Junior James Settles led the Colorado College men's cross country team with a 26^th-place individual finish Saturday at the Metro State Invitational in Denver, Colo.
 
Settles paced the Tigers for the second consecutive meet, running the 8K race in a personal-best time of 24 minutes, 55.20 seconds. Fellow junior Devlin Swanson was close behind in 35^th place with a time of 25:18.40.
 
Freshman Joe Bullock placed 63^rd, followed by sophomore Brett Kitazono, who finished 64^th. Senior Theo Snowdon rounded out the scoring for CC in 83^rd place.
 
"We put in our first big effort of the season today," head coach Alex Nichols said. "The front runners performed very well and we saw some encouraging results by the younger runners who are already moving into the top seven. I'm looking forward to seeing the gaps close at the coming meets."
 
The Tigers return to action at their own Ted Castaneda Classic on Saturday, Oct. 1, at North Nomument Valley Park, beginning at 11 a.m.
 
 
Team Results
1. Colorado Mines – 28
2. CSU-Pueblo – 39
3. Dallas Baptist – 106
4. Metro State – 108
5. Wis.-Parkside – 146
6. Colorado Christian – 177
7. Colorado College – 182
8. Fort Lewis – 195
9. Texas A&M-Intl – 261
10. Westminster – 287
 
Colorado College Individual Results

Place	Name	Time	Pts.
26	James Settles	24:55.20	20
35	Devlin Swanson	25:18.40	26
63	Joe Bullock	26:05.20	42
64	Brett Kitazono	26:05.70	43
83	Theo Snowdon	26:49.80	51
88	Ayden Cherry	26:59.30	(54)
91	Huck Whittemore	27:04.91	(56)
92	Mason Castle	27:13.40
94	Liam Mullen	27:22.60
104	Axel Komplarens	27:43.90
105	Jay Moran	27:48.70
108	Ruben Margolis	27:58.20
109	Luc Santos	28:03.20
111	Jennings Wilson	28:17.80
114	Dominic Schwein	28:25.60
121	Aidan Santos	28:48.00