NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Augustana’s Alex Rindone and North Central’s Peter Geraghty were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week Tuesday.

Rindone, a senior from Geneva, Illinois and Marmion Academy (Business & Communication major), won the 300-meter dash with a time of 34.57 at Monmouth’s Midwest Indoor Invitational on Saturday. His time established a new meet, venue and school record. Rindone also led off the winning 4x200 relay (1:30.11).

Geraghty, a junior from Oak Park, Illinois and Oak Park-River Forest High School (Physical Education major), won the pole vault during North Central’s Cardinal Opener on Friday. Geraghty cleared a height of 16-6 ¾, which currently ranks first in NCAA Division III.

2013 CCIW Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week

Track
Alex Rindone – Augustana (1/22/13)
Ryan Darcy – Illinois Wesleyan (1/15/13)

Field
Peter Geraghty – North Central (1/22/13)
Eric Schmidt – Carthage (1/15/13)

The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services eight member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2011-12 academic year, the CCIW honored 1,323 academic all-conference recipients, 16 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year, 89 all-Americans and three national championship teams.