NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Megan Costanzo and Carthage’s Elanta Slowek were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women’s Track & Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday.
 
Costanzo, a senior from Huntington Beach, California and Somonauk (Ill.) High School (Psychology major), finished with a school record time of 35:25.78 in the 10,000-meter run at the Mount Sac Relays on Thursday in Cerritos, California. She broke the previous record of 35:28.44 set by 2011 graduate Amanda Laesch. Costanzo’s time is ranked first in both the CCIW and on the NCAA Division III national list.
 
Slowek, a sophomore from Park Ridge, Illinois and Maine East High School (Marketing major), won three events at Wheaton’s Don Church Invitational on Saturday. She won the high jump with a personal best 6.69 meters (5-6 ½), the discus with a distance of 46.33 meters (152-0) and the javelin with a distance of 37.00 meters (121-5). She currently holds the top conference marks in the high jump and discus and has the second-highest rated discus mark in the country. This was Slowek's second-straight CCIW Field Athlete of the Week honor. 
 
2016 CCIW Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
 
Track
Megan Costanzo – North Central (4/19/16)
Madison Renfro – North Central (4/12/16)
Erin McCarey – Illinois Wesleyan (4/5/16)
 
Field
Elanta Slowek – Carthage (4/19/16)
Elanta Slowek – Carthage (4/12/16)
Mackenzie Butcher – Augustana (4/5/16)
 
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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 2014-15 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,500 academic all-conference recipients, 19 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 46 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients and 102 all-Americans.