The Colorado College cross country teams swept the SCAC Runner of the Week honors, with James Settles winning the men's award and Kendall Accetta earning the women's.
 
Both runners posted impressive results at the Augustana Invitational last Saturday in Rock Island, Ill.
 
Settles finished second individually and broke a 37-year school record to lead the squad to a seventh-place finish among 43 Division III teams.
 
Settles, who finished 60^th at this meet last season, covered the 8K race in 24 minutes, 20.8 seconds, nine seconds faster than the previous school record of 24:29, set by Scott Kang in 1986.
 
The Tigers, unranked in the most recent Division III national poll, finished ahead of six ranked teams, U. of Chicago (18), UC Santa Cruz (21), Wisconsin-Stevens Point (35), LaVerne (28), Trinity University (34) and Central College (26).
 
Accetta, meanwhile, led the 26^th-ranked women's team to a fourth-place finish by placing 10^th individually. She covered the 6K course in a personal-best time of 21:52.9.
 
The Tigers finished the meet with 148 points, just ahead of 16^th-ranked Calvin University with 165, No. 20 Wisconsin-Eau Claire (218) and No. 18 UC Santa Cruz (228). SCAC foe Trinity University placed 13^th with 467 points. The three teams that finished ahead of Colorado College are all currently ranked in the top 10 in the nation.
 
Colorado College returns to action at the 2023 SCAC Championships on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Seguin, Texas. The men are looking for their fifth consecutive title, while the women are in search of their third.