Providence College Athletics

Saturday, October 18
University Park, Pa.
10:00 AM

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Penn State Invitational

Women's Cross Country Wins The 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 K1   Kimberly 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
18 Lisa 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