NAPERVILLE – Powered by eight first-place finishes and two runner-up showings, North Central tallied 112.5 team points on its way to winning the inaugural College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women’s Wrestling Championship, Sunday afternoon at Gregory Arena in Naperville, Ill.
Aurora, which had two individual champions, finished second with 41.5 points. Augustana (25.5 points) was third, followed by Carthage (24.5 points) and Lakeland (22.5 points).
NCC individual champions were Madison Avila (101 pounds), Angelina Graff (109), Jaslynn Gallegos (116), Amani Jones (123), Kendall Bostelman (143), Tiera Jimerson (155), Yelena Makoyed (170) and Traeh Haynes (191).
Aurora freshman Alexis Janiak won the 130-pound bracket to be named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler. North Central’s Joe Norton was voted CCIW Coach of the Year, while the Cardinals’ Shelby Ottum was the league’s first-ever Elite 26 Award winner in women’s wrestling.
Most Outstanding Wrestler
Alexis Janiak, Aurora
Coach of the Year
Joe Norton, North Central
Elite 26 Award
Shelby Ottum, North Central
RESPECT Award Winners
Sawyer Graham, Augustana
Natalie Gonzalez, Aurora
Hilda Gonzalez, Carthage
Mikayla Rieck, Lakeland
Amber Turner, North Central
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).