NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s
Zach Plank was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for September 7.
Plank, a senior from Dunlap, Illinois and Dunlap High School (Actuarial Sciences major), won the individual title at the Elmhurst Earlybird Invitational on Friday. He broke his own 6,000-meter course record in a time of 18:50.3 as the Cardinals won the 15-team event with 18 points, three shy of a perfect score.
2016 CCIW Men’s Cross Country Athletes of the Week
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.