central, is a national qualifier in the hammer throw for the second time in her Wildcat career after earning All-American honors with a seventh place finish in 2019. She won the hammer throw at last weekend’s NSIC Championships with a mark of 195’ 6 ½” and enters the NCAA national championships ranked third in Division II with a season-best throw of 198’ 1” at the Sioux City Relays April 16th. Scheil will compete in the hammer throw on Thursday, May 27th at 5:10 p.m.

Scheil is also a national qualifier in the shot put and will compete on Saturday, May 29th at 5 p.m. She is ranked 15th in NCAA Division II with a top mark of 48’ 11” at last weekend’s NSIC Championships in Duluth, Minnesota. It’s the first time Scheil has qualified for outdoor nationals in the shot put.

Wagner, a junior from Lawton-Bronson High School in Iowa, is a national qualifier in the hammer throw for the first time as a Wildcat. She ranks 13th in NCAA Division II with a season-best throw of 186’ 4” at the WSC Challenge May 1 and will compete at nationals on Thursday, May 27th at 5:10 p.m. Wagner is now a three-time NCAA national qualifier after making the 2018 outdoor nationals as a freshman in the shot put and the 2019 indoor nationals in the shot put as a sophomore.

It’s the third time that Kalkowski, a graduate of Niobrara High School, has qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw. Last weekend, Kalkowski claimed a third straight NSIC championship in the event with a top mark of 206’ 10”. He currently ranks eighth in NCAA Division II this season with a season-best throw of 215’ 0” at the Sioux City Relays April 16th. Kalkowski will compete in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday, May 27th at 2 p.m.