Cross Country Competes At NCAA Regionals

Nov. 11, 2006

BRONX, N.Y. - The Providence College men's and women's cross country teams competed at the NCAA Regionals on Saturday, November 11 at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. The men's team finished second with 72 points and earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. on November 20. The women's team finished third with 97 points and will await an at-large selection to the NCAA Championships.

Senior Martin Fagan (Mullingar, Ireland) won the men's 10K race to pace the Friars in a time of 30:40.7. He completed the course 45-seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Mohamed Khadroui of Iona (31:26.4). Junior Ahmed Haji (West Hartford, Conn.) finished fourth overall with a time of 31:30.3. Junior Max Smith (Dunedin, New Zealand) also placed among the top-10 in 10th place overall in 31:56.3. Senior Nicholas Weidman (Sudbury, Mass.) and freshman Hayden McLaren (Christchurch, New Zealand) also scored for Providence. Weidman finished the race 16th (32:16.8) and McLaren placed 41st (33:04.3). Iona placed first in the team standings with 59 points. Iona also earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships.

On the women's side, graduate student Aine Hoban (Wakefield, England) paced the Friars with a third-place finish in a time of 20:59.6. Also scoring for Providence was sophomore Katie DiCamillo (Garden City, N.Y.), freshman Krystal Douglas (Harpswell, Maine), freshman Breffini Twohig (Dublin, Ireland) and junior Mary Nelle Trefz (Iowa City, Iowa). DiCamillo placed 13th (21:42.8) and Douglas was on her heels with a 14th-place finish in a time of 21:45.2. Twohig placed 20th (21:59.9) and Trefz rounded out PC's list of scorers in 47th (22:46.7). Boston College finished first in the team standings with 82 points. Iona placed second with 85 points. BC and Iona each receive an automatic berth to the NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Providence cross country returns to action on Monday, November 20 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind.

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY@ NCAA Regionals - Van Cortlandt Park - Bronx, N.Y.Saturday, November 11, 20063rd of 37
TOP-10 INDIVIDUAL FINISHESPlace Athlete School Time1. Salome Kosgei Iona 20:45.32. Lindsay Donaldson Yale 20:45.93. Aine Hoban PC 20:59.64. Catherine Parker UNH 21:08.95. Toni Salucci Cornell 21:10.86. McKayla Plank Iona 21:14.97. Mallory Champa BC 21:19.08. Jillian Sullivan UConn 21:22.69. Marisa Ryan BU 21:24.310. Emmily Chelenga Iona 21:29.1
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13. Katie DiCamillo PC 21:42.814. Krystal Douglas PC 21:45.220. Breffini Twohig PC 21:59.947. Mary Nelle Trefz PC 22:46.7
TOP-FIVE TEAM FINISHES OF 37 (points)1. Boston College 822. Iona 853. Providence 974. Columbia 1285. Cornell 135

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY@ NCAA Regionals - Van Cortlandt Park - Bronx, N.Y.Saturday, November 11, 20062nd of 38
TOP-10 INDIVIDUAL FINISHESPlace Athlete School Time1. Martin Fagan PC 30:40.72. Mohamed Khadroui Iona 31:26.43. Ben True Dartmouth 31:28.34. Ahmed Haji PC 31:30.35. Abraham Ng'eitch Iona 31:35.16. Patrick Mellea BC 31:36.87. Harbert Okuti Iona 31:46.98. Max Feldman UConn 31:50.59. Tim Galebach Harvard 31:51.110. Max Smith PC 31:56.3
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16. Nicholas Weidman PC 32:16.841. Hayden McLaren PC 33:04.351. Richard Yeates PC 33:17.964. Matt Kinback PC 33:35.3
TOP-FIVE TEAM FINISHES OF 38 (points)1. Iona 592. Providence 723. Syracuse 1024. Harvard 1615. Columbia 182

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Players Mentioned

Katie DiCamillo

Krystal Douglas

Martin Fagan

Ahmed Haji

Aine Hoban

Hayden McLaren

Max Smith

Mary Trefz

Breffini Twohig

Nicholas Weidman

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