The Colorado College men's cross country team concluded up its 2018 season Saturday with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Division III West Regional Championships in Claremont, Calif.

The result equals the best for the Tigers at the regional meet in the last five years.
 
Sophomore Paul Olsen led the Tigers with a 35^th-place finish, capturing the final all-region slot, by covering the 8K course in a personal-best time of 26 minutes, 2.8 seconds. Junior Tony Calderon just missed an all-region selection by placing 36^th in 26:04.1.
 
Pomona-Pitzer and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps tied for the team title with 54 points each. Colorado College finished with 191 points. The top two teams automatically qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships, while the top seven individuals that are not on those two or other teams selected at-large also advance to the national meet.

Senior David Eik was CC's third-best runner in the final cross country race of his career, finishing 42^nd with a season-best time of 26:15.6, followed by juniors Adam Mahler (46^th) and Jack Williams (55^th) and freshmen Sam Rodriguez (94^th) and Josh Fry (99^th). Mahler also recorded a personal-best time of 26:22.6.

 
Team Results
1. Pomona-Pitzer - 54   
2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - 54   
3. UC Santa Cruz - 76   
4. Redlands - 151  
5. Pacific Lutheran - 182   
6. Colorado College - 191  
7. Occidental - 196   
8. Caltech - 226 
9. Whitworth - 226  
10. Willamette - 231  
11. George Fox - 242  
12. La Verne - 291  
13. Whitman - 321  
14. Cal Lutheran - 368  
 
CC Individual Results (8K)

Name	Finish	Points	Time
Paul Olsen	35	31	26:02.8
Tony Calderon	36	32	26:04.1
David Eik	42	37	26:15.6
Adam Mahler	46	41	26:22.6
Jack Williams	55	50	26:40.0
Sam Rodriguez	94	(83)	27:56.4
Josh Fry	99	(86)	28:16.8