The Aurora University men's cross country team competed among many of the top NCAA Division III programs in the nation at the AAE Invitational hosted by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh at the Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne, Wisconsin.

The AAE Invitational is a Division III pre-national meet only allowing 10 athlete entries per team in the ranked race. The Spartan men took 25^th out of 45 teams. Senior Calvin Robinson had another excellent race as the Spartan men's top finisher placing 117^th for scoring runners with a time of 26:10 for the 8,000 meter race.
 
The rest of the top 7's men's times and places were as follows:
- Nick Quiroz (140^th-26:22)
- Jimmy Baeskens (152^nd-26:26)
- Christian Barajas (174^th-26:33)
- Alex Duncan (177^th-26:33)
- Matt Meyers (205^th-26:47)
- TJ Pitcock (210^th-26:52).

Rounding out the top ten were (places include non-scoring runners): Edward Chanon (236^th-26:52), Kevin Crozier (240^th- 26:54), and Nick Shaw (273^rd- 27:18).
 
Next action for the Spartan men comes on Saturday, October 31 when they travel to the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Championships hosted by Concordia University Wisconsin. Meet time is set for 12:00 p.m. in Mequon, Wisconsin.