Paced by a second-place finish and school-record tying time from senior Alison Mueller-Hickler, the Colorado College women's cross country tied its best result ever at the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster Meet with a second-place result Saturday in Monument Valley Park.
 
Mueller-Hickler, who posted CC's best individual result ever at the Rust Buster, posted a 5K time of 17 minutes, 34 seconds, equaling the school record set by Gretchen Grindle during the 1999 Division III Cross Country Championships.
 
Junior Charlie Flint followed in ninth place with a time of 17:58, while senior Abby Goodfried (18:39), freshman Ellie Ottem (19:00) and junior Mary Cate Kiser (19:08) placed 23^rd, 32^nd and 35^th, respectively, to round out the Tiger scoring.
 
Colorado College was the only Division III school at the meet.
 
"We ran some very fast times for this point in the season," head coach Alex Nichols said. "Seeing both Alison and Charlie ahead of our top runner from 2024 was really impressive. Today was an encouraging way to start the season."
 
 
Team Results
1. UCCS – 22
2. Colorado College – 66
3. Colorado Christian - 76
3. Metro State - 84 
5. Regis University – 144
6. Western New Mexico – 166
 
Colorado College Individual Results

Place	Name	Time	Pts
2	Alison Mueller-Hickler	17:34.7	2
9	Charlie Flint	17:58.6	7
23	Abby Goodfried	18:39.9	16
32	Ellie Ottem	19:00.5	19
35	Mary Cate Kiser	19:08.2	22
39	Tess Olsen	19:14.7	(25)
40	Sadie Honig	19:16.7	(26)
42	Brooktie Frogge	19:21.8
47	Asher Luengas	19:35.6
50	Abby Goulas	19:38.0
55	Liz White	19:47.6
56	Sky Theosodopoulos	19:56.6
61	Chloe Johnson	20:04.4
65	Madeline Brewster	20:28.7
70	Cheyenn Sundell-Turner	21:52.7