Settles an All-American, Finishes Fourth at NCAA Championship

Senior James Settles capped his outstanding career at Colorado College Saturday with a fourth-place finish and All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship in Newville, Pa.

Settles, who covered the 8K course with a time of 24:30.2, posted the second-best result at the national meet in program history, just behind Julian Boggs' third-place result in 2006. He is also CC's first All-American since Jackson Brainerd finished 18^th in 2009.

Settles, who was in the top 10 from the start and in second place at the 5K mark, finished behind national champion Ethan Gregg of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, Christian Patzka of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Max Svienty of North Central College.

Colorado College finished 26th as a team in its first appearance at the national meet since 2011. That is the best result for the Tigers since placing 25^th in 2009.

Fellow seniors Devlin Swanson and Brett Kitazono finished 87^th and 198^th, respectively, followed by freshman Will Shuflit in 231^st and sophomore Luc Santos rounded out the scoring for the Tigers in 264^th place. Sophomore Dominic Schwein (276^th) and senior Ayden Cherry (298^th) also ran for the Tigers.

Pomona-Pitzer took the team title with 158 points, edging Wisconsin-Whitewater (159) and North Central College (169).

NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championship Team Scores
1. Pomona-Pitzer - 158
2. Wisconsin-Lacrosse - 159
3. North Central - 169
4. Williams - 212
5. Wartburg - 232
6. Carnegie Mellon - 252
7. RPI - 267
8. MIT - 274
9. Lynchburg - 286
10. Wisconsin-Whitewater - 301
11. George Fox – 304
12. Claremont- 338
13. St. Olaf – 338
14. Johns Hopkins – 391
15. Central College - 407
16. NYU – 424
17. Washington U. - 440
18. Amherst - 487
19. Middlebury – 493
20. John Carroll - 498
21. Wisconsin-Stout - 510
22. Emory – 536
23. Calvin – 538
24. Tufts – 560
25. Mount Union - 594
26. Colorado College – 597
27. Haverford – 599
28. Carleton – 611
29. Loras – 675
30. Washington & Lee – 681
31. U. of Chicago – 701
32. SUNY-Geneseo - 788

Colorado College Individual Results (8K)

Name	Finish	Points	Time
James Settles	4	4	24:30.0
Devlin Swanson	87	69	25:37.3
Brett Kitazono	198	150	26:18.1
Will Shuflit	231	175	26:32.8
Luc Santos	264	199	26:55.1
Dominic Schwein	276	(209)	27:07.7
Ayden Cherry	278	(211)	27:13.7