The Colorado College cross country teams return to action this Friday, Oct. 10, at the UCCS Open in Monument Valley Park. The men's team will run at 9 am MT, followed by the women at 9:45 am.
Last Time Out
Both teams ran at the 51
st Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, Pa., on Friday, Oct. 3.
Junior
Will Shuflit outpaced 422 Division III runners with a school-record time to win the top Division III race and lead the CC men's team to an 11
th-place finish at the 51
st annual Paul Short Run Friday morning in Bethlehem, Pa.
Shuflit completed the 8K course in a school-record time of 24:04.9 seconds, more than 13 seconds faster than runner-up Nathan Tassey of Roger Williams and 11 seconds clear of his own previous school record.
The Tigers, ranked 26
th in the country, joined 10 other Division III teams ranked in the top 30 on Friday as 45 total teams competed in the top Division III tier at the meet.
Sophomore
Vincent Mangat was CC's second finisher in 51
st place with a time of 25:19.3, followed by seniors
Rabbit Barnes in 92
nd (25:42.4) and
Axel Klomparens in 100
th (25:42.0), respectively.
Sophomore
Diego Escalante rounded out the scoring for the Tigers 117
th place with a time of 25:53.4.
Meanwhile, senior
Alison Mueller-Hickler led the CC women to a 10
th-place finish in the 'White' 6K race at the 51
st annual Paul Short Run Friday morning in Bethlehem, Pa.
Mueller-Hickler finished 12
th individually out of 418 Division III runners with a personal-best time of 21:23.5, followed by junior
Charlie Flint, who placed 35th in 21:59.3.
The Tigers joined 12 other Division III teams ranked in the top 30 on Friday as 45 total teams competed in the top Division III tier at the meet.
Senior
Abby Goodfried was 75
th with a time of 22:32.3.60, while seniors
Brooktie Frogge (116
th/22:54.1) and
Liz White (121
st/22:55.6) rounded out the scoring for the Tigers.
National / Regional Rankings
The women's team is No. 22 this week's USTFCCCA Division III National Rankings, while the men are ranked No. 29.
Shuflit, Mueller-Hickler Earned SCAC Weekly Honors, Again
Shuflit and Mueller-Hickler were named the SCAC Men's and Women's Runners of the Week, respectively, for the second straight week and third time this season.
Up Next
CC travels to Rock Island, Ill., to run at the Augustana Invitational on Friday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. CT.
