Vorpagel Advances to 800 Final on Day Two at MAC Championships

ATHENS, Ohio – Senior Emma Vorpagel led the way for the Northern Illinois University women’s track and field team on Friday in the second day of competition at the 2025 Mid-American Conference Track & Field Championships at Goldberry Track in Athens, Ohio.
 
Vorpagel (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead HS) ran a time of 2:10.61 in the 800-meter preliminaries to qualify for Saturday’s final with the seventh fastest time. She will run in the finals at 1:50 p.m. (CT) on Saturday.  
 
Also on the track for NIU on Friday, Talayssia Sanders (Waco, Texas/Waco Connally HS) ran a season-best time of 56.22 in the 400-meter dash to place ninth, just one spot out of qualifying for the finals. Sanders came into the meet with the 13th best time in the MAC.
 
The Huskies’ Stella Oyebode (Nigeria) and Sam Huber (Villingendorf, Germany) did not advance out of their heats to the finals in the 100 meters.
 
NIU returns to action at the MAC Championships at 11:30 a.m. (CT) Saturday beginning with action in the triple jump with women’s running events scheduled to start at 12:10 p.m. with the 4 x 100-meter relay.  Click here to follow live results.
 
FRIDAY HUSKIE RESULTS
2025 MAC Championships
Athens, Ohio – Goldberry Track
 
800-meter Run (Prelims)
7. Emma Vorpagel – 2:10 .61 (qualifies for final)
 
400-meter Dash (Prelims)
9. Talayssia Sanders – 56.22
 
100-meter Dash (Prelims)
21. Stella Oyebode – 12.07
23. Sam Huber – 12.15
 
Long Jump
20. Precious Umukoro – 3.63m/11-11
 
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