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Women's Cross Country Ranked Ninth in the country, pictures of Cara Laverty and Emily Bush

Women’s Cross Country Ranked Ninth In National Poll; Men Ranked Fourth In The Region

10/1/2024 4:35:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

It marks the third consecutive poll in which the women’s team has been ranked in the Top 10.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. The USTFCCCA released its latest Regional and National Coaches' Poll on Oct 1. The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked No. 1 in the Northeast Region and No. 9 in the nation. The Friar men's cross country team is ranked fourth in the Northeast Region.
 
The Providence College women's cross country team and the Friar men's cross country team competed at the University of Wisconsin's Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday, Sept. 27 in Madison, Wis. The Friar women finished fourth (180 points) out of 25 teams. The men finished 24th (654 points). The women's race featured 16 teams ranked in the top-30 in the national poll and the men's race had 16 teams ranked in the top-30 nationally. 

The Friar women's team was led by senior Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand). May finished strong in fifth place with a time of 20:12.4. Friar graduate students Shannon Flockhart (Longstanton, England) and Alex Millard (Kent, England) placed 13th  (20:25.8) and 19th (20:31.1), respectively. Senior Laura Mooney (Cappincur, Ireland) crossed the line in 58th-place with a time of 21:05.3. Freshman Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) rounded out the top five for the Friars, finishing 85th (21:20.1). A total of 190 runners finished the race.  

For the men, the Friars were led by senior Michael Morgan (Sligo, Ireland), who finished 62nd  (24:20.6).  There was a total of 179 runners who finished the race.
The Friars will return to action on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 12 p.m. at the New England Championships in Hopkinton, N.H.
 
For a full list of the Division I women's cross country national rankings, follow the link below:
 
https://www.ustfccca.org/2024/10/featured/2024-ncaa-di-womens-cross-country-national-coaches-poll-week-2

 For more information on Providence College men's and women's track and field teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter and Instagram.
 

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