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Sept. 13, 2022 – The North Central College Men's Cross Country team has secured its second College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Athlete of the Week Award with Braden Nicholson earning this week's honor. The CCIW will announce its selection on Tuesday at 2pm.
Nicholson was the Cardinals' top finisher at the Spartan Classic in Geneva on Saturday, placing 1st overall out of 251 competitors and completing the 8-kilometer course in a time of 26 minutes and 0.5 seconds. North Central finished first out of 20 teams in the third race of the season.
Until then, Nicholson and the Cardinals will head to East Lansing, Michigan on Sept. 16th for the Spartan Invitational—their fourth race of the season.
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