Track and field is looking to carry last weekend’s success into a meet featuring several MAC rivals.The Huskies are traveling to the Ball State Quadrangular in Muncie, Ind., where in past seasons they have faced up to four MAC schools. This will be...
The Huskies have yet another academic honor to add to their accomplishments, this time from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.In January, four Huskies were selected to the MAC All-Academic team. Now, the team has been honored...
After battling the sun, senior Juliane Totzke is making her mark indoors.Over the weekend, Totzke ran a personal best in the 5,000 meters, which earned her fifth place of 16. She qualified for indoor conference with the performance.Totzke joins freshmen...
Leah Raffety now has an off-the-field honor to add to her short NIU career.Last week, redshirt freshman Raffety was named to the Cross Country Academic All-MAC Team. In order to qualify for the conference award, a student-athlete must have obtained at...
In its first scoring meet of the indoor season, track and field had solid performances, resulting in a third out of 10 showing at the Illini Classic in Champaign.The weekend’s meet was won by host University of Illinois with 159 points, and second place...
The track and field team is heading to Champaign for its first meet post-winter break on Saturday as it prepares to compete in the Illini Classic.U of I’s Illini Classic is an 11-team meet, and Saturday will mark the second time in the same number of...
Vince Bingham, the new fields event coach, is gearing up for his first scoring meet of the year.Bingham has been in the coaching business since 1983. When offered the field events coaching position by Connie Teaberry, director of track and field and cross...
Track and field has seen success these past few seasons, setting program marks, and this year they are hoping to stay on that path.Some key sprinters returning this season are seniors Rebecca Cronin and Erica Miller. Cronin is a record holder herself,...
Cross country ended its rocky season on a high note, having low times across the board during Friday’s NCAA Midwest Regional.Head coach Greg Hipp was not pleased with the way NIU finished the MAC Championship Nov. 2 when the team placed 11th out of...
Cross country took to the course one last time in 2013 against the toughest in the midwest, finishing 23rd out of 34 at the NCAA Midwest Regional held in Ames, Iowa, Friday.NIU beat out local rivals Eastern Illinois, SIU Edwardsville, University of Illinois...
Cross country will battle the biggest and toughest field of the season when it travels to Ames, Iowa, for the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships on Friday.The championship will be hosted by the Iowa State Cyclones, which have won the last three Midwest...
Cross country placed its three entrees in the top half during the Huskie Open Friday.Huskie runners Alexis Capps, Rachel Shoemaker and Hannah Savage were among the 83 male and female collegiate and community runners who took part in the 5K race at the...
