JAMES SETTLES OF COLORADO COLLEGE, a senior from Claremont, Calif., has been selected the SCAC Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for meets run from Friday, September 29 through Sunday, October 1. SCAC Cross Country Release (Week 5)
Settles became the first Colorado College runner to win the school's home cross country meet since 2010 and led CC to a second-place finish Saturday morning at the Ted Castaneda Classic at North Monument Valley Park. Settles, who also won the Metro State Invitational two weeks ago, finished the 8K race in 24 minutes, 31.37 seconds, the second-fastest time in program history, a new course record and just two seconds shy of the school record, set by Scott Kang in 1986 (24:29).
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Junior Will Salony of Trinity led the Tigers to their first team victory of the season at the Paul Short Invite, in the White division. Their team score of 74 was well ahead of second place's 122. Salony finished third overall out of 376 competitors, finishing in 25:46.4 in muddy and warm conditions.
| SCAC Men's Cross Country Runners-of-the-Week |
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| Week 1 | Brian Armijo, Southwestern University |
| Week 2 | James Urbina, University of St. Thomas |
| Week 3 | James Settles, Colorado College |
| Week 4 | Jackson White, Trinity University |
| Week 5 | James Settles, Colorado College |
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