Freshman Allysa Warling finished seventh and junior Leah Wessler 12^th to lead the Colorado College women's cross country team to a third-place tie at the CC Invitational Saturday morning at North Monument Valley Park.
 
Warling posted her second consecutive seventh-place finish this season, completing the 6k course in a time of 23 minutes and three seconds. Wessler, the reigning Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference individual champion, finished 16 seconds behind her teammate.
 
"I am very excited about how Allysa and Leah ran today," head coach Ted Castaneda said. "We were expecting Allysa to stay with Leah until about mid-October, but she has already passed her.
 
Having those two up front has given this team a lot of hope looking ahead to the conference and regional meets and hopefully a national bid."
 
Warling, from Loveland, Colo., is enjoying the competition she has seen after just two meets.
 
 "I like running against strong teams because it really pushes me," Warling said. "Colorado is a strong state for cross country so I'm running like I thought I could. The team did really well today and it helped that Leah was right behind me."
 
Junior Stefani Messick was third on the team and 32^nd overall with a time of 24:15, followed by freshman Leah Veldhuisen (39^th / 24:37), junior Allie Crimmins (48^th / 24:57) and sophomore Patty Atkinson (49^th / 25:04).
 
CC was the top non-Division II school on Saturday, finishing behind Colorado School of Mines (38 points) and CSU-Pueblo (57) and tying Adams State (94).

Final Results (pdf)
 
Team Results
1. Colorado Mines -- 38   
2. CSU-Pueblo -- 57   
3. Colorado College -- 94   
3. Adams State -- 94  
5. Colorado Christian -- 115   
6. Regis (Colo.) -- 173  
7. Fort Lewis -- 181  
8. Westminster (Utah) -- 188  
9. Johnson & Wales (Colo.) -- 251  
10. Garden City CC -- 291  
 
Colorado College Individual Results (6k)

Name	Finish	Pts	Time
Allysa Warling	7	5	23:03.00
Leah Wessler	12	8	23:19.00
Stefani Messick	32	22	24:15.00
Leah Veldhuisen	39	26	24:37.00
Allie Crimmins	48	33	24:57.00
Patty Atkinson	49	34	25:04.00
Corey Luna	66	45	25:55.00
Meghan Tanel	72		26:10.00
Kelsey Maxwell	85		26:53.00
Liana Hudson	105		29:11.00