NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central senior Dianne Barajas was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the second time this season on Tuesday.

A native of Hoffman Estates, Illinois and Schaumburg High School, Barajas placed second out of 280 individuals at the Loyola University Lakefront Invitational Gold Race on Saturday. The race featured a combination of Division I, II, III, NAIA and JUCO programs. Barajas finished with a time of 18:52 in the 6K to help lead the Cardinals to a second place finish out of 31 teams.

2019 CCIW Women's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
Dianne Barajas - North Central (10/1/19)
Aryn Embretson - Wheaton (9/24/19)
Aryn Embretson - Wheaton (9/17/19)
Dianne Barajas - North Central (9/10/19)
Amanda Jones - Carroll (9/3/19)
 
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 2018-19 academic year, the CCIW honored over 2,200 academic all-conference recipients, 18 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 43 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, and over 100 all-Americans.