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Woods, Ogunribido Named CCIW Women’s Indoor Track & Field Student-Athletes of the Week

NAPERVILLE — The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) recognized a pair of strong performances from the first weekend of the indoor season by naming Elmhurst sophomore Carmela Woods and Illinois Wesleyan junior Imani Ogunribido as its Women’s Indoor Track and Field Student-Athletes of the Week.
 
Track: Carmela Woods, Elmhurst
Competing at the UW-Oshkosh Early Bird Invitational last Saturday, Woods won the 400 meters in a time of 57.87 seconds. The performance currently ranks first in the CCIW and fifth in Division III. Woods, a sophomore from Evergreen Park, Ill., also performed well in other sprints, finishing third in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.90 seconds Her unconverted 60 meter time currently ranks sixth in the CCIW and 31st nationally.
 
Field: Imani Ogunribido, Illinois Wesleyan
Ogunribido, a junior, achieved a personal best in the triple jump at Friday’s Titan First Chance Meet in Bloomington. She cleared 12.53 meters, which also improved her own school record, and ranks her first in Division III by nearly half of a meter. The Hanover Park, Ill. native also competed in the long jump for the first time in her collegiate career, recording a mark of 5.60 meters – third in the league and seventh nationally.
 
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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.). 

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