Senior James Settles captured first place individually and led the Colorado College men's cross country team to a fourth-place finish at the Metro State Invitational Saturday in Denver, Colo.
 
Settles, who finished 26^th at the same meet last year, won the 8K race in a time of 24 minutes, 50.51 seconds, beating runners from Division I and II teams. Fellow senior Devlin Swanson finished in 16^th place with a time of 25:43.38.
 
Senior Ayden Cherry (26:39.67) placed 30^th, followed by freshman Will Shuflit (26:42.11), who finished 31^st. Sophomore Huck Whittemore (7:03.43) rounded out the scoring for CC in 44^th place.
 
The Tigers, the only Division III team at the meet, collected 87 points, behind Division I Air Force (28) and Division II Colorado Mines (51) and Metro State (76).
 
"Our team performed extremely well against some very good competition today," head coach Alex Nichols said. "The groups that are forming indicate that we have a national caliber squad this year. I am looking forward to seeing them continue to improve when we get into the second half of the season."
 
The Tigers return to action at their own Ted Castaneda Classic on Saturday, Sept. 30 at North Monument Valley Park, beginning at 11 a.m.
 
Team Results
1. Air Force - 28
2. Colorado Mines – 51
3. Metro State – 76
4. Colorado College – 87
5. Colorado Christian – 118
6. UCCS – 149
7. Westminster – 208
8. Colorado Mountain College – 235
 
Colorado College Individual Results

Place	Name	Time	Pts.
1	James Settles	24:50.51	1
16	Devlin Swanson	25:43.38	12
30	Ayden Cherry	26:39.67	22
31	Will Shuflit	26:42.11	23
44	Huck Whittemore	27:03.23	29
51	Brett Kitazono	27:26.28	(34)
62	Parker Libby	27:41.60	(38)
63	Axel Klomparens	27:42.92
65	Dominic Schwein	27:47.11
73	Liam Mullen	28:04.91
75	Ethan Castette	28:10.65
77	Connor Clarkson	28:26.70
78	Eric Coombs	28:26.85
79	Ruben Margolis	28:29.99
83	Walt Jones	28:40.90
88	Luc Santos	29:03.49
93	Rabbit Barnes	29:47.76
95	James Lyons	29:50.97
98	Mack Levy	30:19.39
99	Jay Moran	30:24.29
103	Andrew Peng	31:21.49