NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Troy Kelleher earned his fourth College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor of the 2014 season on Tuesday.

Kelleher, a junior from Hilliard, Ohio and Bradley High School (English-Print Journalism/Marketing major), led North Central to a second-place finish in the 23-team Notre Dame Invitational Gold Division race on Friday. The Cardinals finished 11 points behind Division II institution and No. 2-ranked Grand Valley State. Kelleher placed sixth overall with a time of 24:14.7 in a meet that included teams from all three NCAA divisions.

CCIW Men's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
Troy Kelleher – North Central (10/7/14)
Troy Kelleher – North Central (9/30/14)
Michael Von Borstel – Carthage (9/23/14)
Troy Kelleher – North Central (9/16/14)
Daniel Robles – North Central (9/9/14)
Troy Kelleher – North Central (9/3/14)

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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services eight member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), 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 2013-14 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,400 academic all-conference recipients, 14 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients and 87 all-Americans.