The Aurora University men's track and field team placed fourth at the 2023 Northern Athletic Collegiate Conference Outdoor Championships which took place from Friday, May 5th to Saturday, May 6^th. The Spartans finished with a score of 85 points. 

Steven Tinsley was named field athlete of the meet, scoring for the Spartans in three events. Tinsley was conference champion in the shot put with a mark of 15.26. He placed second in the discus throw with a personal best mark of 46.09, improving on his fourth best mark in school history. Tinsley also scored for the Spartans in the hammer throw, placing fifth with a mark of 43.33. 

Eli Grundman placed second in pole vault, with a personal best height of 4.63m. This height is a new school record, beating the previous record by three centimeters.  

Freshman Brian Nasr placed second in javelin, with a mark of 50.24. This performance earned him an all-conference spot. 

Freshman Phoenix Cooper was all-conference in the discus throw, placing third with a personal best mark of 43.53. This mark is seventh in school history. 

Also scoring for the Spartans were: 
Dylan Whisenant – Shot Put (4^th) 
Eric Teverbaugh – Decathalon (5^th) 
Cam'ron Harper – Shot put (6^th), Discus (8^th) 
Cris Valencia – 10,000m (6^th) 
Nate Bermes – Pole Vault (6^th) 
Ray Ray Ayala – 100m (6^th)  
Danyrine White – 100m (7^th) 
Malik Whitehead – 100m (7^th) 
Robbie Peterson – High Jump (3-way tie for 6^th) 
Anthony Salinas – 100m (8^th) 
Lucas Alvarez – Steeplechase (8^th) 
Steven Kalish – 10,000m (8^th) 
4x100m relay of Ayala, Whitehead, Grundman, and Salinas (4^th) 
4x400m relay of Joshua Beechler, Liam Evans, Jacob Bohnert, and White (5^th) 

Full results can be found here. 

The men compete next at the Carius-Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central College, beginning on Thursday, May 11^th.