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Women's Cross Country Ranked 15th in FinishLynx National Poll
11/5/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Nov. 5, 2002
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team in ranked 15th in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, released on Monday, November 5.
Providence received 203 points and dropped one spot to No. 15. Brigham Young continued its hold on the top spot with 389 points and 12 first place votes. Stanford (378), Colorado (364), Wake Forest (345) and Notre Dame (332) round out the top five.
In their most recent competition, the Friars finished in fourth place at the BIG EAST Championships on Friday, November 1 at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. Senior Roisin McGettigan (Wicklow, Ireland) led the Friars with a fifth-place finish in a time of 20:38. Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) placed sixth right behind McGettigan in a time of 20:40. Also scoring for PC were graduate student Heather Cappello of Lockport, N.Y. (17th - 21:22), junior Emily Tallen of Kingston, Ont. (28th - 21:49) and sophomore Deirdre Byrne of Avoca, Ireland (33rd - 22:04).
The Friars will compete at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships at Van Cortland Park in New York, N.Y. on Nov. 16.
FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLNovember 5, 2002Rank Team (First place votes) Points1 Brigham Young (12) 3892 Stanford (1) 3783 Colorado 3644 Wake Forest 3455 Notre Dame 3326 North Carolina State 3287 Georgetown 3198 Columbia 2819 Northern Arizona 27710 Arkansas 27011 Virginia 25012 Michigan 22913 Missouri 22114 Duke 21615 PROVIDENCE 20316 Villanova 20017 Arizona State 19418 North Carolina 17919 Michigan State 17220 Indiana 13721 Washington 12722 Marquette 10623 UCLA 9724 Penn State 7525 Boston College 69
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