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Huskies win three event titles at Bill Easton Classic

January 7, 2012

The Northern Illinois track & field team took home three event titles, while freshman Jamie Burr broke the school record in the 1000m run Saturday at the Bill Easton Classic.

Roneisha Frye (60m hurdles), Rebecca Cronin(600 yards) and Burr all won their events inside the Anschutz Pavilion, while NIU earned 15 top-five finishes on the day – 10 of which came in sprint events.

Rebecca Cronin

“The girls competed well today,” said Huskies head coach Connie Teaberry. “We have a long way to go, but our start is promising. Our goal was to compete hard despite our competition condition. We definitely did have performances to build on today, though.”

Burr, who was competing in the first collegiate meet of her career, eclipsed the NIU record in the 1000m run with a time of 2:59.50 to win the event by over six seconds. The Onalaska, Wis., native’s clip topped the previous record of 3:00.51, which was set by former Huskie great Alicia Czajka in 2005.

Frye’s win, meanwhile, was much closer, as she topped Kansas’s Rebecca Neville by one-thousandth of a second to take the victory. Not far behind was Megan Gregory, who finished in third place with a time of 8.85.

For Cronin, she took her second event title in as many meets with a win in the 600 yards, crossing the finish line with a time of 1:26.12.

NIU returns to action next Saturday, Jan. 14, when they head to the Illini Open in Champaign, Ill.  For complete meet results, information about women’s track and field or general information about Huskie athletics, visit www.niuhuskies.com.