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The Northern Illinois track and field team won two event titles Saturday at the Illini Open, while taking 15 top-five finishes inside the UI Armory. Rebecca Cronin won her third event in as many meets with a victory in the 600 meters and Courtney Oldenburg dominated the 3000 meters. However, the lack of new personal...

The Northern Illinois track and field team got their season off to a blistering start Friday at the Cyclone Holiday Preview, as three Huskies took event titles and two school records were broken. Janay Mitchell (60m), Roneisha Frye (60m hurdles) and Rebecca Cronin won their respective events in convincing fashion, while Mitchel and Rasheta Butler...

After a long offseason, members of the Northern Illinois track and field team kicks off their 2011-12 season Friday, Dec. 9, in Ames, Iowa, where they will compete in the Cyclone Holiday Preview. The Huskies will be one of 14 teams competing in the meet. Among the teams in the field are Iowa State, Northern...

Mary Bull & Jenner Sio Mary Bull and Jenner Sio of the Northern Illinois women’s track and field team both were named to the Mid-American Conference Academic All-MAC Indoor team, announced by the league office. Seven other Huskies also received academic honorable mention recognition. “This is a huge achievement for our program to be recognized...

Cora Caulfield set another school record in the discus as the Northern Illinois women’s track and field team competed at the Viking Olympics at Augustana College. In addition to Caulfield’s record, the Huskies won nine other events while facing cold and windy conditions throughout the meet. Caulfield won the discus with a school-record throw of 162-11,...

The Northern Illinois track and field team opened the 2011 outdoor season with 12 event victories and two new school records on Saturday at the Point Loma Nazarene Invitational. Cora Caulfield set a new school-record in the discus and the NIU quartet in the 4×100-meter relay also set a new Huskie record. “The ladies competed...

In a final tune-up before the 2011 Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, the Northern Illinois track and field team will travel Friday, Feb. 18, to Muncie, Ind. to compete in the Ball State Quadrangular. With just a week left before MAC Championships, the Huskies will face MAC foes Ball State, Western Michigan and Miami (Ohio) at...

With the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships nearly one month away, the Northern Illinois track and field team will get its first look at MAC competition Saturday, Jan. 29, when the Huskies head to Marion, Ind., for the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational. NIU will catch a glimpse of MAC Championship competition when the Huskies...

Following a record-breaking start to the 2011 season the Northern Illinois track and field team will look keep to its momentum going as the Huskies travel Saturday, Jan. 22, to Normal, Ill. to compete in the Redbird Invitational, hosted by Illinois State in Horton Field House. Northern Illinois will begin competition at 11 a.m. with...

After opening the 2010-11 indoor track and field schedule last month by setting two school records at the EIU Early Bird Invitational, the Huskies will return to the track for the first time in nearly a month when NIU travels to Madison, Wis., to compete Saturday, Jan. 15, in the Wisconsin Track Classic. Hosted by...

Northern Illinois track and field freshman Rachael Waldrop shattered the NIU pole vault school record, and junior Rhonda Lee tied her own 60-meter dash school record, to help the Huskies to a fourth-place finish at the 2010-11 indoor season opener Friday afternoon.  At the season-opening Eastern Illinois Early Bird Track and Field meet, the Huskies...