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Men's Cross Country Ranked 28th In Mondo National Poll

9/28/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country

Sept. 28, 2005

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College men's cross country team (58 points) is ranked 28th in the latest NCAA Mondo national poll, which was released on September 27. Wisconsin (473 points) kept the No. 1 position for the second consecutive week as it received eight first-place votes. Arkansas (465 points), Colorado (458 points), Brigham Young (410 points) and Stanford (414 points) round out the top five.

Providence is coming off a 10th-place performance (out of 27 teams) at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational on September 24 in Falcon Heights, Minn. Senior Martin Fagan (Mullingar, Ireland) paced the way for the Friars as he placed seventh in a time of 24:25. Sophomore Ahmed Haji (West Hartford, Conn.) finished 14th in a time of 24:42, while senior Joe Dionne (Oshawa, Ontario) recorded a 44th-place finish in a time of 25:13. Junior Nick Weidman of Sudbury, Mass. (71st - 25:34) and graduate student Liam Reale of Hospital, Ireland (122nd - 26:21) also scored for the Friars.

The Friars return to action on Friday, October 15 at the Penn State Invitational.

MONDO NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY POLLSeptember 27, 2005Rank    Team (First place votes)        Points1.      Wisconsin (8)                   4672.      Arkansas (4)                    4653.      Colorado (4)                    4584.      Brigham Young                   4295.      Stanford                        4126.      Notre Dame                      3947.      Arizona                         3848.      Iona                            3579.      Texas                           34810.     Iowa                            33511.     Cal Poly San Luis Obispo        31312.     Georgetown                      28613.     UTEP                            27214.     Michigan                        26315.     William & Mary                  24616.     Ohio State                      23917.     North Carolina State            20118.     Florida State                   19819.     Indiana                         16620.     Minnesota                       16421.     Air Force                       15422.     Portland                        14223.     Arizona State                   13024.     Kansas                          10125.     American                        8626.     Colorado State                  7427.     Virginia                        6128.     PROVIDENCE                      5829.     Northern Arizona                4930.     Butler                          43

Also receiving votes: Oregon 33, Oklahoma State 30, Washington 25, Florida 19, Alabama 16, Dartmouth 5, Weber State 4, California 3, Miami (Ohio) 3, Michigan State 3, Georgia 2, Villanova 2, Columbia 1.

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Martin Fagan

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Ahmed Haji

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