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McAuley looking toward strong finish in final year

By Rhema Rhea | September 23, 2013

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...

Cross country locks up fourth place at ISU

By Rhema Rhea | September 15, 2013

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...

Cross Country set for ISU Invitational

By Rhema Rhea | September 11, 2013

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...

Cross country beats the heat in home win

By Rhema Rhea | September 8, 2013

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 starts season at home in NIU tournament

By Rhema Rhea | September 4, 2013

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...

Cross country aims to continue GPA success

By Rhema Rhea | September 3, 2013

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...

Cross-country to hit the blocks running

Cross-country to hit the blocks running

By Rhema Rhea | August 27, 2013

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...

Track and field utilizes coaching staff efficiently

By Ed Rietveld | April 22, 2013

In the sport of track and field, it could be argued that there are three different areas that make up one sport, which necessitates three different coaches. With the distance running, throwing and jumping and the sprinting aspects, these coaches need...

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...

Track and field breaks school record at Raleigh Relays

By Ed Rietveld | March 31, 2013

The track and field team sent two groups of athletes to two different events and came up with mixed results. The distance runners competed at the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State University. At the event, one Huskie clinched her spot in the MAC...

Cross country finishes season strong, despite illnesses

By Sean Anderson | November 11, 2012

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...

NIUs Courtney Oldenburg keeps her pace at the NCAA Midwest Regional last fall.

Oldenburg has a tradition of breaking records

By Sean Anderson | October 29, 2012

For senior Courtney Oldenburg, breaking records comes naturally. Oldenburg has been breaking records in cross country since her days in high school at West Salem High School in West Salem, Wisc. She holds records in the 4x400 meter relay, 4x800 meter...