NAPERVILLE – North Central has been voted the men’s and women’s favorites for Friday and Saturday’s College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Indoor Track & Field Championship. The two-day event is set to begin Friday at 11 a.m. inside the Shirk Center on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University.
CCIW Pre-Championship Women’s Coaches’ Poll
1. North Central (6 first-place votes), 62 points
2. Elmhurst (3 first-place votes), 59 points
3. Wheaton, 45 points
4. Carthage, 44 points
5. Millikin, 32 points
T6. Carroll, 28 points
T6. Illinois Wesleyan, 28 points
8. Augustana, 14 points
9. North Park, 12 points
North Central is the coaches’ choice to earn its fourth consecutive CCIW Indoor title, garnering six first-place votes and 62 points. Elmhurst, which received three first-place votes and was the team runner up a year ago, was picked second in Thursday’s poll.
CCIW Pre-Championship Men’s Coaches Poll
1. North Central (8 first-place votes), 64 points
2. Illinois Wesleyan, 51 points
3. Carthage (1 first-place vote), 50 points
4. Millikin, 43 points
5. Augustana, 37 points
6. Wheaton, 30 points
7. Carroll, 23 points
8. North Park, 16 points
9. Elmhurst, 10 points
In the men’s event, North Central notched eight-first place votes for 64 points and is the coaches’ selection to win its sixth straight indoor title. Illinois Wesleyan was second with 51 points, followed by Carthage with a single first-place vote and 50 points for third place.
The indoor championship begins Friday at 11 a.m. and will include heptathlon and pentathlon events, the 5,000 meters and the distance medley relay. Field events on Friday feature the pole vault, long jump and weight throw.
Saturday’s competition begins Saturday at 10:45 a.m. with the qualifying round of the hurdles. An awards ceremony tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m. wraps up the championship.
Admission is $10 per day, while seniors, students and children ages 6-14 will be admitted for $5. Current CCIW students will receive free admission upon presentation of a current CCIW institution ID.
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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.).