AURORA, IL (09/19/2012)(readMedia)-- Aurora, Ill., September 18, 2012 (www.aurora.edu) – Aurora University men's cross country runner Drew Schmitt (Batavia, Ill./Batavia H.S.) has been named Northern Athletics Conference Men's Cross Country Student-Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week.
The AU senior led the Spartans to a fourth-place team finish and placed third out of 164 runners individually at the Concordia University Wisconsin Falcon Invitational. His time in the 8K race was 26:22.4.
The next action for Schmitt and the men's cross country team comes on Friday, September 21, 2012, when they travel to Augustana College. Meet time is set for 5 p.m. at Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island, Ill.