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The Northern Illinois University track and field team set two more school records Saturday in Athens, Ohio, as they closed out the 2014 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships. NIU finished ninth place in the team standings with 42 points, edging out host Ohio by one point and Toledo by five. Kent State took home the team...

The Northern Illinois University track and field team ended its stay in Philadelphia with another record-setting performance Saturday as the Huskies shattered the school record in the 4×800 relay at the Penn Relays. Ali Olson (New Auburn, Wis./Bloomer), Meghan Heuer (St. Charles, Ill./North), Jamie Burr (Onalaska, Wis./Onalaska) and Julianne Cronin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) teamed up to...

Following strong performances in the heptathlon, the Northern Illinois University track and field team kept the momentum going Thursday at the Penn Relays by breaking the school record in the distance medley relay. Ali Olson (New Auburn, Wis./Bloomer), Julianne Cronin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett), Rebecca Cronin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) and Meghan Heuer (St. Charles, Ill./North) teamed up to...

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...

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 track and field team wrapped up two of its three meets of the busy weekend Friday with great showings at the Penn Relays and the West Chester Last Chance Qualifier. Along with one automatic conference berth, several Huskies positioned themselves well heading into the MAC Championships in two weeks. At the historic...

The Northern Illinois track and field team had a great showing on their home track Saturday at the Huskie Open with nine event titles and several personal records. NIU controlled the field events, as Huskies won four of the eight events contested. They would also take wins in three sprint events, the 4×100 relay and...

Senior Megan Gregory highlighted the Huskies’ second day at the Texas Relays Friday, as the hurdler earned an automatic berth into May’s Mid-American Conference Championships. The Chicago native clocked in at 14.02 in the 100 hurdles prelims to place 36th overall. Within heat five, Gregory took third by easily getting past Louisiana Tech’s Bianca Jackson...