INDIANAPOLIS -- UW-Superior freshman thrower Gage Stankiewicz (Esko, Minn./Esko) is headed for the 2022 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the shot put, the NCAA announced Sunday.
 
Stankiewicz will compete at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C., with the preliminary round beginning Saturday, March 12 at 2 p.m., Eastern time.
 
He is ranked 12th in NCAA Division III in the shot put after bettering his personal record at the Ripon NCAA Final Qualifier and Multi on Saturday. He threw 16.07 meters on Saturday. 
 
Stankiewicz was named UMAC indoor track and field Rookie of the Year and Field Athlete of the Meet in helping the Yellowjackets to their sixth conference championship on Feb. 25-26.
 
Stankiewicz is UWS head coach Glen Drexler's ninth student-athlete to qualify for the men's and women's indoor championships since taking the helm of the program 12 seasons ago.