Northern Illinois Huskies track and field

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Northern Illinois Huskies track and field
UniversityNorthern Illinois University
Head coachConnie Teaberry
ConferenceMAC
LocationDeKalb, Illinois
Outdoor trackNIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex
NicknameHuskies
ColorsCardinal and black[1]
   

The Northern Illinois Huskies track and field team is the track and field program that represents Northern Illinois University. The Huskies compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The team is based in DeKalb, Illinois, at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.[2]

The program is coached by Connie Teaberry.[3] The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.[4]

All Northern Illinois men's and women's track and cross country teams were cut following the 1981-82 season for budgetary reasons after Bill Mallory replaced athletic director Deacon Davis.[5][6] The women's track teams returned for the 2000-01 school year.[7]

NIU's top performer at NCAAs was Larry Stachwell, who finished 4th in the weight throw at the 1975 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The team was said to have been strongest in the throwing events.[8] In 2024, middle-distance runner Lorena Martín, who won the 2017 Mid-American Conference 800 m championship for the Huskies, qualified for the Paris Olympic 800 m.[9]

Postseason

As of August 2025, a total of 4 men and 2 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status for the team at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality).[10][11]

First team NCAA All-Americans
Team Championships Name Event Place Ref.
Men's 1936 Outdoor Walt Peters Javelin throw 7th [12]
Men's 1973 Indoor Richard Bilder Shot put 5th [13]
Men's 1973 Outdoor Rich Bilder Shot put 7th [14]
Men's 1975 Indoor Larry Stachwell Weight throw 4th [15]
Women's 2017 Outdoor Hope Schmelzle 3000 meters steeplechase 6th [16]
Women's 2018 Indoor Jehvania Whyte Triple jump 8th [17]
Women's 2018 Outdoor Jehvania Whyte Triple jump 7th [18]

See also

  • Category:Northern Illinois Huskies men's track and field athletes (1)
  • Category:Northern Illinois Huskies women's track and field athletes (1)

References

  1. ^ "NIU Athletic Marks Standards Guide" (PDF). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Northern Illinois Huskies Media Guide" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Northern Illinois Huskies Track and Field Coach". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Here are the differences between the indoor and outdoor track seasons". ncaa.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Davis is out, Mallory in as sweeping change hits". Daily Chronicle (Illinois). 24 February 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Davis stripped of athletic duties; Mallory gains more responsibility". Daily Chronicle (Illinois). 24 February 1982. p. 6. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  7. ^ "NIU track team back in action". Rockford Register Star. 8 December 2000. p. 47. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  8. ^ "NIU depends on weightmen". Daily Chronicle (Illinois). 15 April 1975. p. 9. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Northern Illinois' Lorena Martin to Represent Spain at 2024 Paris Olympics". getsomemaction.com.
  10. ^ "USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meet History by Event: NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  11. ^ "USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meet History by Event: NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Javelin throw at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Shot put at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Shot put at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Weight throw at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  16. ^ "3000 meters steeplechase at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Triple jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Triple jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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