Women's Cross Country Ranked Eighth In National Poll

Oct. 21, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team finished first at the Penn State Invitational on October 18 and climbed to No. 8 in the latest FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country Poll, which was released on October 20. Providence received 298 points and climbed two positions from last week's poll.

Stanford (384 points) is the new No. 1 team as it earned seven first-place votes. Brigham Young (383 points) is ranked second, while North Carolina State (355 points), Arizona State (350 points) and North Carolina (337 points) round out the top five.

Juniors Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) and Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) finished first and second, respectively to lead the Friars to their second consecutive Penn State Invitational crown. Smith finished the race in a time of 20:14, while Cullen completed the meet in a time of 20:24. Sophomore Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) also placed in the top 10, finishing ninth in a time of 21:10.

The Friars return to action on Friday, October 31 at the BIG EAST Championship.


FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLOctober 21, 2003Rank    Team (First place votes)     Points1   Stanford (7)                 3842   Brigham Young (6)            3833   North Carolina State         3554   Arizona State                3505   North Carolina               3376   Michigan State               3287   Notre Dame                   3088   PROVIDENCE                   2989   Colorado                     28510  Michigan                     27611  Northern Arizona             25012  Columbia                     24613  Wake Forest                  24114  Princeton                    22715  UCLA                         21516  Georgetown                   19517  Missouri                     18018  Wisconsin                    16519  Penn State                   15820  Nebraska                     13721  Marquette                    12722  Colorado State               11823  UC Santa Barbara             10724  Baylor                       9225  West Virginia                6326  Tennessee                    5227  Boston College               4628  Nevada                       3829  Duke                         2930  Florida State                20

Completed Event: Women's Cross Country versus Friar Invitational on September 5, 2025 ,

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Completed Event: Women's Cross Country at New England Championship on October 10, 2025 ,

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Completed Event: Women's Cross Country at Rothenberg Run on October 24, 2025 ,

Completed Event: Women's Cross Country at BIG EAST Championship on October 31, 2025 ,

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Upcoming Event: Women's Cross Country at NCAA Championship on November 22, 2025

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Women's Cross Country Ranked Eighth In National Poll

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