DeKALB – Graduate student runner Emma Planck and senior Julia Finegan paced five other Huskies participants as NIU took 11th place at the MAC Championship on Saturday.
For the third consecutive season, the Huskies have finished in the bottom two...
11 years ago, NIU cross country head coach Juan Carrillo was immersed in a pursuit of one of the ultimate achievements in all of sports: Olympic contention.
Fast forward to the present, Carrillo has amassed a wealth of coaching experience, achieved...
DeKALB – Senior Julia Finegan set a new personal record in the 5-kilometer race as NIU’s cross country team finished 15th out of 19 teams at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Classic on Friday.
Despite Finegan's career-setting afternoon, NIU finished...
DeKALB – Senior Katelyn Robbins was once again the first Huskie to cross the finish line as NIU’s cross country team finished ninth out of the 10 participating teams at the Mel Brodt Collegiate Open on Friday.
Not a single NIU contestant secured...
DeKALB – First-year cross country head coach Juan Carrillo led the Huskies to a second-place finish at Friday's Western Illinois Invitation. This marks the second consecutive season NIU has placed second in the season opener.
Top 10 performances...
DeKALB – With the offseason in the rearview mirror, NIU’s cross country team is ready to lace up and hit the trail for what promises to be an exciting 2023 campaign.
The Huskies hope to yield different results after a season that ended with an...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| April 6, 2023
DeKALB – NIU Director of Athletics and Vice-President Sean Frazier announced Juan Carrillo as head coach of the NIU cross country team Wednesday.
Carrillo returns to lead the cross country team after spending 2015-17 as a volunteer assistant.
As...
By Michael Stoll, Sports Reporter
| October 15, 2022
DeKALB – The Huskies crossed the finish line in 12th as a team on Friday afternoon in Peoria, Illinois at the Bradley “Pink” Classic. This is a 17-place improvement from the team’s 29th placing at the same event last year. Senior Brooke Valentine...
DeKALB – The NIU Huskies fielded a fully-healthy seven-woman lineup at the Live in Louisville Classic cross country event on Saturday. This was the third event of the year for NIU, and easily the most stacked.
Entered into the women’s 5K blue division...
DeKALB — The NIU cross country team had a pair of top-10 finishers at the First State Bank Huskie Challenge to open the 2022 season at the North 40 Course Friday.
Seniors Brooke Valentine and Katelyn Robbins each crossed the finish line by the 20th...
Jamie Moreno has demonstrated flexibility and competitiveness in his first year at NIU, but he is not a gymnast. Moreno is NIU’s newest cross country head coach and distance coach for track and field.
Moreno has established himself as a fatherly...
DeKALB — The NIU cross country team wrapped up their season by competing in the NCAA Midwest Regional Friday, finishing 28th out of 32 teams.
Head coach Jaime Moreno spoke on the effort her team gave, even though they came into the final meet not...
