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Connie Teaberry
Northern Illinois University director of track & field and cross country Connie Teaberry will be inducted into the Kansas State Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend as one of 10 members of the Wildcats’ 2016 induction class. Official induction ceremonies will take place on Friday, Jan. 29, before the distinguished individuals are recognized at halftime...
Amanda Stepp
Gymanst Amanda Stepp today was named the Mid-American Conference Gymnast of the Week following her performance at UIC. Meanwhile, Kelsey Hildreth, the fantastic freshman distance runner from the NIU women’s track and field team, has been named Mid-American Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Week. Stepp led the way for NIU as the Huskies rallied...
Kelsey Hildreth
Kelsey Hildreth (Byron, Ill./Byron) of the Northern Illinois University women’s track and field team broke the NIU school record in the 3K distance run in her collegiate track debut. Several other Huskies also produced personal-best performances Saturday afternoon at the Gene Edmonds Cup Invitational at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Hildreth, who finished as...
Juliane Totzke
Northern Illinois University seniors Rebecca Cronin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett), Natalie Tarter (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) and Juliane Totzke (Grafenroda, Germany/ Carl Zeiss Gymnasium) and junior Alexandra Schad (Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Lutheran) were named to the Mid-American Conference’s Academic All-Conference Team, the conference office announced Tuesday. In addition, Michaela Dwyer (Arlington Heights, Ill./John Hersey), Erica Miller (Geneva, Ill./Geneva), Ali Olson...
The Northern Illinois University track and field team capped its season Saturday at the NCAA National Championships, as freshman Claudette Day (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) tied for 21st in the high jump. After having a superb showing two weeks prior at the NCAA West Preliminary Round to get to Oregon, Day was unable to get that...
Claudette Day
Freshman Claudette Day (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) made history for the NIU track and field team Saturday at the NCAA West Preliminary Round by qualifying for the national championship meet in the high jump. Day tied for 11th in the event at 5-07.75 (1.72m), but earned one of the final two qualifying spots via a jump-off....
Meghan Heuer
The Northern Illinois University track and field team kicked off the NCAA West Preliminary Round in a big way Thursday, as Meghan Heuer (St. Charles, Ill./North) broke the school record in the 800 meters and advanced to today’s quarterfinals round. Heuer placed 17th overall with a time of 2:07.79 to move on to the next...
Latesha Bigby. Photo credit: Jorge Salgado
The Northern Illinois University track and field team set two more school records Saturday in Athens, Ohio, as they closed out the 2014 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships. NIU finished ninth place in the team standings with 42 points, edging out host Ohio by one point and Toledo by five. Kent State took home the team...
Meghan Heuer
Northern Illinois University redshirt junior Meghan Heuer (St. Charles, Ill./North) has been named the Mid-American Conference’s Women’s Track Athlete of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday. She becomes the first Huskie to win the award this year and the first NIU honoree since Janay Mitchell on March 21, 2012, to earn the weekly award. “Our...
Sidra Sherrill
The Northern Illinois University track and field team closed the regular season with a bang Saturday in Madison as they broke two school records at the Wisconsin Open. Meghan Heuer (St. Charles, Ill./North) set a new NIU record in the 800 meters, while Sidra Sherrill (Fort Wayne, Ind./Northrop) posted a new standard in the discus....
NIU 4x800 relay team
The Northern Illinois University track and field team ended its stay in Philadelphia with another record-setting performance Saturday as the Huskies shattered the school record in the 4×800 relay at the Penn Relays. Ali Olson (New Auburn, Wis./Bloomer), Meghan Heuer (St. Charles, Ill./North), Jamie Burr (Onalaska, Wis./Onalaska) and Julianne Cronin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) teamed up to...
Meghan Heuer
Following strong performances in the heptathlon, the Northern Illinois University track and field team kept the momentum going Thursday at the Penn Relays by breaking the school record in the distance medley relay. Ali Olson (New Auburn, Wis./Bloomer), Julianne Cronin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett), Rebecca Cronin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) and Meghan Heuer (St. Charles, Ill./North) teamed up to...
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