MOSCOW, Idaho - Three Idaho Vandal track and field athletes qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 10-11, in Fayetteville, Ark.

WAC men's shot put champion Russ Winger enters the championships with the fourth best mark in the nation, at 64-4.

Winger earned first team all-WAC honors in the shot put and also finished fifth in the men's weight throw at the conference championships to earn second team all-WAC.

Distance runner Driss Yousfi, who earned two first team all-WAC honors by winning the conference championships in the men's 800m and running the final leg of the winning men's distance medley relay team, qualified in the 800m run with a time of 1:48.86.

Dee Olson, who earned three first team all-WAC honors at the conference championships, qualified in the women's mile run with a time of 4:41.23 and the 3000m run with a school-record time of 9:18.78.

Olson won the women's 3000m run and ran the final leg of the winning distance medley relay, along with finishing second in the mile at the WAC championships.