Brainerd leads Colorado College men to 25th place finish at Nationals

(Portions of this story were taken from the Colorado College website)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Jackson Brainerd, the SCAC Men's Runner of the Year, led the Colorado College men to a 25th-place team finish at the 2009 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships Saturday morning at the Highland Park Golf Course. Team Results | Individual Results

Brainerd capped an incredible sophomore season by earning All-America honors with an 18th-place finish. 

Brainerd covered the 8,000-meter course at the Highland Park Golf Course in Cleveland, Ohio, in a time of 25:54.70. He was only 4.5 seconds behind Allegheny's Chris Marker who finished in 14th place.

Colorado College took 25th place out of 32 teams with 557 points, 13 fewer than Manchester College.

Dan Kraft gave the Tigers two runners in the top 100 by finishing 91st overall in a time of 26:40.50.

Andrew Wagner's time of 27:11.80 was good for 164th place, while David Wilder came home in 202nd with a time of 27:33.70.

The best race of the day between two Tigers was won by Michael Dougan, who completed CC's scoring by finishing 248th in a time of 28:18.90, just 6.3 seconds ahead of Max Gerken who came home in 250th place.

Among other SCAC student-athletes competing at the championships, senior Jason Parks of Centre College came in at 86th with a time of 26:38.80, junior Chris Moore of Rhodes College came in 157th with a time of 27:08.80, and senior Bryant Wright of Trinity University ran a finishing time of 28:08.30 to finish 246th.