Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country at Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational on October 3, 2025
Men's Cross Country
at Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational
Providence College Athletics
Friday, September 9
Attleboro, Mass.
3:15 PM-Women's 4:00 PM–Men's
Providence College
at
Friar Invitational
Friar Cross Country Teams To Open Season On Friday
9/7/2022 10:26:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
Friars will compete in the Friar Invitational at Highland Park in Attleboro.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men's and women's cross-country teams open the season on Friday, Sep. 9 at the Friar Invitational on the Mark Coogan Course at Highland Park in Attleboro, Mass. It will commence with the women's race at 3:15pm, followed by the men's race at 4:00pm. The Friar women will race against Stonybrook, New Hampshire, Xavier, and UCONN. The Friar men will face Stonybrook, New Hampshire, Xavier, URI, and Brown.
Junior Laura Mooney (Cappincur, Ireland) will be one of the top returners for the Friars this season. Mooney finished ninth at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships on Oct. 29, 2021 in a time of 21:08.6. At the 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, Mooney placed 60th (20:13.1) which led the Friars to a 26th place finish. Junior Shannon Flockhart (Longstanton, England) had an impressive sophomore season for the Friars after earning her second All-BIG EAST accolade for her 17th place finish (21:31.0) at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships. Flockhart also placed top 10 at the NCAA Division 1 Northeast Region Cross Country Championships. Senior Lilly Tuck (Sunderland, Canada) has earned three All-BIG EAST Cross Country accolades during her time at Providence. Most recently when she placed 16th at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships (21:26.6). Sophomore Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand), senior Alex O'Neill (Quin, Ireland) and graduate student Orla O'Connor (Waterford, Ireland) are expected to help place the Friars this season. Sophomore transfer Niamh O'Mahony (Kerry, Ireland) will also feature for the Friars.
Graduate student Marcelo Rocha (Peabody, Mass) returns for a fifth year after another successful season as a Friar. Rocha finished fourth at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships on Oct. 29, 2021 in a time of 24:22.7. Rocha also represented the Friars as an individual qualifier at the 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, where he placed 61st in a time of 29:25.8. Other top performers for the men's team include graduate student David McGlynn (Waterford, Ireland) and graduate transfer David Principe, Jr. (Johnston, RI). Junior Liam Back (New Plymouth, New Zealand) earned All-BIG EAST honors for his eighth-place finish at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships (24:32.2). Back also placed 19th (30:52.3) at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships, helping the Friars secure a fourth place finish. Sophomore Abdel Laadjel (Lucan, Ireland) and juniors Pat Thygesen (Brisbane, Australia) and Shane Coffey (Naas, Ireland) will assist in keeping the Friars competitive this season.
After the Friar Invitational, the men's and women's teams will return to action on Friday, September 30 at the Lehigh Paul Short Invite in Bethlehem, PA.
LIVE STATS: https://www.lancertiming.com/
Follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter for live updates.
-GO FRIARS-
Junior Laura Mooney (Cappincur, Ireland) will be one of the top returners for the Friars this season. Mooney finished ninth at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships on Oct. 29, 2021 in a time of 21:08.6. At the 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, Mooney placed 60th (20:13.1) which led the Friars to a 26th place finish. Junior Shannon Flockhart (Longstanton, England) had an impressive sophomore season for the Friars after earning her second All-BIG EAST accolade for her 17th place finish (21:31.0) at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships. Flockhart also placed top 10 at the NCAA Division 1 Northeast Region Cross Country Championships. Senior Lilly Tuck (Sunderland, Canada) has earned three All-BIG EAST Cross Country accolades during her time at Providence. Most recently when she placed 16th at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships (21:26.6). Sophomore Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand), senior Alex O'Neill (Quin, Ireland) and graduate student Orla O'Connor (Waterford, Ireland) are expected to help place the Friars this season. Sophomore transfer Niamh O'Mahony (Kerry, Ireland) will also feature for the Friars.
Graduate student Marcelo Rocha (Peabody, Mass) returns for a fifth year after another successful season as a Friar. Rocha finished fourth at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships on Oct. 29, 2021 in a time of 24:22.7. Rocha also represented the Friars as an individual qualifier at the 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, where he placed 61st in a time of 29:25.8. Other top performers for the men's team include graduate student David McGlynn (Waterford, Ireland) and graduate transfer David Principe, Jr. (Johnston, RI). Junior Liam Back (New Plymouth, New Zealand) earned All-BIG EAST honors for his eighth-place finish at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships (24:32.2). Back also placed 19th (30:52.3) at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships, helping the Friars secure a fourth place finish. Sophomore Abdel Laadjel (Lucan, Ireland) and juniors Pat Thygesen (Brisbane, Australia) and Shane Coffey (Naas, Ireland) will assist in keeping the Friars competitive this season.
After the Friar Invitational, the men's and women's teams will return to action on Friday, September 30 at the Lehigh Paul Short Invite in Bethlehem, PA.
LIVE STATS: https://www.lancertiming.com/
Follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter for live updates.
-GO FRIARS-
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