The Colorado College men's cross country team opened the 2024 season on Saturday with a fourth-place finish at the UCCS Rust Buster Meet in Monument Valley Park.
 
Sophomore Will Shuflit led the Tigers with a 7th-place individual finish, the best result by a Tiger at this meet since 2018, running the 8K race in 25 minutes, 42.6 seconds. Freshman Vincent Mangat followed in 18^th-place with a time of 26:25.9 in his first collegiate race.
 
Junior Axel Klomparens placed 22^nd in 26:40.9, followed by freshman Diego Escalante, who finished 28^th   with a time of 26:54.9 in his inaugural collegiate competition. Sophomore Eric Coombs rounded out the scoring for CC in 37^th place in 27:23.2.
 
"Everyone's summer training was really on display today," head coach Alex Nichols said. "Even though it's early in the season, we had a number of all-time personal bests. This is a very good indication that this team is on track to surprise people in November."
 
Team Results
1. UCCS – 24
2. Western New Mexico - 58
3. Metro State – 73
4. Colorado College – 93
5. Regis University - 146
6. New Mexico Highlands -153 
7. Northern New Mexico – 218
 
Colorado College Individual Results

Place	Name	Time
7	Will Shuflit	25:42.60
18	Vincent Mangat	26:25.90
22	Axel Klomparens	26:40.90
28	Diego Escalante	26:54.90
37	Eric Coombs	27:23.20
41	Luc Santos	27:29.20
44	Parker Libby	27:38.00
45	Felix Battle	27:39.00
49	Sam Singer	27:55.50
50	Sammy Berman	27:56.50
51	Rabbit Barnes	27:56.70
54	Ethan Castette	28:03.20
56	Will Pechinsky	28:09.50
61	Connor Clarkson	28:25.80
66	Matt Wells	28:32.80
67	Jake Seley	28:45.20
68	Julien Lee	28:45.80
69	Mack Levy	28:45.90
70	Dominic Schwein	28:49.60
77	Huck Whittemore	29:40.30
78	Joe Bullock	29:42.30
84	Andrew Peng	30:43.80
87	James Lyons	31:07.20