After a two week break, the Aurora University men's cross country team traveled to Rock Island, Illinois to take on the highly competitive field at the Augustana College Brissman-Lundeen Invitational at Saukie Golf Course. AU finished 11th in the 39 team meet.
Spartan
Jimmy Baeskens led the AU men, finishing 84th with a time 26:50.8. Joining Baeskens as scoring Spartans in the meet were
Matt Meyers (88th - 26:54.0),
TJ Pitcock (101st - 27:01.0),
Ben Ervin (112th - 27:08.6) and
Nick Shaw (118th - 27:12.8)
Joining the Spartans who scored and performing well in the meet were
Nick Cole (129th - 27:18.3),
Luke Miller (133rd - 27:22.8),
Alex Duncan (146th - 27:34.5),
Nick Quiroz (163rd - 27:43.8),
Calvin Robinson (200th - 28:07.8),
Ryan Fromm (211th - 28:15.1),
Roberto Gonzalez (224th - 28:28.2),
Brandon Miller (231st - 28:33.2),
Ricky Perkins (235th - 28:36.8),
Anthony Barrios (254th - 28:52.2),
Mike Delaney (276th - 29:08.1),
Dan Morgan (278th - 29:08.6), DJ Wolfram (293rd - 29:23.0),
Matt Swanson (325th - 29:58.0),
Doug Belling (342nd - 30:13.6),
Luis Salgado (358th - 30:29.3),
Cody McDougall (369th - 30:41.8),
Bruce McCaffrey (379th - 30:59.2),
Aaron Lehman (408th - 31:31.8),
Anthony Herchenroeder (421st - 32:03.3),
John Reyes (424th - 32:07.0),
Dylan Schatz (451st - 33:23.2),
Mitch Fox (472nd - 34:15.3) and
Dalton Hargrave (497th - 40:04.0).
Next action for the Spartan cross country team comes on
Friday, October 10 when they compete in the Benedictine Invitational. Meet time is set for 5:00 p.m. in Lisle, Illinois.