Today In The MWC

3.15.2010 | Indoor Track
RIPON, Wis. -- Two Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field student-athletes were crowned National Champions and many more were named All-American at the recent NCAA Division III Indoor Track Championships at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

Sophomore Emily Schudrowitz of St. Norbert claimed her individual title in the 800m run with a personal best 2:09.24. Dillon Binkley, a junior at Illinois College, reached 6 feet 9-3/4 inches in the high jump and won a tie-breaker for the National Championship with the fewest misses.

Four other women and three men also achived All-American status for top finishes as bestowed by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The group was led by a trio of Carroll Pioneers: Rebecca Grafenauer in the Pole Vault (8th), Lindsay Gruenke in the 400m dash (7th) and Megan O'Grady in the 5000m run (5th). Illinois College's Candace Norville took 4th in the Pentathalon while St. Norbert senior Jenny Scherer finished her Indoor career with a 8th place finish in the 5000m run.

On the men's sice D.J. Jackson of Illinois College finished 7th in the Long Jump while Tyler Hannam of Monmouth took 6th in the High Jump and Dann Schneider of St. Norbert placed 7th in the 400m dash.

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3.10.2010 | Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
RIPON, Wis. -- The Midwest Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (MWC SAAC), in support of the Special Olympic Organization, participated in the Commissioner’s R-Word Challenge this February. The two week competition charged each MWC institution’s SAAC to campaign and gather pledges at www.R-Word.com – bringing awareness to the hurtful and derogatory nature of the r-word, “retard(ed)”, as it relates to people with intellectual disabilities.

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12.1.2009 | MWC News
Ripon, Wis. -- Carroll University senior Michelle Weber (Right) and Grinnell College senior Samuel Calisch (Left) have been named the 2009 Ruth Peterson and Roy W. LeClere Award winners, respectively.

The Peterson/LeClere Awards are presented to the Midwest Conference female and male student-athletes who posted the highest grade point averages during their junior years, while lettering in at least two league sports.

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