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CCIW Release

Oct. 1, 2019 – North Central College women's cross country runner Dianne Barajas has bagged her second College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Athlete of the Week Award this season, following her stellar performance at Saturday's Loyola University Chicago Lakefront Invitational. The CCIW announced this week's selections on Tuesday.

Running in the Gold Race featuring 31 teams and 280 athletes from Division I, II, III, NAIA and junior college schools, Barajas finished second overall with a time of 18 minutes and 51.3 seconds, outpaced only by Oakton Community College's Souleya Ibrahim. The Cardinals totaled 144 points in the meet to finish runner-up behind Marquette University.

This is the fourth career honor for Barajas and second this season, having also received the award on Sept. 10 for a 13th-place performance at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Vic Godfrey Invitational, her only other race of the year.

North Central travels to the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational, hosted by Augustana College, on Oct. 4, with race time at Saukie Golf Course set for 3 p.m.

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