Junior James Settles led the Colorado College men's cross country to a 13^th-place finish among 27 Division III teams Saturday at the prestigious Augustana Invitational in Rock Island, Ill.
 
Settles finished 60^th individually, covering the 8K race in 24 minutes, 59.5 seconds.
 
The Tigers finished the race with 391 points, one point ahead of SCAC-foe Trinity University. No. 1-ranked Pomona-Pitzer won the meet with 48 points, followed by No. 4 North Central College with 69. Nine of the top 10 teams are ranked in the top 35 nationally. Christopher Collet of Wartburg College won the race in a time of 23:47.5.
 
Junior Devlin Swanson finished 68^th (25:06.3) followed by fellow juniors Brett Kitazono in 80^th (25:15.3) and Ayden Cherry in 114^th (25:41.2). Senior Theo Snowdon rounded out the scoring for CC in 138^th place (25:59.3).
 
"We have been dealing with some illness in recent weeks," head coach Alex Nichols said. "Even though our team wasn't at 100% today, I was really encouraged by the results. We are closing some gaps and will be ready for big things in the coming weeks."
 
The Tigers return to action on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the SCAC Championship Meet in Georgetown, Texas.
 
 
Team Results
1. No. 1 Pomona-Pitzer – 48
2. No. 4 North Central College - 69
3. No. 3 Wartburg College – 84
4. No. 12 Washington Univ. – 130
5. Otterbein Univ. – 149
6. No. 24 Wisconsin-Stout – 161
7. No. 20 UC Santa Cruz – 187
8. No. 27 U of Chicago – 247
9. No. 35 Calvin Univ. – 256
10. No. 32 Wisconsin-Eau Claire – 291
11. Hope College – 331
12. Central College – 341
13. Colorado College – 391
14. Trinity Univ. – 392
15. DePauw Univ. - 418
16. Carthage College – 452
17. Cornell College - 503
18. Augustana College – 580
19. Grinnell College – 615
20. Illinois Wesleyan – 698
21. Univ. of Dubuque – 703
22. St. Norbert College - 714
23. Elmhurst College – 731
24. Coe College – 745
25. Wisconsin-Superior – 760
26. Lawrence Univ. – 767
27. Kalamazoo College – 767
 
 
Colorado College Individual Results

Place	Name	Time	Pts.
60	James Settles	24:59.5	53
68	Devlin Swanson	25:06.3	60
80	Brett Kitazono	25:15.3	72
114	Ayden Cherry	25:41.2	97
138	Theo Snowdon	25:59.3	109
147	Mason Castle	26:05.0	(114)
152	Walt Jones	26:09.7	(119)
155	Joe Bullock	26:12.7
175	Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik	26:32.0
194	Huck Whittemore	26:54.6
198	Emerson Worrell	26:59.8
223	Liam Mullen	27:38.1