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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...

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...

The NIU track & field team caps its season this week in Eugene, Oregon, when Claudette Day (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) competes in the high jump at the 2014 NCAA National Championships. The meet opens Wednesday afternoon at historic Hayward Field and runs through Saturday afternoon. The high jump is scheduled for Saturday at 2:45 p.m....

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

The Northern Illinois University track and field team opened its week in a big way Wednesday, as Claudette Day (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) and Logan Tillmon (Rockford, Ill./East) finished second and third, respectively, in the heptathlon. Day finished just behind Penn’s Noel Jancewicz in the final standings with a school-record 4,829 points, while Tillmon set a...

The Northern Illinois University track and field team ended its time in Texas on a big note Saturday with several impressive performances at the Bobcat Invitational. Capping a whirlwind weekend with three meets in three days, the Huskies earned second-place finishes from Latesha Bigby (Hanover, Jamaica/Butler CC), Rebecca Cronin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) and the 4×400 relay...

Despite below-average temperatures, the Northern Illinois University track and field team opened its  outdoor season Saturday at the Cougar Classic with a dominating overall performance. The Huskies easily won the team title with 216 points, outdistancing in-state rival Bradley’s score of 91 and host SIU Edwardsville’s 83. Additionally, NIU captured five event titles and Jasmine...

The Northern Illinois University track and field team scored points in six different events – including three top-five finishes – Saturday, as they wrapped up competition at the 2014 Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships. The Huskies finished in 10th place with 37 points, which is the second-most points ever scored by NIU at the MAC indoor meet. Kent...