Women's Cross Country Ranked Eighth in National Poll

Nov. 17, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team (305 points) held on to the No. 8 spot in the latest FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country Poll, which was released on November 17. Providence is coming off a first-place finish at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship on November 15.

Providence won its third NCAA Northeast Regional Championship on the strength of juniors Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) and Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland), who finished first and second, respectively for the third consecutive meet. Smith won the individual title and became the first PC runner to win the regional crown since Heather Cappello did it in 1999.

Brigham Young (386 points) climbed to the top spot ahead of Stanford (380 points), which moved to No. 2. North Carolina (360 points), Notre Dame (349 points) and North Carolina State (330 points) round out the top five.

The Friars will conclude the 2003 season on Monday, November 24 at the NCAA Championship in Waterloo, Iowa. The race will begin at 1:15 p.m. EST.


FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLNovember 17, 2003Rank    Team (First place votes)         Points1   Brigham Young (9)                3862   Stanford (4)                     3803   North Carolina                   3604   Notre Dame                       3495   North Carolina State             3306   Michigan                         3177   Colorado                         3148   PROVIDENCE                       3059   Columbia                         27910  Georgetown                       27411  UCLA                             25412  Michigan State                   24813  Wake Forest                      24214  Princeton                        23015  Villanova                        18916  Colorado State                   18117  Northern Arizona                 17018  Penn State                       15619  Nebraska                         15020  Missouri                         12221  Texas                            11422  Washington                       11023  Arizona State                    9124  Indiana                          8025  Baylor                           7626  Tennessee                        6827  Duke                             6128  Marquette                        5329  Dartmouth                        3330  Florida State                    30

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Women's Cross Country Ranked Eighth in National Poll

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