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Women's Cross Country Ranked 18th in FinishLynx National Poll
9/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Sept. 18, 2002
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked 18th in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, released on Monday, September 16. Despite winning their first two meets, the Friars dropped four spots to 18th.
Providence received 173 votes. Brigham Young received 390 points including all 13 first place votes to remain at the top spot.
In their latest competition, the Friars placed first at the Dartmouth Invitational on September 14 in Hanover, N.H. PC had four runners finish in the top-11, led by senior Roisin McGettigan (Wicklow, Ireland) who finished first in a time of 19:05. McGettigan also was victorious on September 6 as she helped the Friars capture the University of New Hampshire Invitational in Durham, N.H. At the UNH Invitational, the Friars swept the top five spots and scored 15 points.
Providence will compete at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 28 in Minneapolis, Minn.
FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLSeptember 16, 2002Rank Team (First place votes) Points1 Brigham Young (13) 3902 Georgetown 3753 Stanford 3594 Colorado 3455 Notre Dame 3336 North Carolina State 3217 Arkansas 3118 Duke 2919 Michigan State 26110 Northern Arizona 24611 UCLA 23612 Villanova 22113 William & Mary 19514-tie Marquette 18714-tie Penn State 18716 Yale 18217 Boston College 17818 PROVIDENCE 17319 Arizona State 16520 Colorado State 16021 Wisconsin 13822 Texas A&M 12123 Columbia 9724 Wake Forest 8925 Minnesota 8126 Virginia 7127 Arizona 6128 Cornell 5329 Weber State 4630 Coastal Carolina 31
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