Senior Charlie Flint won the 2026 NCAA Division III West Region cross country individual title to automatically qualify for next weekend's NCAA Division III National Championship Meet and led No. 25 Colorado College to a fourth-place team finish Saturday in Spokane, Wash.
 
Flint, who won the SCAC Championship Meet two weeks ago, is the second regional champion from CC in as many years, following Alison Mueller-Hickler, the 2025 champion. Flint is the school's fourth regional champion in program history, joining Mueller-Hickler (2-25), Gretchen Grindle (1997) and Annabel Arnott (1995).
 
11^th-ranked Pomona-Pitzer captured the team title with 65 points, followed by No. 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (98), No. 30 Trinity University (102), No. 25 Colorado College (110) and No. 19 George Fox (120).
 
Flint completed the 6K course in 21 minutes, 8.9 seconds, followed by freshman Austin Cook, who finished 11th in 22:00.8 and also qualified for the DIII National Championship Meet next weekend.
 
Flint and Cook earned all-region honors, as did freshman Annie Schendel (27^th / 22:37.6) and senior Mary Cate Kiser (29^th/22:38.7).
 
Sophomore Ellie Ottem completed the scoring for the Tigers in 42^nd place with a time of 23:04.7, while junior Tessa Olsen and sophomore Sadie Honig placed 45^th and 86^th, respectively, to round out CC's lineup.   
 
The winning team from each of the 10 regions automatically qualifies for the NCAA Division III National Championship, while 22 other teams from around the country will be selected as at-large bids. In addition, the top seven individuals that are not on teams selected also advance to the national meet. The team and individual selections to the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 15.
 
The NCAA Division III National Championship is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, in Northfield, Minn.

NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country West Region Top 5 Team Scores
1. #11 Pomona-Pitzer - 65              
2. #12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - 98              
3. #30 Trinity Univ. - 102             
4.#25 Colorado College - 110              
5. #19 George Fox - 120             
 
Colorado College Individual Results (6K)

Name	Finish	Points	Time
Charlie Flint	1	1	21:08.9
Austin Cook	11	11	22:00.8
Annie Schendel	27	27	22:37.6
Mary Cate Kiser	29	29	22:38.7
Ellie Ottem	42	42	23:04.7
Tessa Olsen	45	(45)	23:09.1
Sadie Honig	86	(84)	24:36.5