Tag: gymnastics
The Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team returns to action for the first time in two weeks tonight when the Huskies play host to Mid-American Conference opponent Ball State at the NIU Convocation Center. The meet, which will be held in Victor E. Court, begins at 7 p.m. Admission to all NIU gymnastics meets is...
The Northern Illinois University gymnastics team kicked off its 2014 season with a 196.625-192.525 loss to the No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb., but the season-opening performance had NIU head coach Sam Morreale encouraged about the season to come. En route to an excellent season-opening score, NIU ran into trouble on its last event,...
The Northern Illinois University women’s gymnastics team gets its 2014 season started at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, when the Huskies take on the preseason No. 10-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers at the Bob Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb. Live scoring of the meet will be available online, and fans can view the meet on HuskersNside on...
A number of changes, including free parking for Huskie men’s basketball and women’s basketball, will greet fans this season at the NIU Convocation Center. Among the other new changes, admission will no longer be charged for NIU gymnastics and wrestling competitions at the facility. In an effort to steamline parking processes, only lots C-2 and...
All Huskie fans and friends are invited Friday, Oct. 11, to attend the induction of the 31st class of the Northern Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame in the Duke Ellington Ballroom inside the Holmes Student Center. This free event will honor seven individual greats in Huskie history, including former head football coach Joe Novak, Super...
NIU alumna Luan Peszek has been named vice president of the women’s program of USA Gymnastics. Peszek will be responsible for the overall direction and management of the women’s program, which includes elite, the athlete development pipeline, the Junior Olympic program, and women’s program administrative responsibilities. “Luan has the perfect combination of experience for this position...
The Northern Illinois gymnastics team added another record to its 2013 list Thursday as four Huskies were named to the Mid-American Conference Academic All-MAC Gymnastics team. Senior Natalie Sutter (Barberton, Ohio/Barberton HS) and juniors Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS), Natasha Jufko (Spring Hill, Fla./Pasco-Hernando HS) and Megan Melendez (Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS) all earned...
Northern Illinois closed out the 2013 Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships with a bang, as the Huskies’ vault squad combined for a school record 49.000 score, but falls on uneven parallel bars and balance beam kept the Huskies from contending for the title. NIU scored a 194.050 to place fourth, right in the middle of the...
Northern Illinois junior Kim Gotlund has been named to the first All Mid-American Conference gymnastics team based on regular season performance, the MAC Office announced Friday on the eve of the MAC Gymnastics Championships. Gotlund, an all-arounder from Wadsworth, Ill., was one of six gymnasts selected to the team, which was selected by league head...
Northern Illinois showed its mental toughness and ability to come back from adversity by overcoming extremely tough judging on its first event to put together three solid events at the State of Illinois Classic Saturday at UIC’s Physical Education Building. NIU finished with a 192.675 to take fourth place at the meet. No. 17 Illinois...
The Northern Illinois gymnastics team earned its highest scores of the season on uneven parallel bars and vault, but suffered some uncharacteristic falls on balance beam in its final event of the meet and dropped a 194.825-193.675 decision to Western Michigan Sunday at University Arena in Kalamazoo. The loss drops the Huskies’ record to 4-5...
In its final home meet of the 2013 season, the Northern Illinois gymnastics team hit all four of its events and led from wire-to-wire to earn a 194.775-192.550 victory over Eastern Michigan Friday in the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies’ team score was its highest of the season and its eighth-highest all-time. Northern Illinois improved...
