Michigan Tech Athletic Director Suzanne Sanregret has announced that Kim Cameron, former assistant coach for the Michigan Tech Women’s Basketball team has been promoted to the head coaching spot left vacant after John Barnes resigned earlier this month. Cameron has spent the past five years as the Huskies’ assistant coach and will become the program’s eighth coach in history.

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Michigan Tech Women’s basketball has one more thing on the to-do list heading into the 2010 campaign, and that is finding a new Head Coach for the program that is looking to make some noise in Division II Women’s Basketball. John Barnes announced June 8 that next season he will not be a Husky, but rather he has decided to take a Division I assistant coaching position with the University of Wisconsin. In a press release Barnes said, “It was a very difficult decision to leave, but this was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. I’m very excited about the chance to coach at Wisconsin and in the Big Ten.” He also noted that he would be cheering Tech on from Madison.

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CHARLOTTE, NC- Michigan Tech senior Ken Gilkerson ended his career at Michigan Tech with a tenth place finish at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships held in Charlotte, N.C. Gilkerson, who qualified in the event as the number twelve seed, broke the Michigan Tech record for the 800-meter run for the second consecutive meet with a time of 1:51.08.

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Michigan Tech Senior, Ken “Kenny” Gilkerson broke his own Michigan Tech Track and Field 800-meter run record on May 13 at the Dr. Keeler Track and Field Invitational.

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It has been a long off season for the Michigan Tech Huskies Football program.  The past few weeks the Huskies have been practicing the last few weeks every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Also every Saturday the Huskies have had a scrimmage on Sherman Field.  It has all accumulated to today’s annual Spring Intrasquad contest.  Check out the live blog below for coverage of this contest.

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As you look back on the amazing season that the Michigan Tech Women’s Basketball season put together one of the main components were the seniors that truly led this team. One senior in particular led her team especially when it counted the most. During the NCAA Regional Tournament, Danae Danen had the best game of her entire collegiate basketball career and she could not have chosen a better time to do so. With thirty points in the contest, Danae Danen added her name to the massive award list that the Huskies compiled this season by earning the honor of being named the tournament’s most outstanding player.
Love is the word that Danen gave to describe her team this season. “I am going to miss everything and everyone!” is her response now that it is all said and done. In regards to the off-court relationship with her and her teammates, “We get along so great off the court and I think it showed on the court. Sometimes it felt like I knew what someone else was going to do next.” No doubt did it seem like that it showed on the court, as this team became the first ever to break the 30 win mark.
With several records being broken this season, it is only fitting that the basketball team would bring a huge crowd to the SDC Gymnasium during their final home game of the season. “Having that many fans there is amazing. We have loved everyones support and it is so greatly appreciated! It is definitely more fun playing in front of all those people. It almost makes you work harder because you feel as though you don’t want to let them down” is how Danae responded to having the record breaking crowd. Indeed though the team did not let us down as they won their final home game of the season and advanced to the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Elite Eight for the second straight season.
“It was a great experience and a lot of fun. We knew we had something to work towards,” was how Danen summed up the 2009 Elite Eight Experience. The Huskies lost to eventual national champions both years in a row, and to this Danen had this to say, “I think losing to the winners proves a lot about our team and shows people that we could compete against the best of teams.”
Even though the team did not win the NCAA National Championship like they had hoped to, they can definitely not be disappointed one bit on the remarkable season they had. Even with one minute remaining in the contest the Huskies were down but not out. When asked how special that this season was Danae responded, “Very special. We would have liked to go out with a win, but we are all proud of what we have accomplished.” Looking back on her career as a whole at Tech, the one thing that Danen said that was her favorite moment was “Every moment that was spent with my teammates.”

The Michigan Tech Track and Field teams have perhaps the hardest schedule of all Michigan Tech athletics as far as travel goes. The Huskies do not have a single home meet all year long and this can make things difficult especially when it comes to having two meets within five days of each other. This is exactly what the Huskies have in store for them in the upcoming week. First the Huskies make the trip down to Duluth, Minn. for the Bulldog Invitational on Saturday. Four days later, they hit the road again making their way back into Minnesota this time with the destination being the Twilight Meet in St. Paul. The Huskies will travel over 1,000 miles round-trip during this week’s competition.
Last year the Huskies did fairly well in the Bulldog Invitational placing fourth in the Men’s competition and sixth in the Women’s. Leading the Men to their finish last year was Ken Gilkerson who is back on the squad again this year. One year ago Gilkerson finished the 800-meter run with a time of 1:54.96. Gilkerson has not only been a threat in the 800-meter run this year but he has also been making his presence known in the 400-meter dash. At the UW-Oshkosh meet Gilkerson took first place in the 400-meter dash and would like nothing more than to repeat that in the Bulldog Invitational. On the Women’s side of action Molly Wiltzius had success in her throwing events. She took third place in discus with a throw of 129-2 and sixth in the shot put with a toss of 38-4.25.
The Huskies will be making their debut to the Twilight meet in St. Paul this year. However one year ago at a similar type meet that took place in Minneapolis, Minn. Ken Gilkerson broke the school record in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:52.50. Gilkerson will be looking of course to reset his place in history this year and in the process earn himself a national championship qualifying time. On the Women’s side of competition the Huskies will be missing Lauren Wiza who graduated last year. However this year a few of her teammates have stepped up and are having some really strong performances. One year ago at the Women’s Twilight competition the Lady Huskies had a strong showing in the 5,000-meter run and would like nothing more than to improve on that.
With two meets so close to each other, only time will tell if traveling over 1,000 miles in a matter of four days will affect these athletes. Make sure you check out www.mtulode.com for recaps of both of these meets.

The Michigan Tech Husky Taekwondo club will be having their belt testing session on Saturday (April 17).  The event is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. and run until 6 p.m. in the dance room, which is located on the second floor in the SDC.  A total of 23 Taekwondo black belts are attending this testing, coming from several different states.  Of these attendees two of them are seventh-degree black belts, one is a sixth-degree black belt and there are three fifth-degree black belts.  The majority of the black belts that will be attending are Michigan Tech Alumni and one of them is a current student of the school.

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When you ask any Husky fan whom they dislike the most, the answer you will more than likely get is Northern Michigan University.  One Husky though defied the rivalry and decided to “jump-boat” midway through her basketball career.  I am talking of course about Maria Kasza who has just finished her sixth year of collegiate basketball.

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On a day that went from hot to cold and rainy in an instant, one thing that remained the same was the Huskies effort in the annual Titan invitational hosted by the University Of Wisconsin- Oshkosh. Not only was the temperature a factor in today’s contest the ever present wind also made things difficult for many of the huskies as they attempted to run, jump and throw their ways into team points. Many of the competitors had the same response to the wind and that was they did not like it. Their efforts did not go unnoticed though, as the Men’s team earned fourth place in the competition. The big difference from this year to last year though was on the Women’s side, as they went from an eighth place finish last year all the way up to a fifth place finish this year.
The day started off with the field events taking place an hour before the running events. With this wind being a factor all of the huskies who entered the hammer throw and discus, none of them could advance to the championship round. Meanwhile on the track the huskies started getting team points quick. In the 3000 meter steeplechase Tech was able to earn points on the men’s side from Jon Graves, and the women scored with Lauren Rantalla. The first person who earned all ten points from their event for the Huskies was Nathan Saliga in the 400 meter dash. Saliga finished with a final time of 0:51.82. Nathan must have sparked something in his team because four events later Ken Gilkerson took first in the 800 meter dash. The men would have two more firsts and they would come via Brian Stetter in the 5000 meter run and the 4×400 relay team also grabed first. The women’s side had no first place finishers however they had several ladies who did extremely well. Sydney Brustelle finished fifth in the 800 meter run, Erin Tucker finished fifth in the 400 meter hurdles, Jill Smith took fifth in the 5000 meter run and the 4×400 relay was also able to pick up a fifth place finish.
The final scores for the contest were as follows. For the men’s competition the host UW-Oshkosh- 338.35, UW-Eau Claire- 103.75, UW-Stout- 89, Michigan Tech- 84, Ripon- 60, UW-Stevens Point- 30, Concordia St. Paul- 7 and the Wisconsin Track Club- 6. On the women’s side first place went to Winona St. with 302 points. The rest of the field was UW-Oshkosh- 199, UW-Stout- 71.50, UW- Eau Clare- 62.50, Michigan Tech- 26, Minnesota State Mankato- 20, Ripon- 17 and UW-Steven’s Point- 6.