NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central's
Dhruvil Patel and Carthage's
Aaron Austin were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Track & Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday.
Patel, a senior from Skokie, Illinois and Niles North High School (Accounting major), earned a seven-second personal best in the 5,000-meter run at the Stanford University Cardinal Classic on Friday. His time of 13:51.4 set a new NCAA Division III record, eclipsing Carleton College's Dan Kramer, who held the record for 42 years with a time of 13:53.2. Patel was the only Division III runner and finished 12th in the twenty-man field.
Austin, a sophomore from Chicago and Steinmetz High School (Exercise & Sport Science major), placed third in the discus at Augustana's Meet of Champions on Friday. His mark of 165-2 (50.35 meters) was a personal record that currently ranks first in the CCIW and eighth on the NCAA Division III national list compiled by TFRRS.org.
2019 CCIW Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
Track
Dhruvil Patel – North Central (4/23/19)
Peyton Piron – North Central (4/16/19)
Michael Johnson – Augustana (4/9/19)
Dhruvil Patel – North Central (4/2/19)
Clayton Sommers – Augustana (3/26/19)
Field
Aaron Austin – Carthage (4/23/19)
Nick Janca – North Central (4/16/19)
Cody Wheeler – Augustana (4/9/19)
David Lembke – Carroll (4/2/19)
No Selection (3/26/19)
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 2017-18 academic year, the CCIW honored over 2,100 academic all-conference recipients, 15 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 28 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, and over 100 all-Americans.