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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...

In their final tune-up prior to this weekend’s Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, the Northern Illinois University track and field team won four event titles and secured one last MAC automatic berth Friday at the Ball State Quadrangular. In the team scores, the Huskies finished third in the four-team meet, beating out Miami (Ohio). Western Michigan...

With the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships less than two weeks away, the Northern Illinois University track & field team continued to improve its position for the conference meet with several career- and season-best performances Saturday at Purdue and Grand Valley State. In total, the Huskies posted 19 top-10 finishes between the two meets, along with...

The Northern Illinois track and field team has signed Tamara Moncrieffe as part of their 2014 recruiting class, NIU Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Connie Teaberry announced Friday. Moncrieffe joins the Huskies from Jamaica, where she is a standout at Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester. “The signing of Tamara Moncrieffe is huge for...

Following several quality performances Friday, the Northern Illinois University track & field team closed the Indiana Relays Saturday with multiple personal records and a school record-tying performance. Freshman Claudette Day (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) headlined the day by matching the NIU record in the long jump, while three other Huskies set new PRs in their respective...

The Northern Illinois University track and field team starts its indoor season Friday, Dec. 6, at Grand Valley State when the athletes compete at the Laker Early Bird. The meet begins at 2 p.m. CT with the weight throw and 60 hurdles prelims. “The athletes and staff are looking forward to beginning our 2013-14 season,”...

Six-time Olympic medalist and international track and field legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee will visit NIU Wednesday, Oct. 16, and Thursday, Oct. 17. Joyner-Kersee will speak to a variety of groups throughout the campus and community, said Connie Teaberry, NIU director of track and field and cross country. NIU Athletics will host “A Morning with Jackie Joyner-Kersee,”...

Northern Illinois senior Jenelle McCalla (Whitby, Ontario/Father Leo J. Austin Secondary School) and junior Juliane Totzke (Graefenroda, Germany/Carl Zeiss Gymnasium) were both named to the Mid-American Conference’s Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team, the league office announced Thursday. Additionally, Totzke was named Second Team Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America...

Northern Illinois senior Janay Mitchell (Teaneck, N.J./Teaneck HS) took third place in the 100 meters, added a point to the Huskies’ team total with an eighth-place finish in the 200 meters and ran on the 4 x 100 meter relay team that collected another point to lead NIU at the 2013 Mid-American Conference Championships Saturday....

NIU’s Natalie Tarter broke the school record in the heptathlon, Sidra Sherrill matched her career best in the shot put and two Huskies advanced to Saturday’s finals, highlighting Northern Illinois’ day at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships Friday. Northern Illinois finished the day with two points as Tarter (Batavia, Ill./Batavia HS) took...