The Colorado College cross country teams return to action by hosting the SCAC Championships this Saturday, Oct. 31, at Monument Valley Park North in Colorado Springs. The women's race will start at 9:00 a.m. (MT), followed by the men at 10 a.m. (MT).
 
No. 25 ranked women look for sixth straight SCAC championship
The CC women are ranked No. 25 in the country and in search of their sixth consecutive title. The Tigers are led by reigning SCAC runner-up and school-record holder Charlie Flint, who was the top runner for the team at every meet this season, and freshman Austin Cook, who has finished second on the team in every meet behind Flint.
 
The team's depth has shown this season, as senior Mary Cate Kiser, sophomore Sadie Honig and freshman Annie Schendel have each finished third on the squad this season, Schendel has been in the teams' top four finishers in all three races.  
  
Men's team races for eighth consecutive title
The men's team is seeking its eighth consecutive conference title, which would set a new conference record surpassing the seven in a row won by DePauw from 2000-06. The Tigers have had a different runner lead the team in each of its three meets this season, junior Diego Escalante, sophomore Zach McNaul and freshman Miles Miller.
 
Junior Vincent Mangat, who finished fourth at last year's SCAC Meet, was the No. 2 runner at each meet this season, while sophomore Lincoln Brewer placed in the team's top 5 in each of the three meets.  
 
Last time out
Flint won the Augustana Interregional Cross Country Invitational in school-record fashion on Oct. 16, in Rock Island, Ill.
 
Flint became the first CC female in the history of the program to break the 21-minute mark by completing the 6K course in 20:54.5, leading the 26^th-ranked Tigers to a 10^th-place team finish. The previous school record was 21:07, held by Isabel Olsen at the Augustana Meet in 2024.
 
She finished ahead of 308 runners and more than two seconds faster than runner-up Elena Stanciu of UC-Santa Cruz. Freshman Austin Cook was CC's second finisher, placing 25^th with a personal-best time of 21:51.1.
 
On the men's side, Miller led the Tigers to a 16^th-place finish at the Augustana Invitational.
 
He paced the team in his first meet for Colorado College on Saturday, finishing 74^th with an 8K time of 25:18.8, followed by junior Vincent Mangat in 86^th in 25:25.9.
 
Flint Named SCAC Runner of the Week
Flint was named the SCAC Runner of the Week for the third time after winning the Augustana Invitational.
 
Up Next
Following the Tigers hosting an intrasquad '5K Under The Lights' on Thursday, Nov. 5, they will compete at the NCAA Division III West Regional Meet on Saturday, Nov. 14, in Spokane, Wash.