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2/18/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
Feb. 18, 2004
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's indoor track & field team (23 points) is ranked 10th in the Trackwire 25 poll, which was released on February 17. The Poll is based on projected scores for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship.
The Friars, who competed at the St. Valentine Invitational on February 13-14 in Boston, Mass., are led by juniors Kim Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) and Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland). Smith has automatically qualified for the NCAA's in the mile, the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters. In addition, she has set Providence College records in the mile (4:30.61 on Feb. 10) and the 5,000 meters (15:18.54 on Jan. 31). She also holds the world record in the 3,000 meters (9:04.90) this season. Cullen, a cross country and track All-American has automatically qualified for the NCAA's in the mile and the 3,000 meters.
Providence will compete at the BIG EAST Championship on February 21-22 in Syracuse, N.Y.
Trackwire 25 Women's Indoor Track & Field PollFebruary 17, 2004Rank Team Points1 Louisiana 522 Texas 49 Florida 494 UCLA 435 Nebraska 416 Tennessee 347 Georgia 328 North Carolina 269 BYU 2410 Stanford 23 PROVIDENCE 2312 Miami 2113 Arkansas 2014 Colorado 1815 South Carolina 1716 Baylor 1517 Notre Dame 12 Cal Poly 1219 Auburn 1120 Georgia Tech 10 Georgetown 1022 Wisconsin 823 Michigan 724 Mississippi St. 6 Connecticut 6 Kentucky 6 Arizona State 6 West Virginia 6