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Saturday, September 27
Univ. of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minn.
11:00 AM

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Roy Griak Invitational

Cross Country Competes at Roy Griak Invitational

9/27/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country

Sept. 27, 2003

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The fifth-ranked Providence College women's cross country team and the 15th-ranked Providence men competed at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 27. The women finished fourth overall, while the men finished seventh.

The Providence women (144 points) were led by junior Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand), who captured the individual crown in a time of 20:17. Smith becomes the third runner at Providence to win the individual title at Roy Griak Invitational and the first since Sara Dupre did it in 1997.

Arizona State (103) won the team title, while Michigan State (122 points), and Columbia (125 points) finished second and third, respectively. Providence also was led by junior Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) who finished eighth in a time of 21:00. Sophomore Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) recorded a time of 21:13 to finish 12th and junior Deirdre Byrne (Avoca, Ireland) placed 26th in a time of 21:36. Also scoring for the Friars was junior Katie Twarog (Albany, N.Y.) who finished 97th in a time of 22:32.

On the men's side, Wisconsin (89 points) won the title for the 10th time in the meet's history. Junior Dylan Wykes (Kingston, Ont.) was PC's highest finisher as he placed 18th in a time of 24:40. Classmate Patrick Moulton (Pelham, N.H.) placed 31st in a time of 24:52, while sophomore Joe Dionne (Oshawa, Ont.) placed 64th in a time of 25:25. Junior Patrick Guidera of Clonmel, Ireland (71st - 25:28) and senior Jamie Carmichael (76th - 25:33) also scored for PC.

The Providence men return to action on Friday, October 10 at the New England Championship, while the women will compete on Friday, October 17th at the Penn State Meet.


Roy Griak Invitational (Men) -- 8K Individual Finishes (Top 10)Place   Name            School          Time1   Kip Kangogo     BYU             23:582   Robert Cheseret Arizona         24:003   Simon Bairu     Wisconsin       24:014   Gavin Thompson  Eastern Mich.   24:185   Austin Vigil    Colorado St.    24:246   Chris Solinsky  Wisconsin       24:287   Paul Morrison   Texas           24:308   Mike Nielson    Utah State      24:319   Jonah Maiyo     Arizona         24:3210  Bill Michel     Colorado St.    24:33
18  Dylan Wykes     Providence      24:4031  Patrick Moulton Providence      24:5264  Joe Dionne      Providence      25:2571  Patrick Guidera Providence      25:2876  Jamie CarmichaelProvidence      25:3389  Tim Curran      Providence      25:40161 Darren Brown    Providence      26:15
Team Finishes (Top 10 of 30)1) Wisconsin -- 89 points2) BYU -- 131 points3) Colorado State -- 152 points4) Oregon -- 161 points5) Arizona State -- 188 points6) Arizona -- 258 points7) Providence -- 260 points8) Portland -- 261 points9) Washington St. -- 269 points10) Miami (OH) -- 282 points
Roy Griak Invitational (Women) -- 6K Individual Finishes (Top 10)Place   Name           School        Time1   Kimberly Smith  Providence      20:172   Missy Buttry    Wartburg        20:273   Amy Hastings    Arizona St.     20:454   Michelle Carson Michigan St.    20:475   Annie Bersagel  Wake Forest     20:506   Molly Landreth  Penn St.        20:567   Anna Masinelli  Arizona St.     20:588   Mary Cullen     Providence      21:009   Jamie KrzyminskiMichigan St.    21:0210  Jennifer Kramer Boston College  21:07
12  Fiona Crombie   Providence  21:1326  Deirdre Byrne   Providence  21:3697  Katie Twarog Providence  22:32110 Lisa Cappello   Providence  22:43152 Ashley Jensen   Providence  23:26222 Roisin Quinn Providence  24:13
Team Finishes (Top 10 of 26)1) Arizona State -- 103 points2) Michigan State -- 122 points3) Columbia -- 125 points4) Providence -- 144 points5) Baylor -- 198 points6) Penn State -- 215 points7) Colorado State -- 221 points8) Wake Forest -- 222 points9) Missouri -- 232 points10) Michigan -- 245 points

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