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The Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team rallied for a 192.250-189.575 victory over UIC at the UIC Pavilion in the season opener Friday night. Trailing, 96.40-95.225, following the second event, the Huskies (1-0) rallied in the floor exercise with a 48.175, while the Flames (0-1) posted a 46.325 on the beam. The teams’ performances in...
After a successful first season trial at Lincoln Inn, the NIU Athletics Department will team with local restaurant The Lincoln Inn for a second season of Breakfast With Bennett. The monthly breakfast series will return Thursday, Oct. 23, and is scheduled through March. Breakfast with Bennett is a first-come, first-serve event at the Lincoln Inn,...
Senior Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS) and juniors Kelly Nortz (Bay Village, Ohio/Magnificat HS) and Amanda Stepp (Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East HS) of the 2014 Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team have been named to the Academic All Mid-American Conference team, the league office announced Monday. Gotlund, a three-time All-MAC gymnast, was named to the...
With a perfect multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1,000, the Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team was honored Wednesday with a Public Recognition Award from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The award goes to teams whose multiyear APR ranks in the Top 10 percent of all NCAA programs in their respective sports. Each...
Northern Illinois University gymnasts Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS) and Amanda Stepp (Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East HS) closed out the 2014 Huskie gymnastics season with solid performances Saturday at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional in Fayetteville, Ark. Gotlund, a three-time All Mid-American Conference gymnast who competed in all four disciplines in every meet for the Huskies...
Northern Illinois University senior Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS) and junior Amanda Stepp (Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East HS) will represent the Huskies Saturday, April 5, at the 2014 NCAA Gymnastics Regional in Fayetteville, Ark., as the NCAA released the field for the 2014 Women’s Gymnastics Championships. Gotlund will make her second career appearance as an...
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...
Friday night at the Illinois Classic, the Northern Illinois University gymnastics team had three excellent events and stumbled on beam en route to a score of 193.625. On Sunday at Bowling Green, the Huskies were solid on all four events but could not attain scores as high across the board in falling to the Falcons,...
The Northern Illinois University gymnastics team put together its top performance of the season and did not count a score lower than 9.6 across all four events Sunday en route to a second place finish in a quadrangular meet at the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies (4-3) scored a win over Iowa State (3-6), which...