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Jan. 29, 2019 - After clocking the fastest time by any NCAA Division III team in the event thus far this indoor season, the North Central College distance medley relay quartet of Michael Anderson, Peyton Piron, Brendon Sebastian and Gabe Pommier has been selected collectively as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Track and Field Running Event Athlete of the Week for Jan. 21-27.
The Cardinals turned in a winning time of 10 minutes, 21.82 seconds at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Squig Converse Invitational on Friday to sit atop the national list. North Central has scored points in the distance medley relay in six of the last seven Division III Indoor National Championships, including a seventh-place finish by Anderson, Chris Buechner, Zach Hird and Michael Stanley in 2018.
North Central has received Athlete of the Week accolades from the CCIW in each of the three weeks of the season so far. Pommier and Dhruvil Patel have received Running Event Athlete of the Week awards, while pole vaulter/triple jumper Izaiah Webb and pole vaulter Luke Winder have been recognized as Field Event Athletes of the Week.
The Cardinals travel to Bourbonnais for the Olivet Nazarene University Invitational on Saturday. Competition at the Perry Center is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m., with live event-by-event results available by clicking HERE.
