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Friday, October 26
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BIG EAST Championships

Women's Cross Country Places Third At BIG EAST Championship

10/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country

Oct. 26, 2001

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The eighth-ranked Providence College men's cross country team and the eighth-ranked Providence women's cross country team each earned a third-place finish at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship on October 26 at Van Cortlandt Park in New York, N.Y. Notre Dame (49 points) won the men's race and Georgetown (36 points) captured the women's race.

Running without two of their top runners, senior Paul Reilly (Loughrea, Ireland) and junior Adam Sutton (Preston, England), the men's squad (54 points) finished just five points behind Notre Dame and just two points behind second-place Villanova (52 points). Senior Hamish Thorpe (Auckland, New Zealand) was PC's top male finisher as he placed third in a time of 24:28 to earn All-BIG EAST accolades. Senior Dermot Galvin of Kilrush, Ireland (10th - 25:02) also earned a top-10 finish as he placed 10th in a time of 25:02. Providence received strong performances from three freshmen who all scored for the Friars. Freshmen Patrick Moulton of Pelham, N.H. (12th - 25:07), Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ontario (13th - 25:13) and Patrick Guidera of Clonmel, Ireland (16th - 25:23) rounded out the scoring for the Friars. In addition to Thorpe, Galvin, Moulton and Wykes all earned All-BIG EAST honors.

On the women's side, PC scored 73 points to finish third behind Boston College (53 points) and Georgetown (36 points). Senior Claire Shearman (Portsmouth, N.H.) was the Friars' top female runner, placing sixth in a time of 20:41. She was followed by junior Roisin McGettigan (Wicklow, Ireland), who placed ninth (20:58). Shearman and McGettigan each were named All-BIG EAST. Senior Kathryn Casserly of Galway, Ireland (17th - 21:16), freshman Deidre Byrne of Avoca, Ireland (19th - 21:27), and junior Emer O'Shea of Limerick, Ireland (22nd - 21:36) also scored for Providence.

The men's and women's teams return to action on Nov. 10 at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

MEN'S RESULTS Top 10 - Distance: Cross Country1.  Dan Wilson  Connecticut 24:222.  Luke Watson Notre Dame  24:223.  Hamish Thorpe   Providence  24:284.  Adrian Blincoe  Villanova   24:315.  Ryan Hayden Villanova   24:346.  Jonathan Fasulo Villanova   24:427.  Tom Parlapiano  Villanova   24:438.  Todd Mobley Notre Dame  24:479.  Marc Striowski  Notre Dame  24:4810. Dermot Galvin   Providence  25:02
12. Patrick Moulton   Providence  25:0713. Dylan Wykes   Providence  25:1316. Patrick Guidera   Providence  25:2317. Tyler McCabe Providence  25:2568. Michael Myers   Providence  27:14


MEN'S TEAM SCORES-1. Notre Dame           492. Villanova            523. Providence           544. Georgetown           1065. Connecticut          1636. West Virginia    1687. Virginia Tech    2258. Boston College   2339. Seton Hall           30210. Rutgers         30411. Pittsburgh          30812. St. John's          31613. Miami           34614. Syracuse            357


WOMEN'S RESULTS Top 10 - Distance: Cross Country1.  Catherine Guiney    Boston College  20:042.  Marni Krippa            Georgetown  20:273.  Megan Guiney            Boston College  20:334.  Jill Laurendeau         Georgetown  20:375.  Maria Cicero            Boston College  20:376.  Claire Shearman           Providence  20:417.  Jennifer Handley    Notre Dame  20:458.  Erin Sicher         Georgetown  20:509.  Roisin McGettigan   Providence  20:5810. Nicole Lee          Georgetown  20:59
17. Kathryn Casserly Providence  21:1619. Deidre Byrne            Providence  21:2722. Emer O'Shea            Providence  21:3638. Roisin Quinn            Providence  22:2839. Marissa Colburn         Providence  22:3162. Jessica Romaniuk    Providence  23:20


WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES-1. Georgetown           362. Boston College   533. Providence           734. Notre Dame           1075. Villanova            1126. Virginia Tech    1947. Pittsburgh           2038. Connecticut          2159. West Virginia    23710. Syracuse            30611. Rutgers         31812. Miami           37713. Seton Hall          39114. St. John's          393

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