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05/15/2013 Fifty Huskie Student-Athletes Earn NIU DegreesGraduates Represent 15 Northern Illinois Teams and 25 Different Majors 05/11/2013 Mitchell Leads Huskies at MAC Track & Field ChampionshipsSenior Accounts for Eight Points in Three Events Saturday 05/10/2013 School Heptathlon Record Falls at MAC ChampionshipsMitchell, Burr Advance to Finals 04/22/2013 Jenelle McCalla Recognized by University Honors ProgramMcCalla earns inaugural University Honors Outstanding Student-Athlete Award 04/20/2013 Northern Illinois Outduels Regional Rivals at Huskie OpenNIU takes nine event titles at home meet 2011-12: Indoor- Ran the second leg of NIU's school record-setting 4x400 relay at the Iowa State Classic (2/11), locking in at 3:47.74... Ran the fastest 600 yards time of the indoor season for the Huskies with a 1:25.02 clip... Took five top five finishes at four different meets... Highest finish was a second-place showing in the 600 yards at the Iowa State Classic (2/10)... Set PRs in the 400 meters (58.30), 600 yards (1:25.02) and 600 meters (1:38.92)... Earned Academic All-MAC recognition with a 4.0 GPA. Outdoor- Ran in seven meets during the outdoor season, competing primarily in the 400 hurdles... Also spent time on NIU's second 4x400 relay team... Registered a season-best time of 1:03.29 at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge (3/17) to take fifth place... Posted a season-best second place showing at the UW-Whitewater Alternative Meet (4/28), crossing the finish line with a 1:03.77 mark... Finished in third place at the Chicagoland Championships (4/6) and the Lee Calhoun Memorial Invitational (4/14)... Qualified for the Texas Relays (3/29), Kansas Relays (4/20) and MAC Championships (5/11) in the 400 hurdles. 2010-11: Indoor-Ran a personal-best time of 1.00.18 in the 400-meter dash at the Iowa State Classic (2/10) ... raced to a time of 9.08 in the 60-meter dash at the Eastern Illinois Invite (12/11), placing sixth ... earned a second-place finish at the Ball State Quadrangular (2/18) in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:01.24 ... assisted in the distance medley relay that recorded a time of 12:35.34 at the Iowa State Classic (2/10) to finish 13th... recorded a time of 1.01.65 in the 400-meter dash at the MAC Indoor Championships (2/25). Outdoor-Placed 1st in the 400-meter hurdles at the Point Loma Nazarene Invitational (3/12) with a new personal-best race time of 1:03.60 ... took 4th in the 100-meter hurdles clocking a new personal-best of 14.85 ... placed first in the 400-meter hurdles at the Viking Olympics (3/26) with a time of 1:06.31 ... contributed to the 4x400 meter relay team's first place finish clocking in at 4:03.15 ... took a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tom Botts Invitational (4/09/11) clocking in at 1:03.99 ... assisted in the 4x400-meter relay clocking in at 3:58.11 with a fifth-place finish ... placed 18th in the 400-meter hurdles with a time 1.03.87 at the Tennessee Sea Ray Relays (4/16) ... contributed to the first-place finish of the 4x400-meter relay team with a time of 3.58.08 at the Huskie Open (4/23) ... earned eighth-place in the 400-meter hurdles at the MAC Championships with a time of 1:03.66 (5/14)... named to the Outdoor Track and Field Academic All-MAC Team with a perfect 4.0 GPA. 2009-10: Indoor- Raced to a personal-best performance in the 400-meters at the Eastern Illinois Early Bird Invitational, crossing the finish line in a time of 1:00.78 ... raced to a first-place finish (1:41.89) in the 600-meters at the Tadd Metzger Invitational ... ran a season-best time of 1:30.18 in the 600-meters at the Iowa State Classic ... finished the 800-meter run at the Ball State Quadrangular in a personal-best time of 2:26.83. Outdoor- Set a personal-best at the MAC Outdoor Championships (5/14) in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.76 finishing seventh... was a part of the eighth-placed 4x400-meter relay team at the MAC Outdoor Championships that ran a time of 3:49.78... ran a leg of the 4x800-meter relay team that ran a time of 9:28.28 at the Drake Invite (5/23) to finish 13th. High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner in track and field ... named her team's most valuable runner her freshman and sophomore years ... member of the all-conference first team as a freshman ... holds the OTFA Under 17 record in the 50m hurdles at 7.53 and the Royal Canadian Legion under-15 record in the 300m hurdles at 43.73 ... graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA while being an Ontario Scholar and a member of the honor roll from 2005-2009. Personal: Daughter of Esther and Raphael McCalla ... Enjoys playing the piano and writing poetry ... Majoring in psychology ... Born March 31, 1991.
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05/11/2013 - W. Track Mitchell Leads Huskies at MAC Track & Field Championships05/10/2013 - W. Track School Heptathlon Record Falls at MAC Championships05/09/2013 - W. Track Northern Illinois Opens MAC Championships05/07/2013 - W. Track Huskies Prepare for MAC Championships05/07/2013 - W. Track NIU to Add Lights to Soccer/Track & Field Complex04/27/2013 - W. Track Huskies Closes Regular Season at UW-Whitewater04/26/2013 - W. Track Northern Illinois Caps off Stay in Pennsylvania04/25/2013 - W. Track Northern Illinois Kicks Off Action at Penn Relays04/24/2013 - W. Track Huskies Close Regular Season with Three Meets04/22/2013 - W. Track Jenelle McCalla Recognized by University Honors Program
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