ELMHURST, Ill. - Four members of the Elmhurst men's and women's track and field/ cross country teams earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors, as announced by the professional organization Wednesday morning.

Esther Brown, Alyssa Rafuse, Huda Hussaini, and Marvin Tchangwa were all honored after stellar seasons on the track and in the classroom. The quartet will now move on to voting for the Academic All-American teams set to be released in two weeks time.

Brown recieved two CCIW Elite 26 awards this past season, earning the honor in both indoor and outdoor track and field. Brown, a member of both the women's track and field & cross country teams, set new personal-bests in the 1500m, 5000m, 3000m, 800m, and the mile run this season.

Rafuse, a four-time CCIW champion in the indoor mile, indoor distance medley relay, outdoor 800m, and outdoor 1500m, earns her first Academic All-District honors. Rafuse qualified for both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Championships this season, and is a finalist for Elmhurst's Female Athlete and Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards.

Hussaini, an NCAA outdoor all-american in the women's 4x100-meter relay and a national qualifier in the 100m, was named to the All-District team after earning a 3.84 GPA as a pre-med biology major.

Tchangwa, along with Brown, also earned both the indoor and outdoor CCIW Elite 26 awards, and set multiple personal-bests this season, including a fifth-place finish in the 800m at this year's CCIW Outdoor Championships.

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