NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s
Matt Norvell and
Luke Winder were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday.
Norvell, a junior from Monticello, Illinois and Monticello High School (History/Finance major), finished second (first collegiate finisher) in the 5,000-meter run at the UW-Platteville Invitational on Thursday. He finished with an outdoor best time of 14:28.49, which ranks first in the CCIW and fourth on the NCAA Division III national list via TFRRS.org.
Winder, a senior from Joliet, Illinois and Plainfield Central High School (Exercise Science major), won the “B” section of the pole vault at the Texas Invitational on Saturday. He finished with a height of 17-8 ½ (5.40 meters), which ranks first in both the CCIW and in Division III. Winder’s mark was better than all of the competition in the “A” section except for Renaud LaVillenie of France, who cleared a world-leading height of 19-6 ¼.
2018 CCIW Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
Track
Matt Norvell – North Central (4/17/18)
Josh Yamamoto – Augustana (4/10/18)
Dhruvil Patel – North Central (4/3/18)
Christian Zenon – Millikin (3/27/18)
Field
Luke Winder – North Central (4/17/18)
Jacob Mammosser – Elmhurst (4/10/18)
Ethan Ehlers – Augustana (4/3/18)
No Selection (3/27/18)
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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 2016-17 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,900 academic all-conference recipients, 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, one CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and over 100 all-Americans.