Women's Cross Country Ninth In National Poll

Sept. 24, 2001

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team was ranked ninth in the country in Monday, September 24's FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll. The Friars advance from the number 13 position where they were ranked in the preseason poll on September 1.

PC received a total of 223 votes after winning their first two meets, the September 7 New Hampshire Invitational and the September 18 Boston College Invitational where PC defeated the then-No. 2 ranked Eagles.

Colorado sits atop the poll for the second-straight poll after accumulating all 13 first-place votes. Stanford moves up from No. 3 to the No. 2 spot this week while North Carolina St. jumps from No. 9 to No. 3 this week. Closing out the top five spots are Brigham Young and Wisconsin.

The highest ranked Northeast team is Yale at No. 6 and 35 points ahead of the Friars. North Carolina (No. 7, 230 pts.), Arizona (No. 8, 227 pts.), PC and Georgetown (No. 10, 207 pts.) close out the top 10.

The Friars continue their season on Saturday, September 29 at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn. where PC will compete with 12 other nationally ranked teams.

FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll Ranking Team (1st-place votes) Points

    1.  Colorado (13)   325    2.  Stanford    306    3.  NC State    293    4.  Brigham Young   275    5.  Wisconsin   274    6.  Yale            258    7.  North Carolina  230    8.  Arizona         227    9.  PROVIDENCE  223    10. Georgetown  207    11. Arizona State   199    12. Boston College  197    13. Arkansas    184    14. Colorado State  129    15. Missouri    126    16. Marquette   125    17. Washington  113    18. Texas A&M   90    19. Minnesota   77    20. Villanova   74    21. Weber State 64    22. Duke            53    23. Boston U    47    24. Michigan State  31    25. Columbia    27

Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Virginia 18, Kansas State 17, Wake Forest 11, Toledo 8, Brown 5, Wichita State 5, UCLA 3, Northern Arizona 3, South Florida 1.

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