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Track and field to test itself outdoors

By Rhema Rhea | March 19, 2014

Track and field gets its outdoor portion of the schedule rolling as it travels to Edwardsville for the Cougar Classic Saturday.The meet will be hosted by SIU Edwardsville, which had some team and individual success during indoor, including an 11th-place...

Track places 10th in championships

By Rhema Rhea | March 2, 2014

Track and field came into the weekend with high hopes, but it couldn’t reach its goals.The Huskies set four NIU records and had three top five finishes to place 10th out of 12 teams at the MAC Indoor Championships Friday and Saturday in Kent, Ohio.“This...

Indoor title at stake for track

By Rhema Rhea | February 26, 2014

Track and field is headed to the MAC Indoor Championships after getting a taste of MAC competition last weekend.NIU is going into Kent, Ohio, with 18 athletes and two relay teams that earned qualifying marks this season. Head coach Connie Teaberry said...

Track and field places third in Ball State Quadrangular

By Rhema Rhea | February 23, 2014

Track and field had one more chance for competition before next weekend’s MAC Indoor Championships when it traveled to Muncie, Ind., for the Ball State Quadrangular over the weekend.NIU left with a 115.50-point, third-place finish, beating out Miami...

Track and field sets records

By Rhema Rhea | February 16, 2014

Track and field split into two groups this weekend and ended the time away from home with several personal best performances.NIU had success in both meets as 19 athletes had top 10 finishes. Ten set personal records.Between the two competitions, six athletes...

Track and field impresses at Indiana Relays

February 2, 2014

Track and field made the most out of its largest meet of the season this weekend when it visited Bloomington, Ind., for the Indiana Relays.In their third non-scoring meet of the season, the Huskies put up several personal-best performances, and they had...

Track and field place high

By Rhema Rhea | January 26, 2014

Track and field traveled to Madison, Wis., for the Wisconsin Elite Invitational where they had 11 athletes finish in the top five in their events this weekend.In the second non-scoring meet of the indoor season, NIU had eight Huskies who recorded personal...

Rachel Shoemaker runs cross country during the Huskie Open Nov. 10.

Track and Field finish third in first meet of year

By Rhema Rhea | January 20, 2014

In its first scoring meet of the indoor season, track and field had solid performances, resulting in a third out of 10 showing at the Illini Classic in Champaign.The weekend’s meet was won by host University of Illinois with 159 points, and second place...