NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s 4x400-meter relay team, along with Wheaton’s Brendan Cole were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday.

The Cardinals’ relay team of Daniel Spaccapaniccia (Bolingbrook, Ill./Naperville Central), Derek Nelson (Davis, Calif./H.S./Sport Management), Mustapha Olaoye (South Holland, Ill./Thornwood/Exercise Science) and Zach Kirby (St. Charles, Ill./North/Finance) finished second in the 4x400 at UW-Whitewater’s “Squig” Converse Invitational on Friday. Their time of 3:20.24 currently ranks first in the CCIW and third on the NCAA Division III Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) national list.

Cole, a junior from Apple Valley, Minnesota and Eastview High School (Psychology major), won two events at Carthage’s Tadd Metzger Invitational on Saturday. He placed first in the pole vault with a height of 14-7 ¼ (4.45 meters), which currently ranks first in the CCIW. He also finished first in the long jump with a distance of 23-0 ¾ (7.03 meters), which is currently eighth nationally and first in the CCIW.

2015 CCIW Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week

Track
4x400 Relay – North Central (2/3/15)
Travis Morrison – North Central (1/27/15)
Richie Ruske – North Central (1/20/15)

Field
Brendan Cole – Wheaton (2/3/15)
Luke Winder – North Central (1/27/15)
Luke Winder – North Central (1/20/15)

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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 2013-14 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,400 academic all-conference recipients, 14 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients and 87 all-Americans.