The Aurora University men's cross country team placed 14^th in the 2016 UW Oshkosh Kollege Town Sports Invitational.

MEET INFORMATION – UW Oshkosh Kollege Town Sports Invitational
FINAL RESULT:  Aurora University finished in 14th place out of 37 teams
LOCATION: Winnecone, Wisconsin - Lake Breeze Golf Course
RACE DISTANCE: 8K
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Aurora University placed 14^th out of 37 teams on a windy day at the UW Oshkosh Kollege Town Sports Invitational.
The Spartan Men made a statement by beating regionally ranked UW-Stout, placing only one point behind regionally ranked Stevens Point, and nine points behind regionally ranked UW Oshkosh.
Sophomore Christian Barajas was a key contributor to the Spartan's success by beating his previous personal best by 33 seconds.

QUOTE FROM THE MEET
"I felt like we had a lot to prove being an unranked team," said Barajas. "We respected our competition, but we also went in unafraid to run with them. We collectively ran with heart, which pushed us to having many PRs across the board."

TOP SPARTAN PERFORMERS (Top seven runners counted in placing)
Jimmy Baeskens – 28th – 25:51
Christian Barajas- 38th – 25:59
Nick Shaw – 83rd – 26:33
Luke Miller – 102nd – 26:46
Anthony Barrios – 127th – 27:08
Brandon Estrada – 138th – 27:15
David Galvan – (140th)– 27:15
Matthew Taves – (221st) – 27:27
Alex Duncan  – (234th) – 27:33
Adrian Vargas – (244th) – 27:39

UP NEXT.
Next action for the Spartan men's cross country team comes on Saturday, October 29 when they travel to the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Championship at Concordia University Wisconsin. Meet time is set for 12:00 p.m. in Mequon, Wisconsin.