Tag: Megan Melendez
The Northern Illinois University gymnastics team came on strong in the final two rotations Saturday to claim fourth place at the Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships at the EMU Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, Mich. The Huskies posted a score of 194.150, their third-highest team score of the season, to finish ahead of Ball State (193.975), Eastern...
For the second consecutive meet, the Northern Illinois University gymnastics team posted one of its highest score in school history as the Huskies concluded the regular season on the short end of a 196.175-195.000 score at No. 22 Arizona State. In scoring 195.000 Friday night, just one week after tallying a 195.100 mark in winning...
Only once in school history has the Northern Illinois University gymnastics team posted a team score higher than the 195.100 mark the 2014 Huskies earned Saturday night in winning the Eagle Invitational quadrangular meet at Bowen Field House in Ypsilanti, Mich. NIU’s 195.100 mark tied for the second-best score in school history and gave the...
Senior Megan Melendez (Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS) scored a 9.900 on balance beam and fellow senior Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS) added a 9.800 on beam en route to winning the all-around title as NIU earned its best team score of the year in a 194.675-194.050 loss to No. 16 Central Michigan Sunday at...
Sophomore Jaelyn Olsen (Bethany, Okla./Putnam City West HS) won the vault and balance beam and senior Megan Melendez (Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS) claimed the uneven parallel bars Friday night to lead the Northern Illinois University gymnastics team to a 192.050-188.825 win over Ball State t the NIU Convocation Center. A standing-room-only crowd at Victor E....
The Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team returns to action for the first time in two weeks tonight when the Huskies play host to Mid-American Conference opponent Ball State at the NIU Convocation Center. The meet, which will be held in Victor E. Court, begins at 7 p.m. Admission to all NIU gymnastics meets is...
The Northern Illinois University gymnastics team kicked off its 2014 season with a 196.625-192.525 loss to the No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb., but the season-opening performance had NIU head coach Sam Morreale encouraged about the season to come. En route to an excellent season-opening score, NIU ran into trouble on its last event,...
The Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team gets its 2014 season started at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, when the Huskies take on the preseason No. 10-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers at the Bob Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb. Live scoring of the meet will be available online, and fans can view the meet on HuskersNside on...
The Northern Illinois gymnastics team added another record to its 2013 list Thursday as four Huskies were named to the Mid-American Conference Academic All-MAC Gymnastics team. Senior Natalie Sutter (Barberton, Ohio/Barberton HS) and juniors Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS), Natasha Jufko (Spring Hill, Fla./Pasco-Hernando HS) and Megan Melendez (Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS) all earned...
Northern Illinois closed out the 2013 Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships with a bang, as the Huskies’ vault squad combined for a school record 49.000 score, but falls on uneven parallel bars and balance beam kept the Huskies from contending for the title. NIU scored a 194.050 to place fourth, right in the middle of the...
Northern Illinois showed its mental toughness and ability to come back from adversity by overcoming extremely tough judging on its first event to put together three solid events at the State of Illinois Classic Saturday at UIC’s Physical Education Building. NIU finished with a 192.675 to take fourth place at the meet. No. 17 Illinois...
The Northern Illinois gymnastics team earned its highest scores of the season on uneven parallel bars and vault, but suffered some uncharacteristic falls on balance beam in its final event of the meet and dropped a 194.825-193.675 decision to Western Michigan Sunday at University Arena in Kalamazoo. The loss drops the Huskies’ record to 4-5...
