Wheaton College (Ill.) Favor Ezewuzie earns 2019 All-Midwest Region honors in track and field

Junior Favor Ezewuzie earned All-Region in three events: 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles. Her school-record time of 11.96-seconds in the 100-meter dash at the Augustana Twilight meet on May 16 was fastest in the Midwest Region this year and fourth-fastest in Division III. Her time of 24.63-seconds. also at the Augustana Midwest Twilight Meet, ranked third in the Midwest Region and ninth in Division III. Her All-Region effort in the 100-meter hurdles was a time of 14.41-seconds at the Augustana meet. The effort was fourth among competitors in the Midwest Region.

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.