NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Dan Kerley was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week Tuesday.

Kerley, a senior from Vienna, Illinois and Vienna High School (Psychology major), finished third with a time of 24:40 in the 8K of the Gold Division at the Notre Dame Invitational on Friday. He led the Cardinals to a first place team finish, 19 points ahead of second place Texas-Arlington and 42 points ahead of third place Calvin.

2012 CCIW Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Dan Kerley – North Central (10/2/12)
Jonathan Smith – Augustana (9/25/12)
John Crain – North Central (9/18/12)
Tim Hird – North Central (9/11/12)
Jake Mahaffey – Carthage (9/11/12)
John Crain – North Central (9/5/12)


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.