Women's Cross Country Ranked No. 2 In National Poll

Nov. 5, 2004

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In the latest FinishLynx National Poll, the Providence College women's cross country team received 373 points and maintained its No. 2 ranking for the seventh consecutive week.

Providence competed on Friday, October 29 at the BIG EAST Championships and scored 49 points to capture the event for the fourth time in school history and the first time since 1997.

Senior Kim Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) became only the fifth athlete to win multiple BIG EAST titles as she won the race in a time of 19:23. Her time was a BIG EAST Conference record by one minute and it also was the second fastest time ever run on the 6K course at Franklin Park. Providence had three runners finish in the top four. In addition to Smith, senior Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) took second-place (20:10), while junior Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) placed fourth (20:11). Rouding out the scorers for Providence were senior Deirdre Byrne of Wicklow, Ireland (15th-21:09) and junior Jane Nalder of Wellington, New Zealand (20th- 21:26).

Providence will compete at the NCAA Northeast Regionals on Saturday, November 13 at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. The Friars will aim to qualify for the NCAA's for the 16th consecutive season.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLNovember 2, 2004Rank    Team (First place votes)        Points1       Stanford (13)                   3902       PROVIDENCE                      3733       Colorado                        3664       Michigan                        3485       Duke                            3386       Notre Dame                      3277       Arizona State                   3088       North Carolina                  3039       Missouri                        28310      North Carolina State            25611      Brigham Young                   25212      Southern Methodist              23413      Michigan State                  22714      Villanova                       21615      Tennessee                       21916      Illinois                        18717      UC Santa Barbara                18018      Arkansas                        16719      Columbia                        15620      Princeton                       13721      Wake Forest                     12722      Georgia                         11623      Colorado State                  9224      Georgetown                      7625      Washington                      60

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Women's Cross Country Ranked No. 2 In National Poll

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