DeKalb | The women’s cross country team placed 11th out of 24 teams Friday during the Bradley Pink Classic 6K in Peoria.One of NIU’s goals going in was to improve upon its 26th-out-of-27 finish at the Roy Griak Invitational, and place higher in the...
After 20 days off between meets, cross country is ready for the at 5:05 p.m. Friday at the Bradley Classic in Peoria.In NIU’s last meet on Sept. 28 the Huskies finished the Roy Griak Invitational as 27th of 28. During the long layoff, training and improving...
Women’s cross country had its worst showing of the season, finishing 27 of 28 at the Roy Griak Invitational onSaturday.The Huskies traveled to Falcon Heights, Minn., for their first 6K of 2013.NIU beat out last-place Creighton University in the final...
DeKalb | Cross country takes its first trip out of state as the Huskies travel to Minneapolis for the Roy Griak Invitational this weekend.The meet will mark NIU’s first 6K race of the season. Last time the Huskies finished in fourth place, having four...
DeKalb | Confidence and determination have been key components driving senior cross country runner Claire McAuley this season.McAuley and senior Alexis Capps are the only Huskies left on the roster who were recruited by previous cross country coach Connie...
Headlined by season-best times from most of the team, the women’s cross country team finished the Illinois State Invitational meet in fourth place out of six teams.NIU completed the race finishing higher in the standings than Eastern Illinois and Northern...
DeKalb | Women’s cross country is looking to continue its winning ways in the team’s second meet of the season.NIU will get back on the course Friday when it competes in the Illinois State Invitational.The Huskies will be without one of their top...
DeKalb | With the heat bearing down on the cross country team, it won its first meet of the season.The Huskies defeated Div. III North Central College in a dual meet at the NIU North 40.Led by redshirt freshman Leah Raffety, who took the individual meet...
Cross country will have a chance to begin the 2013 season at home as it hosts the NIU Open.The Huskies opened last season with a victory in Palos Heights, which marked the first time in program history they grabbed an overall meet title.This season the...
Athletics prides itself not only on its success on the field, but its success in the classroom, and the cross country team exemplifies that success.In June, the NCAA ranked the cross country team’s academic progress rate among the top 10 percent of...
The women’s cross-country team will have a resurgence of youth in 2013.Head coach Gregg Hipp, who is entering his third season, is liking what he is seeing from the team.“The ladies look pretty good, and look very fit. You can tell they took advantage...
To be honest, when it comes to sports the summer isn’t too exciting.Now that the super exciting NHL season is over there isn’t much left to keep our energy up, especially when it comes to NIU athletics. Huskie fans are counting down the days ’til...
