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Tigers Compete at NCAA Championships on Saturday

The Colorado College cross country teams will wrap up the 2025 campaign this weekend at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. The Tigers will compete on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Roger Milliken Center in Spartanburg, S.C. The men's race begins at 10 a.m. (ET), followed by the women's at 11 a.m. (ET).
 
This is the second time both Colorado College teams qualified for the Division III National Championships since 2007, with the other coming in 2023.
 
West Regional Recap
Junior Will Shuflit won the 2025 NCAA Division III West Region men's cross country individual title and led Colorado College to a second-place team finish last Saturday in Claremont, Calif.
 
Shuflit is CC's second regional champion in the last three years as James Settles won the title in 2023. He finished Saturday's 8K race with a time of 24:50.0. 
 
Colorado College's second-place finish was the program's best since tying for the regional title in 2011.
 
Sophomore Vincent Mangat finished in 11th place with a time of 25:32.8 to earn all-region honors, as did seniors Rabbit Barnes (16th/25:45.8) and Axel Klomparens (18th/25:48.3) and sophomore Diego Escalante (31st/26:14.7).
 
Freshmen Zach McNaul and Lincoln Brewer rounded out the Tigers' lineup by placing 60th and 62nd, respectively.
 
Senior Alison Mueller-Hickler won the West Region women's title and led CC to a second-place team finish.
 
Mueller-Hickler is the third regional champion in program history, joining Annabel Arnott (1995) and Gretchen Grindle (1997). Mueller-Hickler finished Saturday's 6K race with a time of 21:28.0. 
 
5th-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps captured the team title with 33 points, followed by Colorado College (83), No. 21 Pomona-Pitzer (102), No. 28 Trinity Univ. (146) and UC Santa Cruz (149).
 
Mueller-Hickler completed the 6K course in 21 minutes, 28.0, followed by junior Charlie Flint, who finished sixth in 21:50.5.
 
Mueller-Hickler and Flint earned all-region honors, as did seniors Abby Goodfried (18th/22:40.5) and Brooktie Frogge (20th /22:46.7).
 
Senior Liz White completed the scoring for the Tigers in 40th place with a time of 23:21.2, while freshmen Ellie Ottem and Sadie Honig placed 54th and 56th, respectively, to round out CC's lineup.   

History at the National Meet
The 18th-ranked women's team will compete as a team at the Division III Championships for the 12th time overall and fifth straight year. The Tigers posted a program-best sixth-place finish last year as seniors Isabel Olson (10th) and Sydney Rankin (24th) earned All-America honors, with Olson's 10th-place finish CC's best ever. CC has 13 All-Americans in women's cross country and the top 40 finishers will earn All-America honors this season.
 
For the 22nd-ranked men's team, this is the eighth appearance at the National Meet as a team. Julian Boggs holds the team's best finish ever at the national meet with a third-place result in 2006. Seven Tigers have been named All-American a total of 10 times, including Shuflit last season (30th) and current head coach Alex Nichols, who placed 14th in 2007.
 
How to Follow
Fans can follow live results and live video of the 2025 NCAA DIII National Championships on NCAA.com
 
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Sydney Rankin

Sydney Rankin

Senior
Isabel Olson

Isabel Olson

Senior
Rabbit Barnes

Rabbit Barnes

Senior
Diego Escalante

Diego Escalante

Sophomore
Axel Klomparens

Axel Klomparens

Senior
Vincent Mangat

Vincent Mangat

Sophomore
Will Shuflit

Will Shuflit

Junior
Lincoln Brewer

Lincoln Brewer

Freshman
Zach McNaul

Zach McNaul

Freshman
Charlie Flint

Charlie Flint

Junior

Players Mentioned

Sydney Rankin

Sydney Rankin

Senior
Isabel Olson

Isabel Olson

Senior
Rabbit Barnes

Rabbit Barnes

Senior
Diego Escalante

Diego Escalante

Sophomore
Axel Klomparens

Axel Klomparens

Senior
Vincent Mangat

Vincent Mangat

Sophomore
Will Shuflit

Will Shuflit

Junior
Lincoln Brewer

Lincoln Brewer

Freshman
Zach McNaul

Zach McNaul

Freshman
Charlie Flint

Charlie Flint

Junior