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NCAA Northeast Regional

Men's Cross Country Team Finishes Second At NCAA Northeast Regionals

11/13/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country

Nov. 13, 1999

Boston, Mass. - The 17th-ranked Providence College women's cross country team scored 62 points and captured its second consecutive NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championship on Saturday, November 13 at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. PC's 20th-ranked men's team scored 57 points and

finished second behind Iona (51 points) in the men's race. The top two men's and women's teams advance to the NCAA Championship on Monday, Nov. 22 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

The Friars also captured both the men's and women's individual titles. In the men's race, Providence senior Keith Kelly of Drogheda, Ireland won the individual title in a time of 29:30 -- 16 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. On the women's side, Friar sophomore Heather Cappello of Lockport, N.Y. earned the win in time of 17:12.

In addition to Cappello, sophomore Claire Shearman of Portsmouth, N.H. and junior Rachel Hixson of Media, Pa. were the other Friar finishers in the top 10. Shearman finished third in a time of 17:20 and Hixson placed eighth in a time of 17:32. Also scoring for the PC women's team were senior Dana Ostrander of Ballston Lake, N.Y. (16th - 17:44) and sophomore Kathryn Casserly of Galway, Ireland (34th - 18:02).

Sophomore Dermot Galvin of Kilrush, Ireland and sophomore Paul Reilly of Loughrea, Ireland also finished in the top 10 for the PC men's team. Galvin was sixth (30:16) and Reilly placed seventh (30:18). Freshmen Adam Sutton of Preston, England (19th - 30:47) and Chris Livesey of Preston, England (24th - 30:54) rounded out the scoring for the Friars.

The men's and women's teams return to action on Nov. 22 at the NCAA Division 1 Cross Country Championship in Bloomington, Indiana. The PC men's team will be making its fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA Cross Country Championship and the PC women's team will be making its 11th consecutive appearance.

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES TOP 2- 1.  Providence  622.  Brown       72


WOMEN'S RESULTS Top 10 - Distance: Cross Country 1. Heather Cappello Providence 17:122. Shannon Smith Boston College 17:163. Claire Shearman Providence 17:204. Sara Tindall Brown 17:215. Ann Kovalski Boston Univ. 17:226. Kim Thalmann Brown 17:297. Kathryn Ireland Boston Univ. 17:308. Rachel Hixson Providence 17:32 9. Bethany Helms Harvard 17:3410. Emily Germano Cornell 17:36
16. Dana Ostrander Providence 17:4434. Katherine Casserly Providence 18:0364. Roisin McGettigan Providence 18:30162. Emily Tallen Providence 19:50


MEN'S TEAM SCORES TOP 10- 1. Iona 512. Providence 573. Dartmouth 744. New Hampshire 1745. Cornell 1926. Brown 2107. Columbia 2228. Harvard 2269. Yale 25210. Army 262

MEN'S RESULTS Top 10 - Distance: Cross Country1. Keith Kelly Providence 29:302. Enda Joshnson Brown 29:463. Peter Riley Iona 29:484. Vinny Mulvey Iona 29:515. Adam Wallace Dartmouth 29:586. Dermot Galvin Providence 30:167. Paul Reilly Providence 30:188. Ray Biersbach Columbia 30:209. Edward Baker Harvard 30:2110. Mike Cohen Dartmouth 30:22