The Northeastern stars in Beijing include Hayley Scamurra, a Huskies forward from 2013 to 2017 who is making her Winter Olympics debut with Team USA alongside former Huskies linemate Kendall Coyne Schofield.
From The AHL To The Olympics, Kelly Cooke Is Taking Ice Hockey Refereeing By Storm
Kelly Cooke is headed to the Beijing Olympics to referee women’s ice hockey. The 2019 law school graduate’s ambitions don’t end there; she hopes to ascend to the pinnacle of the sport—the National Hockey League—one day as a referee.
Olympic gold medalist Madison Mailey: “I’m living the athlete’s dream”
Madison Mailey, DMSB‘18, didn’t try rowing until her junior year of high school. “I was a dancer for 10 years,” she said. “It gave me a pretty good background of working hard.”
What she didn’t know at the time was that not really “fitting in” with the dance world – “I was so tall,” she said – gave her the opportunity to fall in love with rowing, and eventually become an Olympic gold medalist.
Here’s How Northeastern Rower Madison Mailey Won An Olympic Gold Medal
Mailey, an All-American rower at Northeastern who graduated in 2018, won an Olympic gold medal while rowing in the women’s eight for Canada on Thursday in Tokyo. In this final installment of her Olympic diary, she explains how it feels to win the biggest race of her...
‘I’m Excited For That Olympic Sparkle’
An All-American rower at Northeastern who graduated in 2018, Madison Mailey will be competing in the women’s eight for Canada at the Olympic Games. In this diary entry from Japan, she looks forward to the realization of her Olympic dream.
Northeastern’s Madison Mailey Will Be Rowing In The Tokyo Olympics For Canada
Three years after she starred for Northeastern, Mailey will be rowing for Canada at the Olympic Games in Tokyo July 23 to Aug. 8. The COVID-19 pandemic made the pursuit of her dream all the more difficult.
Aerin Frankel Is Named National Player Of The Year In NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey
The Huskies goaltender capped a historic season by receiving the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Frankel, a senior, joins Kendall Coyne-Schofield, the 2016 winner, and Brooke Whitney, who won in 2002, as Northeastern’s recipients of the highest individual award in the...
Tired Of Waiting For Sports Equality, These All-Star Women Created TOGETHXR
The groundbreaking media and commerce company dedicated to achieving gender parity in media coverage was announced last week by Alex Morgan, Sue Bird, Simone Manuel, and Chloe Kim.
The Huskies Won Their Fourth Straight Hockey East Title. Is The National Championship Next?
The final horn meant so much to the No. 1 Huskies. It marked their fourth straight Hockey East women’s championship with their 6-2 victory over Providence College in the title game Saturday at Matthews Arena. And on Sunday, they were awarded the No. 1 seed for the...
Kids Have Been Cooped Up Because Of COVID-19. Youth Soccer Is An Excuse To Get Outside.
Health science student Tess Willinger has been a volunteer coach with the local non-profit youth soccer program, South End Soccer, for two years. She coaches kids ages 6 and 7.