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Friday, October 27
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12:00 PM ET

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BIG EAST Championship

Women's Cross Country Places Second At BIG EAST Championship

10/27/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country

Oct. 27, 2000

BOSTON, Mass. -- The fourth-ranked Providence College men's cross country team scored 39 points and captured its league leading 14th BIG EAST title on Friday, October 27 at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. PC's 17th-ranked women's team scored 71 points and placed second behind Boston College (38 points).

In addition to winning PC's first men's team title since 1998, senior Keith Kelly (Drogheda, Ireland) won the men's individual title in a time of 23:21. His time of 23:21 was the fourth fastest time in the history of the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship and the fastest since Villanova's Marcus O'Sullivan finished in 22:48 in 1983. Kelly's victory marked the sixth time a member of the PC men's team has captured the BIG EAST individual title.

Junior Hamish Thorpe (Auckland, New Zealand) also ran a strong race for the Friars, finishing second in a time of 23:34. Junior Dermot Galvin of Kilrush, Ireland (10th - 23:54), sophomore Adam Sutton of Preston, England (12th - 24:02) and junior Paul Reilly of Loughrea, Ireland (14th - 24:11) also scored for the Friars.

Junior Rachel Hixson of Media, Pa. was PC's top women's finisher, placing fourth in a time of 17:19. Also scoring for the PC women's team were sophomore Roisin McGettigan of Wicklow, Ireland (ninth - 17:34), senior Francine Darroch of Cambridge, Ontario (12th - 17:37), junior Kathryn Casserly of Galway, Ireland (17th - 17:46) and sophomore Emily Tallen of Kingston, Ontario (29th - 18:11).

The men's and women's teams return to action on Nov. 11 at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in New York, N.Y.

MEN'S RESULTS Top 10 - Distance: Cross Country1.  Keith Kelly         Providence  23:212.  Hamish Thorpe           Providence  23:343.  Franklin Sanchez    Georgetown  23:354.  Tom Parlapiano          Villanova   23:435.  Mike Smith          Georgetown  23:436.  Dan Wilson          Connecticut 23:447.  Luke Watson         Notre Dame  23:448.  Marc Striowski          Notre Dame  23:509.  David Rodriguez         Georgetown  23:5210.     Dermot Galvin           Providence  23:54
12. Adam Sutton         Providence  24:0214. Paul Reilly         Providence  24:1117. Larry Morrissey         Providence  24:1422. Ciaran Lynch            Providence  24:2723. Chris Livesey           Providence  24:3242. Tyler McCabe            Providence  25:14
MEN'S TEAM SCORES-1. Providence           392. Georgetown           463. Villanova            974. Notre Dame           1005. West Virginia    1466. Boston College   1537. Connecticut          2138. Virginia Tech    2209. Rutgers          27210. Seton Hall          27211. Pittsburgh          32812. Miami           33113. Syracuse            33914. St. John's          390

WOMEN'S RESULTS Top 10 - Distance: Cross Country1.  Ann McGranahan          Villanova   16:592.  Megan Guiney            Boston College  17:033.  Autumn Fogg         Georgetown  17:074.  Rachel Hixson           Providence  17:195.  Rebecca Stallwood   West Virginia   17:236.  Laura Smith         Boston College  17:257.  Katie Ryan          Boston College  17:318.  Catherine Guiney    Boston College  17:339.  Roisin McGettigan   Providence  17:3410. Emily Enstice           Georgetown  17:36
12. Francine Darroch Providence  17:3717. Kathryn Casserly Providence  17:4629. Emily Tallen         Providence  18:1142. Emer O'Shea            Providence  18:2650. Marissa Colburn         Providence  18:5074. Carolyn Turco           Providence  19:25
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES-1. Boston College   382. Providence           713. Georgetown           724. Villanova            815. West Virginia    916. Notre Dame           1607. Virginia Tech    2488. Connecticut          2719. Rutgers          28110. Pittsburgh          30711. St. John's      32412. Miami           32813. Syracuse        33714. Seton Hall      393

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