Women's Cross Country Ranked 12th in FinishLynx National Poll

Sept. 30, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team received 251 points and fell to No. 12 in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, which was released on Tuesday, September 30.

Brigham Young (385 points) held on to the No. 1 position as it received 10 first-place votes. Notre Dame (373 points) garnered the other three first-place votes and climbed to No. 2. Colorado (353 points), Arizona State (351 points) and North Carolina State (333) round out the top five.

The Friars competed at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 27 in Minneapolis, Minn. and finished fourth of 26 teams. Junior Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) won the individual title and became the third runner at Providence to win the Roy Griak Invitational crown and the first since Sara Dupre did it in 1997.

The Friars return to action on Friday, October 17th at the Penn State Meet.


FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLSeptember 30, 2003Rank    Team (First place votes)      Points1   Brigham Young (10)            3852   Notre Dame                    3733   Colorado                      3534   Arizona State                 3515   North Carolina State          3336   Michigan State                3117   UCLA                          3068   North Carolina                2919   Stanford                      28710  Georgetown                    28011  Columbia                      27412  PROVIDENCE                    25113  Villanova                     24214  Baylor                        21615  Northern Arizona              21116  Wisconsin                     18717  Penn State                    18018  Arkansas                      15519  Colorado State                15120  Wake Forest                   13821  Missouri                      12622  Tennessee                     10323  Michigan                      9024  Florida State                 8525  Washington                    8226  Princeton                     6527  William & Mary                6228  Marquette                     56.529  Southwest Missouri State      47.530  Nebraska                      26

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Women's Cross Country Ranked 12th in FinishLynx National Poll

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