The Colorado College cross country teams return to action this Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Running of the Cows Meet hosted by Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. The women's team will run at 11 am CT, followed by the men at 12 pm CT.
  
Last Time Out
Paced by a pair of top 10 finishes, the women's team tied its best result ever at the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster Meet with a second-place finish on Sept. 5 in Monument Valley Park.
 
Senior Charlie Flint finished fourth individually with a 5K time of 18:08.4, followed by freshman Austin Cook in fifth with a clocking of 18:12.6. 
 
Sophomore Sadie Honig placed 18^th in a personal-best time of 18:58.4, while freshmen Annie Schendel (23^rd /19:14.4) and Lila Muirhead (24^th / 19:17.2) rounded out the scoring for the Tigers.
 
Meanwhile, the men's team finished third at the UCCS Rust Buster Meet
 
Junior Diego Escalante led the Tigers with a fifth-place individual finish. Escalante finished the 8K race in a time of 25:54.1. 
 
Fellow junior Vincent Mangat followed in 14^th place with a time of 26:25.3, while sophomore Aric Accetta was 22^nd with a personal-best time of 26:57.8.
 
Sophomore Lincoln Brewer and freshman Mateo Escalante rounded out the scoring for Colorado College by placing 26^th and 27^th, respectively.
 
National Rankings
The women's team is No. 21 this week's USTFCCCA Division III National Rankings, while the men are ranked No. 29.
 
Flint, Escalante Earned SCAC Weekly Honors
Following the UCCS Rust Buster Meet, Charlie Flint and Diego Escalante were named the SCAC Women's and Men's Runners of the Week, respectively.
 
Up Next
CC runs at the Augustana Invitational in Rock Island, Ill., on Saturday, Oct. 17, beginning at 11 am CT.