The Midwest Conference released the list of 2019-20 Academic All-MWC honorees on Friday and Lake Forest College was represented on the list by a school record 160 individuals.
While the quantity of accomplishments by Lake Forest College student-athletes in 2019-20 was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, the quality of the Foresters' performance matched the high standards they have set over the years.
The Midwest Conference decided Friday to indefinitely suspend all spring regular season conference competition and league championships until further notice.
For the second time this season, junior Yaneli Guajardo has been named the Forester Athlete of the Week. She earned the honors for her record-breaking performance this past weekend at the Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Despite competing in only running events, Lake Forest racked up 51 points at the Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at Grinnell College over the weekend. It was the program's highest total in three years of competing in the league.
Junior Yaneli Guajardo finished second in the women's mile and senior Philip Wilson was third in the men's 5000 on Friday, the first day of the 2020 Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship Meet.
Lake Forest College Vice President for Athletics Jackie Slaats and Director of Athletics Blake Theisen announced this past week that Jim Akita will be the Foresters' new head cross country and track coach. He will officially join the coaching staff on Monday.
Lake Forest's indoor track season continued on Friday when the team traveled less than an hour north to Carthage College for the Tadd Metzger Invitational.