Providence College Athletics

Women's Cross Country Ranked 10th In National Poll

10/14/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country

Oct. 14, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked 10th in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country Poll. Providence, which was ranked as high as No. 5 this season, received 269 points and returned to the top-10 after being ranked 12th in the previous poll.

Brigham Young (387 points) held on to the No. 1 position as it received 11 of the 13 first-place votes, while Stanford (379 points) moved to No. 2. Arizona State (356 points), Michigan State (347 points) and Notre Dame (331 points) round out the top five.

The Friars have not competed since September 27, when they finished fourth of 26 teams at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn. Junior Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) finished first overall to lead PC.

The Friars return to action on Friday, October 17 at the Penn State Invitational.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLOctober 14, 2003Rank    Team (First place votes)        Points1   Brigham Young (11)              3872   Stanford (2)                    3793   Arizona State                   3564   Michigan State                  3475   Notre Dame                      3316   North Carolina State            3287   Colorado                        2998   Georgetown                      2909   Columbia                        27610  PROVIDENCE                      26911  North Carolina                  26812  UCLA                            24513  Villanova                       23214  Baylor                          22215  Wake Forest                     21216  Northern Arizona                21017  Wisconsin                       18718  Penn State                      16419  Arkansas                        15820  Colorado State                  14821  Missouri                        12122  Michigan                        11423  Princeton                       9624  William & Mary                  7425  Nebraska                        6626  Marquette                       6527  West Virginia                   6128  Tennessee                       4429  Florida State                   2930  Toledo                          20
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