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Women's Cross Country Ranked Eighth in FinishLynx National Poll
10/7/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 7, 2002
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked eighth in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, released on Monday, October 7. The Friars, who have not competed during the last two weeks, maintained the No. 8 ranking for the second consecutive week.
Providence received 291 points, while Brigham Young kept its top spot, receiving 390 points and 13 first place votes. Stanford remained at No. 2, while Michigan State climbed to the third spot. Colorado and Boston College round out the top five.
In their most recent competition, the Friars were impressive, finishing third at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 28 in Minneapolis, Minn. Senior Roisin McGettigan (Wicklow, Ireland) led the Friars with a fifth-place finish in a time of 21:18. Sophomore Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) crossed the finish line in seventh place in a time of 21:21.
The Friars will next compete on Friday, October 11 at the New England Championship in Boston, Mass.
FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLSeptember 30, 2002Rank Team (First place votes) Points1 Brigham Young (13) 3902 Stanford 3763 Michigan State 3504 Colorado 3375 Boston College 3226 Arizona State 2997 Georgetown 2948 PROVIDENCE 2919 North Carolina State 28810 Wisconsin 28011 Duke 26312 Notre Dame 25813 Arkansas 25014 Columbia 24415 North Carolina 23116 Virginia 17617 Northern Arizona 16918 UCLA 16319 Michigan 15620 Missouri 14221 Villanova 13822 William & Mary 11823 Marquette 10524 Colorado State 7925 Penn State 7426 Wake Forest 6927 Southwest Missouri State 5028 Washington 4129 Dartmouth 3130 Indiana 18
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