NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Dhruvil Patel and Augustana’s Ethan Ehlers were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday.
 
Patel, a junior from Skokie, Illinois and Niles North High School (Accounting major), won the 10,000-meter run at the Washington University Invitational on Friday in St. Louis. His time of 29:52.83 currently ranks first in both the CCIW and on the NCAA Division III national list posted on TFRRS.org. Patel is coming off two 2018 indoor all-America honors including a national title in the 5,000-meter run and a fourth place finish in the 3,000-meter run.
 
Ehlers, a senior from Kenosha, Wisconsin and St. Joseph High School (Engineering & Business Management major), won the shot put at Augustana’s 78th annual Viking Olympics on Thursday. His throw of 55-10 ½ (17.03 meters) was a school record and is ranked first in the CCIW and 14th on the Division III national list. Ehlers also won the discus with a throw of 155-2 (47.30 meters). Ehlers won all-America honors with an eighth place finish in the shot put at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championship.
 
2018 CCIW Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
 
Track
Dhruvil Patel – North Central (4/3/18)
Christian Zenon – Millikin (3/27/18)
 
Field
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.