DENVER, Colo. – The No. 16 University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's cross country team posted 189 points Saturday afternoon to finish seventh out of 24 teams at the 2024 NCAA South Central Regional Championships, hosted by Metropolitan State University of Denver at Washington Park.
 
INSIDE THE NCAA SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Course: Washington Park
• Location: Denver, Colo.
• Course Length: 10k
• Elevation: 5,322'

 
AROUND THE COURSE

• For the fourth race this season, Jagger Zlotoff led the Mountain Lions with a 22^nd place finish in a time of 32:16.97.
• Coming in just nine seconds behind Zlotoff and in 28^th place was Enzo Knapp. 
• Joseph Impellitteri was the third Mountain Lion to cross the finish, as he notched a 38^th place finish in 32:55.75.
• Bringing in the Mountain Lion scorers were Brett Davis in 42^nd place with a time of 33:03.75, followed by Jack Donze in 59^th place (33:35.84).

                       
RACE LEADERS

• Two weeks after winning the Rocky Mountain Atheltic Conference individual title, Romain Legendre of Adams State University bested all 169 runners on the course this afternoon with a regional championship time of 30:53.55.
• Colorado School of Mines won the team title with 40 points, followed by Adams State University (59 points) and West Texas A&M University (105 points).

BEYOND THE FINISH LINE

• Zlotoff's 22^nd place finish earns him USTFCCCA All-South Central Region honors, the first all-region cross country accolade of his career.
• Koy Cunningham (62^nd place, 33:42.38), Knapp, and Caden Leal (70^th place, 34:04.38) all ran their first 10k today in a Mountain Lions uniform today.

 
UP NEXT

• The 34-team NCAA Division II field will be announced on Monday, Nov. 11.  The top three teams from each regional meet will automatically advance to the championship finals (24 teams total).  Ten at-large teams will be selected by the NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Committee using the selection criteria. There is no limit to the number of at-large teams that may be selected from any given region.

 
SOCIAL
X – @GoMountainLions
Instagram – @gomountainlions
Facebook – /GoMountainLions
 
For everything UCCS Athletics, follow the Mountain Lions on social media and stay tuned to gomountainlions.com.
 
As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.