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Megan Melendez
Throughout the fall semester, the Northern Illinois women’s gymnastics team has met its benchmarks and exceeded expectations while preparing for the 2013 season. On Sunday, NIU will get its first chance to put all the hours of hard work and training on display when the Huskies play host to Illinois State in their 2013 season...
NIU Huskie athletes
For the seventh consecutive year, all 17 of Northern Illinois University’s sports programs have exceeded the academic standards measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) according to the 2012 APR report released today by the organization. The APR has become the primary tool used by the NCAA to judge a team’s...
Kirk Mango
On a Friday evening a couple weeks ago, my wife and I were out for a leisurely dinner at a popular Italian restaurant near where we live. We were sitting at the back of the restaurant by a window at a table for two; love those two-person tables. The restaurant was crowded but the ambiance...
Tanya Rachan
Northern Illinois gymnasts Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS), Megan Melendez (Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS) and Tanya Rachan (Lowell, Ind./Hanover Central HS) have been named to the 2012 Gymnastics Academic All Mid-American Conference Team, the league office announced Wednesday. NIU’s three selections tie for the most in school history for gymnastics. “I can’t say how...
Kim Gotlund
Northern Illinois gymnasts Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS) and Tanya Rachan (Lowell, Ind./Hanover Central HS) had mixed results in representing the Huskies in the 2012 NCAA Gymnastics Champaign Regional on Saturday at the University of Illinois’ Assembly Hall. Representing NIU with two competitors in the NCAAs for the first time since 2009, Gotlund had...
Tanya Rachan
Senior Tanya Rachan (Lowell, Ind./Hanover Central HS) and sophomore Kim Gotlund (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township HS) are set to represent Northern Illinois at the 2012 NCAA Gymnastics Champaign Regional Saturday, April 7, beginning at 4 p.m. (CT) at Assembly Hall on the University of Illinois campus. Rachan is the lone event specialist on floor exercise, while...
Tanya Rachan
Northern Illinois University gymnast Tanya Rachan (Lowell, Ind./Hanover Central HS) was named the Mid-American Conference’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. The award is voted on by a select group of faculty athletic representatives from the conference’s member institutions. Rachan, an NCAA Regional qualifier on floor exercise, led the Huskies at the MAC...
Tanya Rachan
Northern Illinois gymnasts Tanya Rachan and Kim Gotlund have qualified for the NCAA Regional Gymnastics Championships and will represent the Huskies at the Champaign Regional on Saturday, April 7, as the NCAA announced the 2012 2012 NCAA Gymnastics Championship field Monday. The Regional will be held at 4 p.m. (CT) at Assembly Hall on the...
Tanya Rachan
Northern Illinois earned its highest team scores of the season on both floor exercise and vault en route to a fourth-place finish at the 2012 Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships Saturday at the NIU Convocation Center. The result reflected a marked improvement from the Huskies’ seventh place finish of a year ago as five different NIU...
NIU Huskies gymnastics team
Women’s gymnastics teams from seven Mid-American Conference schools will come together Saturday, March 24, at the NIU Convocation Center to vie for the coveted MAC Gymnastics Championship trophy. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. for the meet, which begins at 2 p.m. in the main bowl of the Convocation Center. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5...
Tanya Rachan
Tanya Rachan scored a 9.900 on floor exercise, the top score by a Northern Illinois gymnast on floor since 2005 and the first 9.9 by a Huskie on any event since 2009, to lead NIU at the State of Illinois Classic Saturday at Huff Hall in Champaign, Ill. With the score, Rachan tied for first...
Megan Melendez
For the second consecutive week and third time this season, Northern Illinois sophomore Megan Melendez has been named the Mid-American Conference Specialist of the Week, as the league office announced the weekly awards Tuesday. Melendez was honored after her performances on balance beam and uneven parallel bars Saturday at the EMU Eagle Invitational, a quadrangular...
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