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Gymnastics starts season with intrasquad meet

By Steve Shonder | November 19, 2013

The gymnastics team is gearing up for a new season with high expectations.NIU will host an intra-squad meet at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Convocation Center. The Huskies will divide the roster into two teams with five gymnasts competing at each event. The...

Around the League: Part Two

Around the League: Part Two

By Jacob Onak | July 23, 2013

Track and FieldConnie TeaberryNIU Head CoachTime at school: 10 yearsBase Salary: $70,002Career Highlights: Coached athletes that broke 43 school records and won individual MAC titles.Randy HeislerBall State HeadTime at school: Eight yearsBase Salary:...

Members of the NIU gymnastics team congratulate each other after posting high scores at the meet against Eastern Michigan University on March 1.

Women’s gymnastics can continue success next season

By Matt Hopkinson | March 25, 2013

With the culmination of the gymnastics season Saturday at Western Michigan, there are factors that are good and bad for the future of the NIU squad. Obviously, the first problem is NIU losing two seniors. Marisa Liptak is one of the highest scoring members...

Women’s gymnastics set for Western Michigan

By Matt Hopkinson | March 21, 2013

The women’s gymnastics team will find itself back in an arena which once held the promise of the highest score of the season. The Huskies (4-5, 2-4 MAC) will travel to Western Michigan to take on the rest of the conference in the season finale. They...

Junior gymnast brings consistency to team

By Matt Hopkinson | March 19, 2013

Gymnastics, like many other sports, is dependent on repetition, familiarity and consistency, and no one knows this more than junior gymnast Kim Gotlund. Gotlund, was the lone all-arounder last season and is now just one of two gymnasts this year. The...

Women’s gymnastics season wraps on a sour note

By Matt Hopkinson | March 18, 2013

The women’s gymnastics did not end the regular season in the fashion it would have liked. The Huskies had been on a run of four consecutive 194 scores, but came up with back-to-back 192s to finish the regular meet schedule. All that awaits the team...

Gymnastics share health-related majors

By Matt Hopkinson | March 4, 2013

For any team, there is a common bond of passion for that particular sport, and sometimes parallels can be drawn for other passions and for the NIU gymnastics team there are some similar roads ahead. Out of the 18 athletes that comprise the roster for...

Women’s gymnastics post season-high, defeats Eastern Michigan

By Matt Hopkinson | March 3, 2013

For the third time in the last four weeks, the women’s gymnastics team has posted its season-high and sent its seniors off in fashion, as it defeated Eastern Michigan on Friday. The Huskies (4-4, 2-3 MAC) set their highest mark of the season on vault...

Gymnastics to take on Eastern Michigan at final home meet

By Matt Hopkinson | February 27, 2013

As women’s gymnastics prepares for its final home meet, there is a building sense of confidence but also a bit of unpredictability. The Huskies (3-4, 1-3 MAC) will look to apply that confidence and win their final appearance at home against the visiting...

Gymnastics ready for final home meet

By Matt Hopkinson | February 27, 2013

As women’s gymnastics prepares for its final home meet, there is a building sense of confidence but also a bit of unpredictability. The Huskies (3-4, 1-3 MAC) will look to apply that confidence and win their final appearance at home against the visiting...

Senior gymnast finds balance in academia and athletics

By Matt Hopkinson | February 26, 2013

Not every student athlete majors in something they are passionate about. Not every student athlete can balance all aspects of their lives. Senior gymnast Marisa Liptak can lay claim to both of those, as the elementary education major is nearing the end...

Women’s gymnastics falls to Kent State

By Matt Hopkinson | February 24, 2013

For the third straight week, women’s gymnastics posted a score above the 194 mark, but fell to No. 21-ranked Kent State. The Huskies (3-4, 1-3 MAC) started off on a bad note in their first event against the top dog in Kent State (5-2, 3-0 MAC), and...