Women's Cross Country Remains Second In FinishLynx National Poll

Sept. 21, 2004

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team maintained its No. 2 ranking in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, which was released on Tuesday, September 21. Providence received 376 points and three first-place votes.

Stanford also kept its No. 1 position in the poll with 386 points and 10 first-place votes. Brigham Young (365 points, one first-place vote), Notre Dame (354 points) and North Carolina State (332 points) round out the top five.

In its last competition, Providence placed first out of 18 teams at the Fordham Invitational on September 11 at Van Cortlandt Park in New York, N.Y. Senior Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) paced the way for the Friars as she captured the race in a time of 17:26, while classmate Deirdre Byrne (Wicklow, Ireland) was second in a time of 18:19. Also scoring for the Friars were senior Katie Twarog of Albany, N.Y. (seventh, 19:01), junior Jane Nalder of Wellington, New Zealand (eighth, 19:07) and freshman Ashley Hughes of Phoenix, N.Y. (17th, 19:20).

Providence, which also won its season opening meet (Providence College Invitational on September 3), will travel to Minneapolis, Minn., to compete at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 25 at 1:10 PM EST.


FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLSeptember 21, 2004Rank    Team (First place votes)        Points1   Stanford (10)                   3862   PROVIDENCE (3)                  3763   Brigham Young (1)               3654   Notre Dame                      3545   North Carolina State            3326   Colorado                        3187   Michigan                        3098   Princeton                       2969.  UCLA                            28710  Villanova                       26711. North Carolina                  24912. Wake Forest                     23513. Columbia                        23014. Missouri                        22715. Georgetown                      20016. Arkansas                        19417. Duke                            18818. Marquette                       15519. Idaho                           135    Tennessee                       13521. Penn State                      12022. Arizona State                   11623. Michigan State                  10724. Texas Tech                      8425. Washington                      8126. Colorado State                  6227. Yale                            5928. Southern Methodist              3829. Oklahoma                        3030  West Virginia                   25

Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Virginia 16, Baylor 11, Purdue 10, William and Mary 8, Georgia 6, Indiana 5, Nevada 5, California 4, Northern Arizona 2, UC-Santa Barbara 1.

Completed Event: Women's Cross Country versus Friar Invitational on September 5, 2025 ,

Completed Event: Women's Cross Country at Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational on October 3, 2025 ,

Completed Event: Women's Cross Country at New England Championship on October 10, 2025 ,

Completed Event: Women's Cross Country at Nuttycombe Invitational on October 17, 2025 ,

Completed Event: Women's Cross Country at Rothenberg Run on October 24, 2025 ,

Completed Event: Women's Cross Country at BIG EAST Championship on October 31, 2025 ,

Completed Event: Women's Cross Country at NCAA Northeast Regional on November 14, 2025 ,

Upcoming Event: Women's Cross Country at NCAA Championship on November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM ET

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Women's Cross Country Remains Second In FinishLynx National Poll

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