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Providence College Athletics
Friday, October 14
Madison, Wis.
1:20 PM–Women's 2:00 PM–Men's
Providence College
at
Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invite
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Providence College Men’s and Women’s Cross Country To Compete At Nuttycombe Invitational On Friday
10/13/2022 11:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
The Friars will travel to Madison, Wis. for the Nuttycombe Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men's and women's cross country teams will compete in the Nuttycombe Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, Oct. 14. The race will be held at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course. The women's race will start at 1:20 p.m. (EST), followed by the men's race at 2:00 p.m. (EST.)
The Friar women enter the race ranked 16th nationally and second in the Northeast Region. The men's team comes in ranked fourth in the Northeast Region. Both the men's and women's team will be competing in a field of 24 out of the top-30 nationally ranked programs.
Junior Liam Back (New Plymouth, New Zealand) and graduate student David Principe, Jr. (Johnston, R.I.) will lead the Friars at the line. The Friar men finished second at the Friar Invitational and placed sixth at the Lehigh Paul Short Invite. Back has led the Friar men in both races this fall finishing third overall (24:40.84) at the Friar Invitational and 12th (23:17.3) at the Paul Short Invite. Principe finished second for the Friars and 14th overall at the Paul Short Invite with a time of 23:18.0.
Leading the pack for the women will be senior Lilly Tuck (Sunderland, Canada) and freshman Jane Buckley (Cork, Ireland). Tuck finished the Friar Invitational in first place with a time of 17:16.42. For her performance, she earned BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week. At the Paul Short Invite, she finished second for the Friars and 37th overall (20:14.8). Buckley finished ahead of Tuck in 7th place in 19:40.8 for her first collegiate race.
Following the Nuttycombe Invitational, the Friars will host the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship on Oct. 29 in Attleboro, Mass.
LIVE STATS: https://live.pttiming.com/XC-PTT.html?mid=5222
LIVE STREAM: https://nuttycombe-invitational.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&event_id=4311&folder_id=11845
Follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter for live updates.
-GO FRIARS-
The Friar women enter the race ranked 16th nationally and second in the Northeast Region. The men's team comes in ranked fourth in the Northeast Region. Both the men's and women's team will be competing in a field of 24 out of the top-30 nationally ranked programs.
Junior Liam Back (New Plymouth, New Zealand) and graduate student David Principe, Jr. (Johnston, R.I.) will lead the Friars at the line. The Friar men finished second at the Friar Invitational and placed sixth at the Lehigh Paul Short Invite. Back has led the Friar men in both races this fall finishing third overall (24:40.84) at the Friar Invitational and 12th (23:17.3) at the Paul Short Invite. Principe finished second for the Friars and 14th overall at the Paul Short Invite with a time of 23:18.0.
Leading the pack for the women will be senior Lilly Tuck (Sunderland, Canada) and freshman Jane Buckley (Cork, Ireland). Tuck finished the Friar Invitational in first place with a time of 17:16.42. For her performance, she earned BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week. At the Paul Short Invite, she finished second for the Friars and 37th overall (20:14.8). Buckley finished ahead of Tuck in 7th place in 19:40.8 for her first collegiate race.
Following the Nuttycombe Invitational, the Friars will host the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship on Oct. 29 in Attleboro, Mass.
LIVE STATS: https://live.pttiming.com/XC-PTT.html?mid=5222
LIVE STREAM: https://nuttycombe-invitational.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&event_id=4311&folder_id=11845
Follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter for live updates.
-GO FRIARS-
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