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Providence College Athletics
Women's Cross Country Team To Be Honored On January 25 At URI
1/22/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Jan. 22, 2004
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College women's cross country team has been selected to receive an award presented by the Rhode Island Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. The association's award will be presented for Outstanding Athletic Achievement in Intercollegiate Athletics. The team will be honored on Sunday, January 25 at 2:00 p.m. during the University of Rhode Island vs. Xavier University women's basketball game at the Thomas M. Ryan Convocation Center in Kingston, R.I.
The Friars made their 15th-consecutive appearance at NCAA Cross Country Championship held in Waterloo, Iowa on November 24, and finished third. It marked the Friars' best finish at the NCAA's since the team captured the NCAA title in 1995. Providence College has finished in the top-10 at 14 of the last 15 NCAA Cross Country Championships.
PC was led by junior Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand), who finished second overall, marking the highest finish by a Friar runner since 1996. Smith is only the fourth PC runner ever to finish second at the NCAA Championship. Junior Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) placed fifth overall. Smith and Cullen each earned All-America honors for their performance, and were the 105th and 106th All-Americans at Providence College in the 20-year career of Head Coach Ray Treacy.
Smith won five of the seven races that Providence competed in this season and finished second in the other two meets. She won individual titles at the BIG EAST Conference Championship, the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship, the Roy Griak Invitational and the Penn State Invitational.
As a team, Providence won its third NCAA Northeast Regional title and finished second at the BIG EAST Conference Championship. Ray Treacy was named 2003 Northeast Regional Coach of the Year. It marked the seventh time since 1990 that Treacy has earned the honor.
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