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Providence College Athletics
Cross Country Moves Up In National Poll
9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Sept. 21, 2016
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College cross country programs were both ranked in the latest USTFCCCA national poll on Sept. 20. The women’s team moved up to second in the nation while the men dropped from 20th to 31st.
The women’s team received this ranking after an impressive performance at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown Invitational. The Friars had their entire top seven place in the top 20. Most notably, Providence took the three through seven spots with a seven second spread between its first and fifth runner to win the meet with 25 points. Providence is now ranked only behind last year's NCAA Champions, New Mexico. The top two teams are only separated by five points (351-346).
The men’s team also competed at the Beantown Invitational, finishing second behind fellow Northeast school, Dartmouth College. The Friars are now ranked 31st in the nation.
The Friars’s next race will be the Notre Dame Invitational on Sept. 30 in South Bend, Ind.
WOMEN’S RANKING (First Place Votes) – Points
1-New Mexico (8) -351
2-Providence (3) – 346
3-Colorado (1) – 344
4-Oregon -323
5-NC State – 296
6-Boise State – 292
7-Stanford – 280
8-Oklahoma State – 264
9-Michigan State -252
10-Michigan -250
11-Arkansas – 241
12-Washington – 239
13-Penn State – 211
14-Virginia – 183
16-Notre Dame – 182
17-Syracuse – 169
18-Iowa State – 158
19-Georgetown – 157
20-BYU – 146
21-San Francisco- 130
22-Kansas – 87
23-Penn – 81
24-Yale – 75
25-Vanderbilt – 69
26-Minnesota – 64
27-Harvard- 55
28-Weber State – 48
29-Mississippi State – 46
30-Portland – 37
31-Princeton – 30
MEN’S RANKINGS (First Place Votes) – Points
1-Syracuse (12) – 360
2-Northern Arizona – 335
3-Oregon -334
4-Stanford – 323
5-Colorado – 313
6-Arkansas – 296
7-Georgetown – 277
8-Eastern Kentucky – 254
9-Oklahoma State – 242
10-Wisconsin -231
11-Virginia – 204
12-BYU – 194
13-Indiana – 193
14-Boise State - 189
15-UTEP – 166
15-Iona – 166
17-Michigan – 150
18-Mississippi -132
19-Oklahoma – 130
19-Portland – 130
21-Washington – 128
22-Furman – 104
23-NC State – 82
24- Colorado State – 75
25-Columbia – 70
26-Southern Utah – 68
27- Washington State – 66
28-Tulsa – 61
29-Penn 69
30-Michigan State – 54
31- Providence - 40
-GO FRIARS!-
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