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Providence College Athletics
Men's Cross Country
7/27/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
July 27, 2001
Head Coach Ray Treacy and the Providence College men's cross country team is looking forward to another successful season in 2001.
A year ago, the team earned it's league-leading 14th BIG EAST Cross Country title in the 22-year history of the Championship event. The Friars went on to qualify for their sixth consecutive NCAA Championship, where they finished third overall. The Friars' third-place showing was their best in the NCAA's since placing third in 1992. The Friars have appeared in 22 NCAA Championships to date, and have recorded 11 top-ten finishes, including six finishes in the top-five.
Coach Treacy will have a difficult time replacing seven-time All-America selection and 2000 NCAA Cross Country Champion Keith Kelly (Drogheda, Ireland). Kelly finished his career with the Friars as one of the most celebrated runners in the program's history. He will be placed in the PC record books as the first runner to win a NCAA Cross Country Championship, and the first runner in New England to win the Championship since 1949, when Bob Black took home the title for the University of Rhode Island.
Although Kelly has departed, seniors Hamish Thorpe (Auckland, New Zealand), Dermot Galvin (Kilrush, Ireland) and Paul Reilly (Loughrea, Ireland), along with junior Adam Sutton (Preston, England), will be looked upon to lead the 2001 squad on a quest to attain it's 15th BIG EAST Championship, and a top-six finish in the country.
All four of the top returners were scoring members of the 2000 team which earned a third-place finish at the NCAAs. In addition, Thorpe and Galvin earned All-America status last year. Treacy believes that all four of these young men have the potential to earn such recognition on the trails this season.
A year ago, Thorpe placed second (23:34) behind Kelly in the BIG EAST, the New England (24:06) and the Northeast Regional (30:57) Cross Country championships. He finished the season with an 11th place showing in the NCAA Championships with a time of 30:43. Galvin was a key contributor and scoring member of the team that won the Griak Invitational on September 23, 2000. He went on to finish sixth (24:16) in the New England Championships, 10th (23:54) in the BIG EAST Championships, and seventh (31:10) in the NCAA Northeast Regional. He completed the 2000 season placing 20th (30:52) in the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Reilly also had a strong year in 2000 as he placed third (24:09) at the New England Championship, 14th (24:11) at the BIG EAST Championship and 48th (31:26) at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Sutton finished 12th (24:02) in the 2000 BIG EAST Championships and followed up his performance with a third-place finish (31:00) at the NCAA Northeast Regional. He finished 45th (31:23) in the NCAA Cross Country Championships to conclude his second season with the Friars.
Juniors Tim Curran (Northboro, Mass.) and Tyler McCabe (Mystic, Conn.) are expected to give an added lift to the Friars. Curran battled through an injury during his sophomore year, and is ready to make a big impact in his third season. He placed sixth (25:32) at the University of New Hampshire on September 1, before being injured. McCabe is a proven runner, who ran in the NCAA Cross Country Championships as a freshman. He won the Northeast Regional Junior Varsity race in 2000 with a time of 32:26. He also placed 42nd (25:14) in the BIG EAST Championships.
Treacy also is excited about the addition of four talented newcomers in Patrick Guidera (Clonmel, Ireland), Patrick Moulton (Pelham, N.H.), Michael Myers (Voorhees, N.J.) and Dylan Wykes (Kingston, Ontario).
Guidera should make an immediate impact for the Friars during his first season with the team. He was the Irish Junior Cross Country runner-up and was the top Irish finisher at the World Junior Cross Country Championships.
Moulton and Myers are expected to make an immediate impact as members of the Friar squad. Moulton captured the New Hampshire High School Cross Country Championship and should make a quick adjustment to the college cross country distances. Myers won the prestigious Meet of Champions High School Cross Country Race in New Jersey, which is one of the strongest cross country states in the country. He set four course records during his senior year in three different states.
Wykes is another tremendous addition to the program, and is considered one of the top Canadian Juniors in both of the last two years.
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