Providence College Athletics

Men's Cross Country Ranked 17th in National Poll

9/30/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country

Sept. 30, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College men's cross country team is ranked 17th in the MONDO Division I Men's Cross Country National Poll, which was released on Tuesday, September 30. The Friars received 209 points and fell two spots to No. 17.

Stanford (478 points) received 14 of the 16 first-place votes to earn the top spot. Wisconsin (466 points), which captured the Roy Griak Invitational on September 27 is ranked second with two first-place votes. Northern Arizona (444 points), Arkansas (423 points), and Brigham Young (403 points) round out the top five.

The Friars finished seventh of 31 teams at the Roy Griak Invitational. Junior Dylan Wykes (Kingston, Ont.) was PC's highest finisher as he placed 18th in a time of 24:40.

The Friars will return to competition on October 10 at the New England Championship.

MONDO NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY POLLSeptember 30, 2003Rank    Team (First place votes)      Points1   Stanford (14)                 4782   Wisconsin (2)                 4663   Northern Arizona              4444   Arkansas                      4235   BYU                           4036   Colorado                      3977   Central Michigan              3918   Oregon                        3509   Colorado State                34310  Iona                          32211  Ohio State                    31712  Michigan                      31513  Arizona State                 26414  Georgetown                    23715  Virginia                      23316  Villanova                     22017  PROVIDENCE                    20918  Arizona                       20119  Indiana                       19620  William & Mary                18121  Portland                      14122  North Carolina State          13323  Oklahoma State                12824  Cal Poly San Luis Obispo      12725  Notre Dame                    12326  Texas A&M                     11327  Washington State              6428  LaSalle                       4629  Eastern Michigan              3530  Miami (Ohio)                  30

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