NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s
Troy Kelleher was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week on Wednesday.
Kelleher, a junior from Hilliard, Ohio and Bradley High School (English-Print Journalism/Marketing major), was first out of 164 runners at the Elmhurst Early Bird Invitational on August 29. His time of 18:53.10 on the 6K course matched a meet record set by North Central’s John Crain in 2012. The Cardinals won the team title with 16 points, out-distancing second-place University of Chicago’s 54 points.
CCIW Men’s Cross Country Athletes of the Week
Troy Kelleher – North Central (9/3/14)
Twitter: @CCIW_Athletics
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.