Madeline Lanois
  • Sociology
  • Class of 2017
  • S Hamilton, Mass.

Wheaton College (Ill.) Track and Field Athlete Madeline Lanois a Member of Conference Championship Team

2017 May 10

Wheaton College student Madeline Lanois of S Hamilton, Massachusetts is a member of the women's track and field team that recently won the 2017 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

This conference title marked Wheaton's second conference championship, joining the 2006 Thunder women's track and field team that won the program's first CCIW Championship. The Thunder women won the conference championship in women's cross country, women's indoor track & field and women's outdoor track & field in the 2016-17 school year, marking just the fourth time in conference history that a program has won all three titles in the same year and the first time Wheaton recorded the accomplishment.

Wheaton College sponsors 21 varsity sports, and Thunder teams compete at the NCAA Division III level. The Thunder Athletics program has won five NCAA Division III Championships since 1984, and Wheaton student-athletes have won 31 Division III individual National Championships all-time. For more information, visit athletics.wheaton.edu.

Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.) is a coeducational Christian liberal arts college noted for its rigorous academics, integration of faith and learning, and consistent ranking among the top liberal arts colleges in the country. For more information, visit wheaton.edu.