NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Dhruvil Patel was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week on September 20.
 
Patel, a sophomore from Skokie, Illinois and Niles North High School (Accounting major), was the Cardinals’ top finisher at the Wheaton Gil Dodds Invitational on Saturday. He took fourth in a 185-man field with a time of 25:43.1 as North Central, who kept the majority of its veterans out of the lineup, finished second with 39 points. The Cardinals have been the No. 1-ranked team nationally the entire season according to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) poll.
 
2016 CCIW Men’s Cross Country Athletes of the Week
Dhruvil Patel – North Central (9/20/16)
Zach Plank – North Central (9/13/16)
Zach Plank – North Central (9/7/16)
 
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), 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 2015-16 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,600 academic all-conference recipients, 14 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 36 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients and over 100 all-Americans.