SUWANEE, Ga. - Colorado College junior Jackson Brainerd, by running a 25:23 8K, won the 2010 NCAA West Regional championship. With the win Brainerd defended his individual title and became Colorado College's first two-time regional champion. He also automatically qualifies for next week's NCAA Division III National Championship in Waverly, Iowa.

Colorado College posted a fourth-place overall team finish and earned an at-large bid to next week's national championship meet. Brainerd's teammates, seniors  Andrew Wagner and Daniel Kraft tallied top-20 finishes by finishing 19th and 20th respectively.

Meanwhile, in the South Region, Centre College's Clinton Cahall posted a top-5 finish by running a 25:04 8K to finish second overall. Teammates John Kieffer (13th) and Sam Morgan (15) both tallied top 15 finishes the Colonels a second place overall finish as a team. With the second place finish, Centre automatically advances to next week's NCAA Division III National Championship.

Other SCAC student-athletes that posted top-20 times included Rhodes College's Chris Moore (10th), Cody Beatty (18th), Tyler Catterton (19th), Trinity University's Zach Brush (15th) and Hendrix College's Drew Kellum (12th). Moore's finish earned him an automatic bid to next week's championship meet.

Rhodes earned a third place overall team finish in the South Region and will await word of a possible at-large bid to the national championship meet. Trinity followed behind Rhodes in fourth place.

DePauw Univeristy's Noah Droddy tallied a top-10 finish at the Great Lakes regional. Droddy ran a 25:24 to earn a ninth place finish. He automatically qualifies for the national championship meet. The Tigers finished 9th out of 33 teams in a very competitive region.

For complete results and recaps from the 2010 NCAA Division III regional championships visit the following sites:

South Region | Great Lakes Region | West Region