NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central senior Dianne Barajas earned College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors on Tuesday, her third of the 2019 season.

A native of Hoffman Estates, Illinois and Schaumburg High School, Barajas helped lead the Cardinals to a second place finish at the Benedictine Eagle Invitational on Friday. She finished fourth in the 6K in a field of 94 runners, clocking a season-best time of 22:54.2 while battling falling temperatures and a muddy course at St. James Farm.

2019 CCIW Women's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
Dianne Barajas - North Central (10/15/19)
Katie North - Illinois Wesleyan (10/8/19)
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.