Tag: NCAA
The Northern Illinois 4×100 relay of Chanel Kellyman, Janay Mitchell, Roneisha Frye and Rasheta Butler posted a solid performance Saturday at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, but fell one spot shy of moving on to the NCAA Championships. The quartet crossed the finish line in fourth place in the third heat and 13th overall with...
The Northern Illinois track and field team continued its run Friday night at the NCAA West Preliminary Round with two strong individual performances. However, Roneisha Frye fell a fraction of a second short in the 100 hurdles, while Janay Mitchell was eliminated in the 200 meters. “The ladies had solid races tonight,” said Huskie head...
The Northern Illinois track and field team opened their weekend Thursday at the NCAA West Preliminary Round with Janay Mitchell as the lone Huskie competing. “Janay gave a good effort today, but we needed an excellent effort to run with the ladies that competed tonight,” said Huskie head coach Connie Teaberry. “She is disappointed, but...
The Northern Illinois track and field team opens up NCAA competition this week with the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas. The meet runs from Thursday, May 24, through Saturday, May 26, at Texas’ Mike Myers Stadium. The Huskies will be represented with a program-high four entries in the meet, as Janay Mitchell competes...
The Northern Illinois track and field team will have a program-record four entries in the NCAA West Preliminary Round from Thursday, May 24, through Saturday, May 26, the NCAA announced Thursday. Janay Mitchell will compete in both the 100 meters and 200 meters, while Roneisha Frye runs in the 100 hurdles and the quartet of...
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...
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...
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...
Northern Illinois volleyball senior Kristin Hoffman (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) is one of 58 student-athletes for the 2011 fall season to receive an NCAA postgraduate scholarship. The standout setter recently finished a noteworthy four-year career with the Huskie volleyball program. “What Kristin has accomplished at Northern Illinois is simply outstanding,” said Jeff Compher, NIU associate vice president...
Huskies Kevin Fanta and Brad Dieckhaus were eliminated Thursday at the NCAA Championships at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. to end the Northern Illinois wrestling team‘s 2011-12 season. Despite the losses, Huskie head coach Ryan Ludwig was proud of what Fanta and Dieckhaus accomplished this season and knows it will help bring the program...
Northern Illinois sophomore Kevin Fanta and senior Brad Dieckhaus head to St. Louis this week, where they will compete at the NCAA Championships inside the Scottrade Center. The meet begins at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 15, and runs through the finals Saturday night. This year marks the 41st consecutive season in which at least one...
Huskie sophomore Kevin Fanta and senior Brad Dieckhaus will represent Northern Illinois at the 2012 NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo., the association announced Wednesday during their selection show. The selections mark the 41st consecutive season in which at least one NIU wrestler has advanced to the national meet. It also marks the second straight...
