NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central senior Alec Beutel was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.

A native of Loves Park, Illinois and Belvidere North High School, posted a time of 25:04.1 in the 8K during Saturday's Kollege Town Sports Invitational, notching a fifth-place finish among more than 450 competitors. North Central totaled 46 points on its way to a victory over the 34-team field at Lake Breeze Golf Course, which featured 10 nationally-ranked programs. The Cardinals travel to Rock Island for the CCIW Championship November 2.

2019 CCIW Men's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
Alec Beutel - North Central (10/21/19)
Cameron Benes - North Central (10/15/19)
Kyle Bell - North Central (10/8/19)
Thomas Olenek - Carthage (9/30/19)
Matt Osmulski - North Central (9/24/19)
Matt Osmulski - North Central (9/17/19)
Taijhan Nelson - Millikin (9/10/19)
Matt Osmulski - North Central (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.