NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Carroll’s
Grant Marton and North Central’s
Nick Janca were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Track & Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday.
Marton, a junior from New Berlin, Wisconsin and New Berlin High School (Business Marketing major), won the 800-meter run at UW-Oshkosh’s Titan Challenge on Saturday. His time of 1:53.52 is ranked first in the conference, while his converted time of 1:51.92 is ranked third on the NCAA Division III national list.
Janca, a freshman from Oswego, Illinois and Oswego High School (Health Sciences major), finished second in the high jump at North Central’s F. Lee Slick Invitational on Friday. He finished with a height of 2.07 meters (6-9 ½), which was a personal best that is tied for second in the CCIW and tied for 10th nationally.
2018 CCIW Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
Track
Grant Marton – Carroll (2/20/18)
4x400-Meter Relay Team – North Central (2/13/18)
Dhruvil Patel – North Central (2/5/18)
Distance Medley Relay Team – North Central (1/30/18)
4x400-Meter Relay Team – Augustana (1/23/18)
Nolan McKenna – North Central (1/16/18)
Field
Nick Janca – North Central (2/20/18)
Ethan Ehlers – Augustana (2/13/18)
Leif Van Grinsven – Wheaton (2/5/18)
Collin Gray – Wheaton (1/30/18)
Zach Anderson – Illinois Wesleyan (1/23/18)
Dylan Kuipers – North Central (1/16/18)
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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, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), 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 2016-17 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,900 academic all-conference recipients, 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, one CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and over 100 all-Americans.