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CCIW Press Release

Feb. 4, 2014 - North Central College distance runner John Crain has been named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Track and Field Runner of the Week for Jan. 27-Feb. 2, earning the award for the second consecutive week.

Crain was voted the CCIW's top running-event athlete by the conference's eight head coaches once again after posting the top NCAA Division III mark in the country in the mile run on Friday. He won the event at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Squig Converse Invitational, finishing in 4 minutes, 9.79 seconds to establish a personal best by more than three seconds and narrowly miss the track record.

He opened the 2014 indoor season with a first-place finish in the 5,000-meter run in the Cardinal Opener at Al B. Carius Track on Jan. 24. His time of 14:30.63 currently ranks third among all Division III competitors and first among CCIW athletes.

The seventh-ranked Cardinals travel to Carthage College for the Red Invitational this weekend. Competition is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday.