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at Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, November 20
Tallahassee, FL
10:20 AM
Providence College
at
NCAA Championship
Photo by: Stew Milne
Women's Cross Country Receives At-Large Bid to NCAA Championships
11/13/2021 5:55:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College women's cross country team earned an at-large selection to the 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship. The race will take place on Saturday, Nov. 20 at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Fla. The women's race will begin at 10:20 a.m. ET followed by the men's race at 11:10 a.m. ET.
LIVE STATS: https://live.pttiming.com/XC-PTT.html?mid=2431
LIVE STREAM: The NCAA Cross Country Championships will be broadcast live on ESPNU and the ESPN App beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 20.
The Friar women will be returning to the NCAA Championship for the 29th time in program history. This will be the programs first appearance since 2017. In 2017, the Friars tabbed a 16th place finish. The women's team has won the national championship title twice in program history, in 1995 and 2013.
Providence added to its NCAA resume on Saturday, placing third at the NCAA Northeast Regionals in Boston, Mass. Maria Coffin (Annapolis, Md.) continued her strong graduate year campaign by earning fourth overall (20:40), out of a field of 250 runners. Sophomores Laura Mooney (Cappincur, Ireland) and Shannon Flockhart (Longstanton, England) were the second and third runners across the line for Providence, also finishing top-10. Mooney finished seventh (20:44) overall and Flockhart was not far behind finishing 10th (21:00).
Juniors Ashley Foley (Beverly, Mass.), Alex O'Neill (Ennis, Ireland), Lilly Tuck (Sunderland, Canada), Orla O'Connor (Waterford, Ireland) and Freshman Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand) round out the eight runners who will be traveling for Providence.
On the men's side, graduate student Marcelo Rocha (Peabody, Mass.) earned an individual spot at the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a ninth-place finish (30:26) at the NCAA Northeast Regionals. Rocha is the first Friar on the men's side to qualify on an individual basis since 2016. Rocha has had an impressive season, receiving BIG EAST Athlete of the Week Honors twice this season.
-GO FRIARS!-
LIVE STATS: https://live.pttiming.com/XC-PTT.html?mid=2431
LIVE STREAM: The NCAA Cross Country Championships will be broadcast live on ESPNU and the ESPN App beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 20.
The Friar women will be returning to the NCAA Championship for the 29th time in program history. This will be the programs first appearance since 2017. In 2017, the Friars tabbed a 16th place finish. The women's team has won the national championship title twice in program history, in 1995 and 2013.
Providence added to its NCAA resume on Saturday, placing third at the NCAA Northeast Regionals in Boston, Mass. Maria Coffin (Annapolis, Md.) continued her strong graduate year campaign by earning fourth overall (20:40), out of a field of 250 runners. Sophomores Laura Mooney (Cappincur, Ireland) and Shannon Flockhart (Longstanton, England) were the second and third runners across the line for Providence, also finishing top-10. Mooney finished seventh (20:44) overall and Flockhart was not far behind finishing 10th (21:00).
Juniors Ashley Foley (Beverly, Mass.), Alex O'Neill (Ennis, Ireland), Lilly Tuck (Sunderland, Canada), Orla O'Connor (Waterford, Ireland) and Freshman Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand) round out the eight runners who will be traveling for Providence.
On the men's side, graduate student Marcelo Rocha (Peabody, Mass.) earned an individual spot at the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a ninth-place finish (30:26) at the NCAA Northeast Regionals. Rocha is the first Friar on the men's side to qualify on an individual basis since 2016. Rocha has had an impressive season, receiving BIG EAST Athlete of the Week Honors twice this season.
-GO FRIARS!-
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