On the strength of a record-breaking season senior cross-country runner Courtney Oldenburg is No. 7 on the Northern Star’s list of the top 10 Huskie athletes for 2012-2013. Oldenburg, a West Salem, Wis., native, broke two school records this fall. One...

NIU cross country finished its season Friday at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a 27th place team finish. In the final team standings, the Huskies topped in-state foes DePaul and SIU-Edwardsville. Coach Greg Hipp said that illness changed...

Senior Courtney Oldenburg broke yet another NIU record, this time in the 6K, as NIU cross country finished in 14th place at the Bradley Classic in Peoria, Ill. Including Oldenburg, the Huskies had three runners place in the top 60 in a field that included...

With the addition of four freshmen to NIU cross country, the team has become more competitive and found more success than in previous seasons. Ali Olson, Leah Raffety, Hannah Savage and Taylor Vinhal are those freshmen, and they have immediately made...

NIU cross country finished in 11th place out of 51 teams at the 40th annual Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational in Chicago, Ill. The Huskies placed nine spots better than they did at the same meet last year. In addition, the Huskies finished eighth among...

NIU Cross country followed up its victory last weekend with a third place finish at the NIU Open Friday, while Northwestern took home the title. Senior Courtney Oldenburg broke the school’s 34-year-old 5K record with the time of 18:07.81. Her time eclipsed...

Cross country began its season Saturday with a victory, when it headed to Palos Heights, Ill., for the UIC Opener. This is cross country’s first win at a meet since the program was reopened close to 20 years ago, and might even be the first ever win...

Three Huskies named to All-Mac team For the second straight season in a row, NIU track and field had three team members named to the 2012 Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-Mid-American Conference team. Senior Jenner Sio and junior Jenelle McCalla...

NIU baseball’s Kyle Glancy and women’s golf’s Kelsie Passolt were named the NIU Scholar Athletes of the Week for April 23 through April 29, according to a press release. Glancy, a senior marketing major, earned two saves over the weekend against...