PICTURED: North Central's Zach Plank, Millikin's Sarah Bradley and Illinois Wesleyan's Erin McCarey
Men's Results |
Women's Results
WINNECONE, Wis. -- Three College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) student-athletes earned all-America status during the 2015 NCAA Division III Men's & Women's Cross Country Championship on Saturday.
North Central junior
Zach Plank (Dunlap, Ill./H.S.) was the highest-placing CCIW runner as he took fourth in the 8K with a time of 24:26.9. On the women's side, Millikin sophomore
Sarah Bradley (Decatur, Ill./MacArthur) was 10th in the 6K with a time of 21:34.9, while Illinois Wesleyan senior
Erin McCarey (Byron, Ill./H.S.) was 21st with a time of 21:39.0. The top 35 runners in the national championship meet earn all-America status.
As a team, defending national champion North Central placed fifth in the men’s 8K race with 254 points, while Augustana was 20th with 461 points. UW-Eau Claire won the men’s team title with 135 points, while Williams won the women’s team title with 81 points.
| Men's Runners (8K) - Institution |
Yr. |
Place |
Time |
| Zach Plank - North Central* |
Jr. |
4th |
24:26.9 |
| Alex Holle - Wheaton (Individual) |
Sr. |
44th |
25:08.0 |
| Keith Sands - Augustana |
Sr. |
53rd |
25:12.4 |
| Tanner Osing - Augustana |
Jr. |
55th |
25:13.8 |
| Ethan Koch - Augustana |
Sr. |
58th |
25:14.7 |
| Al Baldonado - North Central |
Fr. |
65th |
25:18.5 |
| Dhruvil Patel - North Central |
Fr. |
77th |
25:24.1 |
| Zach Hird - North Central |
Fr. |
96th |
25:30.9 |
| Ethan Adlfinger - North Central |
Jr. |
99th |
25:31.2 |
| Ken Hoffman - North Central |
Sr. |
104th |
25:33.0 |
| Aron Sebhat - North Central |
Sr. |
190th |
25:59.1 |
| Mitchell Johnson - Augustana |
So. |
208th |
26:07.0 |
| Stephen Lavelle - Augustana |
Jr. |
231st |
26:16.0 |
| Dan Popek - Augustana |
Sr. |
235th |
26:19.7 |
| Brian Lovejoy - Augustana |
Sr. |
257th |
26:37.5 |
| Women's Runners (6K) - Institution |
Yr. |
Place |
Time |
| Sarah Bradley - Millikin (Individual)* |
So. |
10th |
21:34.9 |
| Erin McCarey - Illinois Wesleyan (Individual)* |
Sr. |
21st |
21:39.0 |
| Megan Costanzo - North Central (Individual) |
Sr. |
42nd |
21:51.5 |
*Denotes All-American status
Twitter & Instagram: @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 2014-15 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,500 academic all-conference recipients, 19 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 46 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients and 102 all-Americans.