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

A native of Naperville, Illinois and Naperville North High School, Boelke placed 12th in the 8K at the Louisville Cross Country Silver Pre-National race on Saturday, October 2. His time of 24:45.2 helped lead the Cardinals to a fifth place finish out of 42 teams. Boelke and the Cardinals competed on the same course where the 2021 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships will take place on Saturday, November 20. 

2021 CCIW Men's Cross Country Student-Athletes of the Week
Matt Boelke - North Central (10/5/21)
Dane Alexander - Millikin (9/28/21)
Gabe Pommier - North Central (9/21/21)
Kevin Riley - Wheaton (9/14/21)
Julian Higueros - North Central (9/7/21)
   
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).