Tag: gymnastics
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...
Northern Illinois University senior Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS) was named to the first team All-Mid-American Conference women’s gymnastics squad Wednesday, becoming just the second NIU gymnast to earn that award in back-to-back seasons. It is the third consecutive season Gotlund has earned All-MAC honors as she was a second team selection in 2012....
After earning a career-best score of 39.075 in the final regular season all-around competition of her career, Northern Illinois University senior Kim Gotlund was named Mid-American Conference Gymnast of the Week Wednesday by MAC coaches. Gotlund’s 39.075 all-around score in NIU’s meet at Arizona State topped her previous high mark of 39.025, set on Feb....
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...
Northern Illinois University senior gymnast Natasha Jufko (Spring Hill, Fla./Pasco Hernando HS) has been selected by Mid-American Conference gymnastics coaches as the MAC Specialist of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday. Jufko earned the honor, presented weekly to a MAC gymnast who competes in only one or two of four possible events, for the...
The Northern Illinois University gymnastics team earned its highest team score of the 2014 season Friday night with marks of 48.275 or higher in all four events in a 195.675-193.375 loss to No. 25 Kent State. NIU put together its most consistent overall meet that included a season-best 48.425 on floor exercise. Three different Huskies...
A strong performance on balance beam lifted the Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team to a 192.450-191.600 Mid-American Conference victory over Western Michigan Saturday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The win improves the Huskies’ record to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in league competition and NIU is now 6-1 at home over the last two...
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....
