Men's Cross Country Captures NCAA Northeast Regional Championship

Nov. 10, 2001

BOSTON, Mass. - The 10th-ranked Providence men's cross country team scored 59 points to capture the 2001 NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championship on Saturday, November 10 at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. PC's eighth-ranked women's team scored 95 points and finished second behind Boston College (53 points) in the women's race. The top two men's and women's teams advance to the NCAA Championship on Monday, November 19 at Furman Univeristy in Greenville, South Carolina.

In the men's race senior All-American Hamish Thorpe (Auckland, New Zealand) finished second (29:45) to lead the Friars. Senior Dermot Galvin (Kilrush, Ireland) finished sixth (30:02), freshman Patrick Moulton (Pelham, N.H.) took 12th place (30:27), freshman Dylan Wykes (Kingston, Ontario) finished 17th (30:37), freshman Patrick Guidera (Clonmel, Ireland) placed 22nd (30:51) and junior Tyler McCabe (Mystic, Conn.) finished 33rd in a time of 31:08. Dan Wilson from the Univeristy of Connecticut won the men's race with a time of 29:44.

In the women's race the Friars were paced by senior Claire Shearman (Portsmouth, N.H.). Shearman finished seventh overall in a time of 21:03. Junior Roisin McGettigan (Wicklow, Ireland) finished ninth (21:06) and senior Kathryn Casserly (Galway, Ireland) finished 11th 21:10 to round out the top-15 runners overall. Freshman Deirdre Byrne (Avoca, Ireland) finished 27th (21:36), junior Emer O'Shea (Limerick, Ireland) placed 41st (21:51), senior Marissa Colburn (Wethersfield, Conn.) finished 57th (22:14) and sophomore Lisa Cappello (Lockport, N.Y.) finished 73rd (22:32).

The men's and women's teams return to action on November 19 at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Greenville, South Carolina. The PC men's team will be making its seventh-straight appearance, after finishing third in 2000. The women's team will be making its 13th-consecutive appearance. In 2000, the Friar women finished ninth at the NCAA Championships.

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (10,000 meters)Top-10 Finishers
1.  Dan Wilson          UConn   29:442.  Hamish Thorpe           PC  29:453.  Tom McArdle         DC  29:504.  Enda Johnson            Brown   29:585.  Jochen Dieckfoss    BU  30:006.  Dermot Galvin           PC  30:027.  Max King            CU  30:138.  Jeimie Slick            Buffalo 30:159.  Jamie Rodrigues         Albany  30:1910. Matt Spring         MC  30:23
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12. Patrick Moulton           PC  30:2717. Dylan Wykes           PC  30:3722. Patrick Guidera           PC  30:5133. Tyler McCabe         PC  31:08
MEN'S TEAM RESULTS (Top-10 of 36)
1.  Providence  592.  Dartmouth   1113.  US Military     1474.  Harvard         1665.  Yale            1716.  Boston Univ.    2247.  Cornell         2428.  New Hampshire   2519.  Albany          28210. Manhattan   306

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (6,000 meters)Top-10 Finishers
1.  Megan Guiney            BC  20:292.  Kate O'Neill            Yale    20:333.  Maria Cicero            BC  20:334.  Caitlin Hickin          Col.    20:395.  Laura O'Neill           Yale    20:496.  Katie Ryan          BC  20:547.  Claire Shearman           PC  21:038.  Rachel Felton           BU  21:059.  Roisin McGettigan   PC  21:0610. Kim Thalmann            Brown   21:06
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11. Kathryn Casserly PC  21:1027. Deirdre Byrne           PC  21:3641  Emer O'Shea            PC  21:5157. Marissa Colburn         PC  22:1473. Lisa Cappello           PC  22:32
WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS (Top-10 of 34)1.  Boston College  532.  Providence  953.  Brown           1184.  Cornell         1205.  Yale            1286-tie   Columbia    1436-tie   Boston Univ.    1438.  Dartmouth   1589.  Rhode Island    28210. Harvard         337

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