Dammeier Adds AD3I First Team Honor

Cole Dammeier earned yet another award, this time from the Association of Division III Independents.
Cole Dammeier earned yet another award, this time from the Association of Division III Independents.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The Association of Division III Independents released its All-Independent Teams and Awards on Tuesday. The Illinois Tech men's cross country team had one player earn a spot on the First Team, Cole Dammeier

The award for Dammeier comes after earning USCAA Second Team All-American honors at Friday's National Championship race, where he placed ninth with a time of 27:33.14. Dammeier led the Scarlet Hawks team all year for 2017-18, finishing the year with two top-15 placements and never finished below 48th in the field. He also placed in the top-30 five times. The north suburban native of Arlington Heights, Illinois had a season-best time of 27:06.2 at the Aurora University Spartan Classic in September.

The Illinois Tech men's cross country team finished 11th out of 22 teams at the USCAA National Championships on Friday.