Columbia University Athletics

2007 Cross Country Season: Finished 10th in 26:24.5 at Binghamton Invitational ... placed 17th at Spiked Shoe Invitational with time of 27:48 ... was 18th at Metropolitan Championships, finishing in 27:28.

2006-07 Season: Finished the 5000m in 15:34.46 at Long Beach State Invitational...ran the 5000m at Sam Howell Invitational in 15:07.09...took 12th in 3000m at Indoor Heps, finishing in 8:37.36...placed second in the 3000m at the Yale-Dartmouth Tri-Meet, crossing in 8:40.27...ran the 3000m in 8:38.24 at Valentine Invitational.

At El Modena High School: Earned eight letters in cross country and track and field ... finished third at the California State Cross Country Championships ... two-time cross country captain and captain of track and field as a senior ... first team All-Century League for cross country in 2004 ... Century League MVP for cross country in 2004 and 2005 ... Century League Distance Runner of the Year in 2005 and 2006 ... Century League Most Valuable Athlete as a senior ... member of the 2004 and 2005 Century League Championship team for cross country ... member of the 2002 and 2005 Century League Championship team for track and field ... member of the CIF Preliminaries Championship team for cross country.

Personal Information: Liberal arts student ... older brother, Timothy Aukshunas, runs cross country and track at UC Santa Barbara ... has nine siblings. ... Curtis Mitchell Aukshunas, b. 3-7-88 in Long Beach, Calif.