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Alex O'Neill, Shannon Flockhart - Cross Country BIG EAST Championship

Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Teams Updated Rankings

11/1/2022 2:57:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Friar women ranked No. 18 in nation, men 3rd in Northeast

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The USTFCCCA released its most recent Regional and National Coaches' Poll on Nov. 1. The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked No. 1 in the Northeast Region and No. 18 in the nation. The Friar men's cross country team remains third in the Northeast Region and is receiving votes in the national poll.
 
The Providence College men's and women's team competed in the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships in Attleboro, Mass. this past weekend on Oct. 29. The Friar women finished second out of 11 teams and the Friar men finished second out of nine teams. Freshman Jane Buckley (Cork, Ireland) finished the women's race first in a time of 20:06, making her the first Friar freshman and second freshman in league history to win the BIG EAST Cross Country title. Graduate student Marcelo Rocha (Peabody, Mass.) led the men's team with a sixth-place finish in a time of 23:35.
 
The Friar men and women toe the line next on Nov. 11 at the NCAA Northeast Regionals held at Van Cortlandt Park in New York, N.Y.
 
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