The Northern Illinois track and field team brought home two event titles Saturday at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships, as Janay Mitchell won the 100 meters and the 4×100 relay successfully defended their conference title.
As a team, NIU finished in eighth place with a program-best 55.33 points. Kent State won the team championship, edging...
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The Northern Illinois track and field team set itself up for a big finish at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships Friday, as seven different Huskies advanced to the finals in their respective events.
Janay Mitchell and Chanel Kellyman moved on in both the 100 meters and 200 meters, while Roneisha Frye (100 hurdles), Rasheta Butler...
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The Northern Illinois track and field team put the finishing touches on their regular season in impressive fashion, breaking school records in all three events in which the Huskies competed.
The 4×100 relay mark was broken for the second-straight day, while the sprint medley relay and triple jump standards also fell.
“Today was a record day...
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The Northern Illinois track and field team broke yet another school record Friday at the Kansas Relays, while also qualifying four athletes for finals in their respective events.
NIU will have three athletes – Chanel Kellyman, Janay Mitchell and Rasheta Butler – in the 200 meters final, while Roneisha Frye will represent Northern in the 100 hurdles...
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The Northern Illinois track and field team closed out their weekend at the Lee Calhoun Memorial Invitational on a high note, taking four event titles Saturday in Macomb, Ill.
Despite holding several of their top performers out of the meet, the Huskies took third place in the 13-team field with 126 points. Marquette won the...
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The Northern Illinois track & field team won the Chicagoland Intercollegiate Championships Friday in Chicago behind six event titles and several top five finishes.
NIU scored 174 team points on the blustery day to take first in the 18-team field, followed by DePaul in second place with 136 and UIC in third with 85.
“We had...
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The Northern Illinois track and field team got their season off to a blistering start Friday at the Cyclone Holiday Preview, as three Huskies took event titles and two school records were broken.
Janay Mitchell (60m), Roneisha Frye (60m hurdles) and Rebecca Cronin won their respective events in convincing fashion, while Mitchel and Rasheta Butler...
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In a final tune-up before the 2011 Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, the Northern Illinois track and field team will travel Friday, Feb. 18, to Muncie, Ind. to compete in the Ball State Quadrangular.
With just a week left before MAC Championships, the Huskies will face MAC foes Ball State, Western Michigan and Miami (Ohio) at...
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