Senior Josh Fry led the Colorado College men's cross country team to a sixth-place finish Saturday at the NCAA Division III West Regional Championship and qualified for next week's NCAA Division III National Championship with an 11th-place individual result.
 
Fry, who won the SCAC Championship Meet two weeks ago, finished the 8K race with a time of 25:13.1 and posted CC's best result at the regional meet since Peter Callan finished 10^th in 2016. 
 
Pomona-Pitzer took the team title with 35 points, followed by Claremont Mudd-Scripps with 64. Colorado College placed sixth with 205 points. The winning team automatically qualifies for the NCAA Division III National Championship, while the top seven individuals that are not on that team or other teams selected at-large also advance to the national meet.
 
The team and individual selections will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 14. The NCAA Division III Championship is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 20, in Louisville, Ky.

Sophomore James Settles was CC's second-best runner Saturday, finishing 23^rd in a time of 25:36.1 and earning all-region honors. Senior Sam Rodriguez finished in 38^th place at 26:18.8, while sophomore Devlin Swanson and senior Paul Olsen rounded out the scoring for the Tigers by placing 71^st and 74^th, respectively.
 
"We came into this race with some big goals," head coach Alex Nichols said. "Even though this race didn't play out like we had hoped it was still an extremely successful season. We are all proud of the efforts this team put in each and every day."
 
 
NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country West Region Team Scores
1. Pomona-Pitzer - 35              
2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - 64              
3. UC Santa Cruz - 134             
4. George Fox - 152             
5. Lewis & Clark - 188              
6. Colorado College - 205             
7. Pacific Lutheran - 225             
8. Occidental - 237             
9. La Verne - 254             
10. Redlands - 278              
11. LeTourneau - 316             
12. Caltech - 320             
13. UT-Dallas - 361             
14. Pacific (Ore.) - 374             
15. Chapman - 381             
16. Trinity (Tex.) - 409             
17. Whitman - 507             
18. Whitworth - 515              
19. Cal Lutheran - 530             
20. McMurry – 546
21. Whittier - 582              
22. Southwestern (Tex.) - 608             
23. Concordia – 671
24. Sul Ross State - 799             
 
 
Colorado College Individual Results (8K)

Name	Finish	Points	Time
Josh Fry	11	11	25:13.1
James Settles	23	22	25:36.1
Sam Rodriguez	38	37	26:18.8
Devlin Swanson	71	66	27:05.8
Paul Olsen	74	69	27:10.2
Max Saliman	95	(89)	27:34.4
Andrew Han	123	(117)	28:13.0