Individual titles by senior Ayden Cherry and sophomores Rabbit Barnes and Josh Williams helped the Colorado College men's track and field team to a tie for second place following the first day of the 2024 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships Saturday in San Antonio, Texas.

The Tigers, who have finished third in the last seven SCAC Championships, are tied with Texas Lutheran with 95 points, trailing Trinity University (131 points).
 
Cherry won his first SCAC title and led a 1-4 finish for the Tigers in the 10K with a time of 33:44.16. Defending champion James Settles finished second, while 2021 champion Devlin Swanson finished third and sophomore Dominic Schwein placed fourth.
 
Barnes, meanwhile, won the 800 in a school-record time of 1:52.59, the second-fastest time ever in the SCAC. Freshman Will Nakahara placed fourth in the race.
 
Williams won the 200 with an SCAC-record time of 21.11 seconds, surpassing the previous league mark by two-tenths of a second. He also placed fourth in the long jump.
 
CC senior Brett Kitazono and sophomores Luc Santos and Sam Singer placed second, third and fourth, respectively, in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
 
The foursome of freshman Chase Marks, junior Holden Perry, freshman George Peltier and Williams finished fourth in the 4x100 relay, while freshman Wyatt Wellehan placed fifth in the pole vault with height of 12'7.25".
 
"They went out and competed just like they have done all season," head coach Katie Bretscher said. "We have put ourselves in a good position to surpass our all-time team point total on Sunday."
 
The Tigers wrap up the conference championship meet on Sunday, April 28.