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Track and field has strong showing at home tournament

By Ed Rietveld | April 21, 2013

Track and field team took full advantage of being at home this weekend as the Huskies came away with nine event titles at the Huskie open, five on the track and four in the field. Megan Gregory, senior sprinter and hurdler, came away with two titles on...

Track and field to host the Huskie Open

By Ed Rietveld | April 17, 2013

After having to travel to all their outdoor meets so far this season, the bulk of the track and field team will have the opportunity to compete on campus this weekend. The Huskies will host the 2013 Huskie Open at 10 a.m. at the NIU Track and Field complex....

Track team uses downtime to bond

By Ed Rietveld | April 16, 2013

With only one home meet on its schedule during the regular season, the track and field team has to spend a lot of time on the road traveling to competitions. The hectic travel schedule is even busier during the team’s outdoor season: NIU has competed...

Triple jumps requires focus for track athletes

By Ed Rietveld | April 15, 2013

There is an event in track and field where the old axiom “easy as one, two, three” rings true: the triple jump. The triple jump requires focus and technique in just a short amount of time because athletes are running at full speed. Assistant coach...

Track and field fails to qualify for MAC Championships at weekend meet

By Ed Rietveld | April 14, 2013

Despite not having an athlete win an event title or qualify for the MAC championships this weekend, there were many positives to be gained by the track and field team. The Huskies were at the Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn., which were hosted by the...

Track and field set for Tennessee

By Ed Rietveld | April 10, 2013

Track and field will again compete in the South when they travel to Sea Ray Relays Thursday through Saturday. Facing tough competition is quickly becoming a theme of NIU’s outdoor track and field season and the Sea Ray Relays, which are hosted by the...

March Madness ends on a high note

By Ed Rietveld | April 9, 2013

The 2013 NCAA men’s basketball tournament was a perfect illustration of why so many people love March Madness. The first weekend of the tournament had everything fans could’ve wanted. Upsets like a 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast University defeating No....

Track and field sees improvements in distance

By Ed Rietveld | April 8, 2013

In Greg Hipp’s two years on campus as head cross country and assistant track and field coach, he has brought NIU’s distance running programs to new heights. The cross country team has set nine school records since Hipp joined NIU, and he has translated...

Huskies finish 3rd in weekend track meet

By Ed Rietveld | April 7, 2013

For the second straight weekend an NIU track athlete broke a school record. This time it was junior heptathlon competitor Natalie Tarter. Tarter won the seven-event competition Chicagoland Championships. Tarter, a University of Wisconsin transfer, tallied...

Track and field to compete in Chicagoland championships

By Ed Rietveld | April 3, 2013

After having to get on a plane to travel to its last three competitions, track and field will only have to get on bus this weekend. The Huskies will compete in the Chicagoland championships hosted by Lewis University in Romeoville. The Huskies won this...

Student assistant coach looks forward to moving up in athletics

By Ed Rietveld | April 2, 2013

With 39 athletes on the track and field team and only three full-time coaches to help manage sprinting, distance running and field events, the coaching staff needs all the help they can get. One student, junior Adam Lotito, is helping the program with...

Astros’ move creates confusion in MLB

By Ed Rietveld | April 1, 2013

Major league baseball thought it was fixing the problem of 16 teams in the NL 14 in the AL when it moved the Houston Astros from the National League Central to the American League West, but the truth is it might have created another problem. With the...