FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mark Albanese, Assistant Sports Information Director, 630-637-5324
Official CCIW Release
Sept. 20, 2011-- The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced its weekly award winners on Tuesday with North Central College's
Matt Perez earning Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week accolades.
Perez captures the honor after winning the individual title at the Illinois Intercollegiate Invitational on Friday at the D.A. Weibring Golf Course in Normal, Ill. The junior finished the 8,000-meter course in 24 minutes, 32 seconds to best the field of 323 competitors.
His efforts helped the top-ranked Cardinals win the 32-team meet that featured squads from all three NCAA divisions, the NAIA and junior college ranks.
Perez is the second North Central harrier to capture CCIW Runner of the Week honors in 2011, as
Tim Hird captured the award for the week of Sept. 7.
North Central returns to action on Saturday, traveling to Warrenville, Ill. for the Wheaton College Invitational. The men's race is slated to begin at 10:45 a.m.