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Track team set for outdoor season

By Jayce Eustice | March 22, 2018

DeKALB — The track and field team finished the indoor season with junior jumper Jehvania Whyte’s performance at the NCAA indoor championships March 10 in College Station, Texas. The Huskies then began preparing for the outdoor season, which will beginSaturday.Head...

Tutt becoming player to watch

By Jayce Eustice | March 5, 2018

Freshman distance runner Ashley Tutt is becoming someone to watch now and for many years to come.Tutt said she attributes a lot of her success this season to the confidence that has been instilled in her by her coaches and teammates.She performed well...

Track and Field takes third in Michigan

By Jayce Eustice | February 12, 2018

DeKALB — Junior jumper Jehvania Whyte continued to impress, as the Huskies took third place at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet Saturday in Allendale, Michigan.Whyte won the long jump with a final jump of 5.80 meters and took second in the...

Track and Field continues strong season

By Jayce Eustice | February 4, 2018

DeKALB — Another meet, another broken record for junior jumper Jehvania Whyte, as she jumped 12.74 meters in the triple jump Saturday at the Meyo Invitational. She broke her own school record for the fourth consecutive week.The Huskies faced off against...

Track and Field takes fifth at Notre Dame

By Jayce Eustice | January 22, 2018

DeKalb — The Track and Field team continued its season Saturday at the Notre Dame Invitational, where they competed against six other schools.“Two weeks into practice now after the break, and things are starting to click again,” Head Coach Connie...

Track team opens season down state

By Jayce Eustice | January 14, 2018

DeKALB — The Track and Field team had its first meet of the new year Saturday and came out strong, finishing third among 11 schools at the Illinois Open in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.“It feels really good to have them back on campus and back out there...

NIU Athletics awarded Jacoby Trophy

By Eddie Garcia | July 25, 2017

DeKalb — NIU has been recognized with the school’s first-ever Jacoby Trophy, an award given to the top women’s athletic program in the Mid-American Conference.The Huskies received the award May 31 after narrowly defeating Kent State by half a point...

Coaching either sex adds perspective

By Krystal Ward | September 8, 2016

DeKALB | As of Feb. 2015, 40 percent of NCAA women athletics were being coached by women, compared to 1972, the year Title IX was introduced, when more than 90 percent of women athletics were being coached by women.Title IX states no person in the U.S....

Coaching the opposite sex

By Krystal Ward | September 8, 2016

DeKALB | As of Feb. 2015, 40 percent of NCAA women athletics were being coached by women, compared to 1972, the year Title IX was introduced, when more than 90 percent of women athletics were being coached by women.Title IX states no person in the U.S....

NIU cross country: Adrian Myers fulfills NIU dreams

By Frank Gogola | April 30, 2015

Illinois native Adrian Myers said he is more than excited to take the reigns as head coach of the cross country program.Myers will also serve as an assistant track and field coach with the distance runners. Myers replaces Greg Hipp, former cross country...