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Women's Cross Country Wins Third Consecutive Penn State Invitational

10/16/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country

Oct. 16, 2004

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The second-ranked Providence College women's cross country team recorded 49 points to capture the Penn State Invitational on Saturday, October 16 at the Penn State University Blue-White Golf Course. Senior All-American Kim Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) won the 6K race in a time of 19:46 to lead the Friars to their third consecutive Penn State crown.

Providence, which has won the first four meets of the 2004 season, had three runners finish in the top 10. Senior All-American Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) finished third in a time of 20:23, while junior Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) recorded a time of 20:46 to finish seventh. Seniors Deirdre Byrne (Wicklow, Ireland) and Katie Twarog (Albany, N.Y.) finished 16th (21:21) and 23rd (21:34), respectively for the Friars.

The Friars will compete again on Friday, October 29 at the BIG EAST Championships at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

Penn State Invitational (6K) -- Individual Finishes (Top 10)Place   Name            School          Time1       Kim Smith       Providence      19:462       Mary Cullen     Providence      20:233       Shannon Rowbury Duke            20:364       Megan Metcalfe  West Virginia   20:415       Sally Meyerhoff Duke            20:426       M. McCandless   Pittsburgh      20:457       Fiona Crombie   Providence      20:468       Heather Hanscom                 20:469       Maria Cicero    Boston College  20:5010      Keira Carlstrom American        20:52
16      Deirdre Byrne   Providence      21:2123      Katie Twarog    Providence      21:3435      Jane Nalder     Providence      21:5781      Mary Nelle TrefzProvidence      22:39
Team Finishes (Top 10 of 41)1. Providence 492. Duke 603. West Virginia 1944. Boston College 1985. Cornell 2106. Penn State 2127. William & Mary 2348. Akron 2769. James Madison 30210. Wisconsin 351

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