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2022-2023 CSC Academic All-America Women's Track & Field Teams

July 31, 2023 - North Central College women's track and field student-athlete Julia Babinec has been voted to the 2022-2023 NCAA Division III Academic All-America Second Team, as selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC). The awards, which recognized combined academic and athletic excellence, are nominated and voted upon by the CSC membership, which includes more than 3,000 members at higher education institutions in the United States and Canada.

Babinec, a master's student in higher education leadership, placed second in the 60-meter hurdles, seventh in the 200-meter dash and 12th in the 60-meter dash at the CCIW Indoor Championship before placing 10th in the 60-meter hurdles at the Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. Babinec won the 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles and 4-by-100-meter relay at the CCIW Outdoor Championship before finishing ninth in the 100-meter hurdles and 10th in the 4-by-100 relay at the Division III Outdoor Championship. 

A four-time All-American, Babinec won the Cardinals' 17th individual national title at the 2022 Division III Indoor Championship, placing first in the 60-meter hurdles. Babinec holds North Central's indoor record in the 55-meter hurdles (7.99) and ran on the Cardinals' record-setting 4-by-100-meter relay team (46.22) outdoors this season.

Babinec's award is the 51st Academic All-America selection North Central has received from CSC, six of which have been earned by the women's track and field program.

The Cardinals won the CCIW cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field titles in 2022-2023. 
 
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