Women's Cross Country Ranked Fifth in National Poll

Sept. 23, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team received 333 points and climbed to No. 5 in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, which was released on Tuesday, September 23.

Brigham Young (390 points) received all 13 first-place votes to maintain the No. 1 spot. Stanford (375 points), Notre Dame (358 points) and Colorado (355 points) are ranked in the top four, respectively. Providence and Notre Dame are two of four BIG EAST schools ranked in the top eight. Georgetown (312) is ranked seventh while Villanova (294 points) is eighth.

Providence began the season ranked sixth and have been victorious in their first two meets in 2003. The Friars most recently competed on September 12 at the Boston College Select Meet, where they finished first of 10 teams. Juniors Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) and Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) finished first and second, respectively to lead the Friars.

Providence returns to competition on Saturday, September 27 at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLSeptember 23, 2003Rank    Team (First place votes)      Points1   Brigham Young (13)            3902   Stanford                      3753   Notre Dame                    3584   Colorado                      3555   PROVIDENCE                    3336   Wake Forest                   3167   Georgetown                    3128   Villanova                     2949   North Carolina                26910  Northern Arizona              26411  Arkansas                      26112  Columbia                      25213  Michigan                      24414  North Carolina State          22415  Michigan State                21316  Duke                          18017  Missouri                      17518  UCLA                          15619  Wisconsin                     14420  Arizona State                 13521  Indiana                       12422  Penn State                    12123  Boston College                11624  William & Mary                8525  Colorado State                7526  Marquette                     6127  Baylor                        4028  Virginia                      3629  Southwest Missouri State      3330  Washington                    30

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Women's Cross Country Ranked Fifth in National Poll

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