Upcoming Event: Women's Cross Country at Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational on October 3, 2025

Providence College
Penn State Invitational
10/18/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 18, 2003
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Providence College women's cross country team captured the Penn State Invitational for the second consecutive season on Saturday, October 18. Junior Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) led the way for the Friars as she captured the individual title in a time of 20:14.59.
Junior Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) also ran a very strong race for the Friars as she finished second behind Smith in a time of 20:24. Sophomore Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) was the third Friar to finish in the top 10 as she placed ninth in a time of 21:10.54. Rounding out the scoring for the Friars were senior Lisa Cappello of Lockport, N.Y. (18th, 21:24) and junior Deirdre Byrne of Avoca, Ireland (19th, 21:25.26).
Providence will compete again on Friday, October 31 at the BIG EAST Championship at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y.
WOMEN'S RESULTS (Top 10) - 6 K1Kimberly Smith Providence 20:14.592 Mary Cullen Providence 20:24.123 Molly Landreth Penn State 20:30.254 Caitlin Hickin Columbia 20:54.725 Mindy Sawtele Indiana 20:57.016 Brooke Novak Tennessee 20:58.217 Lisa Stublic Columbia 21:07.648 Christa Benton South Florida 21:09.429 Fiona Crombie Providence 21:10.5410 Tenke Zoltani Columbia 21:13.32
18Lisa Cappello Providence 21:24.6319 Deirdre Byrne Providence 21:25.2651 Katie Twarog Providence 22:19.2178 Ashley Jensen Providence 22:54.44127 Roisin Quinn Providence 23:44.13131 Laura McCarthy Providence 23:54.05168 Carol Geddes Providence 25:05.82
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES -- Top 101. Providence 492. Columbia 583. Penn State 844. Colorado State 895. Tennessee 1116. Pennsylvania 2327. Cornell 2338. South Florida 2579. Central Michigan 28110. Indiana 311