NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Troy Kelleher was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the third time this season on Tuesday.

Kelleher, a junior from Hilliard, Ohio and Bradley High School (English-Print Journalism/Marketing major), won the NCAA Pre-National meet at The Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio on Saturday. He finished first out of 375 runners with a time of 23:36.28 in the 8K as he averaged 4:45 per mile. It was Kelleher’s second individual victory in three races this season. The Cardinals finished first out of 31 teams.

CCIW Men's Cross Country Athletes of the Week
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.