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

A native of Hoffman Estates, Illinois and Schaumburg High School, Barajas clocked a time of 22:29.9 during the 6K at the Kollege Town Sports Invitational on Saturday. She placed 14th out of 419 runners as the Cardinals finished seventh out of 37 teams. North Central travels to Rock Island for the CCIW Championship November 2.

2019 CCIW Women's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
Dianne Barajas - North Central (10/21/19)
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.