The 4x200 meter relay team of the NIU women's track & field team broke the school record in the event in front of a nationally televised audience on Saturday afternoon.
NIU's 4x200m relay team will race in the finals of the Penn Relays on Saturday during NBCSN's broadcast window of the event. The Huskies also had Kelsey Hildreth break the program's 10K school record at the meet.
Adrian Myers will be the new head coach of the Northern Illinois University women's cross country team, NIU Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier announced Thursday.
The opening event event of the 121st Penn Relays, one of the most prestigious collegiate track & field meets in the nation, was won by NIU senior Latesha Bigby on Wednesday afternoon in Philadelphia.
The NIU women's track & field team will send Huskies to the Penn and Hillsdale Relays to compete in two prestigious meets this weekend as the track & field season nears its pinnacle.
A week after setting the NIU school record in the heptathlon, Latesha Bigby of the track & field team conquered another all-time Huskie mark on Saturday.
Four members of the NIU women's track & field team were named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the indoor track & field campaign, the league office announced on Friday morning.
The NIU women's track & field team won the Chicagoland Outdoor Championship this weekend, defeating several local schools for the title, including DePaul, Chicago State, UIC, Olivet Nazarene and more.
