Freshman Willow Lott finished first among collegiate runners and led the Colorado College women's cross country team to a second-place finish against Division II teams at the Ted Castaneda Classic Saturday afternoon at North Monument Valley Park.
 
CC, the only Division III team at the meet, finished just 19 points behind first-place CSU-Pueblo and 38 ahead of third-place Metro State. Regis University placed fourth with 111.
 
Lott, the first Tiger to ever finish at the top among collegiate runners at CC's home meet, covered the 6K course in a personal-best time of 22 minutes, 17.39 seconds. She finished behind an open runner at the meet.
 
Senior Kendall Accetta finished eighth with a time of 22:48.39, followed by sophomore Alison Mueller-Hickler in 10th in 23:18.88.
 
Junior Elliot Singer (23:217.79) and freshman Charlie Flint (24:02.90) placed 12th and 18th, respectively, to close out the Tigers' scoring.
 
"We know there would be warm conditions today, but I was very impressed by how they handled the challenge," head coach Alex Nichols said. "Every single woman on the team improved her position from the 3k split to the finish. That kind of smart racing will help us when we travel to the most important meets later this season." 
 
The Tigers return to action at the Augustana Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Rock Island, Ill.
 
 
Team Results
1. CSU-Pueblo - 20
2. Colorado College – 39
3. Metro State – 77
4. Regis – 111
 
 
Colorado College Individual Results

Place	Name	Time	Pts
2	Willow Lott	22:17.39	1
8	Kendall Accetta	22:48.39	7
10	Alison Mueller-Hickler	23:18.88	8
12	Elliot Singer	23:21.29	9
18	Charlie Flint	24:02.90	14
22	Sky Theosodopoulos	24:30.35	(15)
23	Mary Cate Kiser	24:33.42	(16)
24	Lila Gilmer	24:33.49
25	Abby Goodfried	24:40.59
27	Liz White	24:55.49
29	Ella Fullerton	25:05.86
30	Brooktie Frogge	25:12.77
32	Ava Coccaro	25:28.20
33	Chloe Callender	25:37.97
35	Cheyan Sundell-Turner	25:49.81
36	Gabriela Lues	25:49.89
37	Julia Solano	25:59.53
39	Julia Snelling	26:20.59
40	Nicole Craighead	26:21.46
42	Anna Scannell	26:30.92
45	Emilia Weinrobe	27:12.14
49	Lily Brazil	28:40.18
50	Emmaline Derry	29:21.70