NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central senior Matt Osmulski won his third College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor of the 2019 season on Tuesday.

A native of Elmwood, Illinois and Elmwood High School, Osmulski won conference Athlete of the Week honors for the second-straight week and third time in four announcements this season following a second place finish at the Gil Dodds Invitational on Saturday at St. James Farm. He clocked a time of 25:19.7 in the 8K, helping lead the Cardinals to a first place finish out of 12 teams. The meet featured a pair of top 15 programs including WashU (third) and Chicago (14th).

2019 CCIW Men's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
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.