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Women's Cross Country Ranked Seventh in National Poll
10/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 14, 2002
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked seventh in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, released on Monday, October 14.
The Friars, who were ranked eighth last week, received 304 points to garner the seventh spot. Brigham Young continues to hold the top spot with 390 points. Stanford (373 points), Michigan State (351 points), Colorado (345 points) and Georgetown (319 points) round out the top five.
The Friars captured the Penn State National Meet on Saturday, October 11. Sophomore Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) led the Friars with a third-place finish in a time of 21:00.26. Senior All-American Roisin McGettigan of Wicklow, Ireland (eighth - 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 will return to action at the BIG EAST Championships on November 1 at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.
FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLOctober 14, 2002Rank Team (First place votes) Points1 Brigham Young (13) 3902 Stanford 3733 Michigan State 3514 Colorado 3455 Georgetown 3196 North Carolina State 3077 PROVIDENCE 3048 Arizona State 2979 Wisconsin 28510 Arkansas 27011 Duke 26912 Columbia 26613 Notre Dame 25414 North Carolina 23415 Boston College 18916 Virginia 17817 UCLA 16218 Michigan 16019 Villanova 15820 Missouri 14921 Northern Arizona 14822 Penn State 12223 Marquette 9924 William & Mary 8925 Colorado State 7326 Wake Forest 5727 Southwest Missouri State 5328 Washington 4329 Dartmouth 4130 Yale 17
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