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Women's Cross Country Captures Penn State National Meet

10/12/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country

Oct. 12, 2002

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The eighth-ranked Providence College women's cross country team earned 51 points and finished first of 19 schools at the Penn State National Meet at University Park, Pa., on Saturday, October 12.

Providence was led by sophomore Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland), who finished third overall in a time of 21:00.26. All-American senior Roisin McGettigan of Wicklow, Ireland (8th -- 21:26.20), senior Emer O'Shea of Limerick, Ireland (12th -- 21:48.63), graduate student Heather Cappello of Lockport, N.Y. (13th -- 21:50.09) and sophomore Deirdre Byrne of Avoca, Ireland (15th -- 21:58.87) rounded out the scoring for the Friars.

The Friars return to action on November 1 at the BIG EAST Championships at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

at University Park, Pa.

Distance: Cross Country (6,000 meters)

1.  Megan Metcalfe          West Virginia   20:49.722.  Ali Henderson           William & Mary  20:56.923.  Mary Cullen           Providence  21:00.264.  Ioana Parusheva         Villanova   21:04.905.  Tracey Brauksieck   Penn State  21:06.796.  Sara Raschiatore    Indiana         21:08.297.  Sharon Dickie           Tennessee   21:11.318.  Roisin McGettigan   Providence  21:26.209.  Tara Struyk         West Virginia   21:27.8710  Kalin Toedebusch    Villanova   21:37.62
12. Emer O'Shea            Providence  21:48.6313.     Heather Cappello Providence  21:50.0915. Deirdre Byrne           Providence  21:58.8724. Emily Tallen         Providence  22:15.2637. Lisa Cappello           Providence  22:35.84
TEAM SCORES top 10 of 191. Providence           512. Villanova            743. Penn State           874. William & Mary   965. West Virginia    1096. Tennessee            1157. Indiana          2288. Guelph           2349. Edinboro         27610. St. Francis         296

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