Providence College Athletics

Friday, October 18
Princeton, N.J.
10:30 a.m.

Providence College

at

Princeton Fall Classic

Michael Morgan running at the Princeton Fall Classic 2024
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No. 10 Women’s Cross Country Places Second At Princeton Fall Classic; Men Finish 10th.

10/18/2024 1:24:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Kimberley May won the 6K race and Michael Morgan placed 22nd in the 8K for the men.

PRINCETON, N.J.– The Providence College men's and women's cross country teams competed in the Princeton Fall Classic at the Meadows Campus at Princeton University on Friday, October 18. The women's team placed second of 22 teams (65 points) overall and was led by senior Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand) who won the race in a time of 19:16.3.  The men placed 10th of 21 teams and were paced by senior Michael Morgan (Sligo, Ireland).  Morgan finished 22nd in a time of 23:22.8.

The Friar women entered the race ranked 10th nationally and first in the Northeast Region.

After May, graduate students Alex Millard (Kent, England) and  Shannon Flockhart (Longstanton, England),) both finished in the top 10.  Millard was fifth (19:36.2) and Flockhart placed 10th (19:51.2).  Rounding out the scoring for the Friars was seniors Niamh O'Mahony (Kerry, Ireland) and Laura Mooney (Cappincur, Ireland).  O'Mahony was 20th (20:11.1) and Mooney was 29th (20:21.3).  A total of 236 runners finished the race.   

The men's team, which was ranked fifth in the Northeast Region, was paced by Morgan.  After Morgan, freshman Cormac Dixon (Dublin, Ireland) placed 35th (23:40.4), graduate student Liam Back (New Plymouth, England) finished 59th (24:01.6) and graduate student Pat Thygesen (Brisbane, Australia) was 60th (24:02.8).  Junior Zane Powell (Auckland, New Zealand) was the final scorer for the Friars, finishing 92nd (24:23.1).  The men's race featured 225 runners.

Results: https://results.leonetiming.com/xc.html?mid=7509
 
The Friars will return to action on Friday, October 25 at the Central Connecticut State University Mini Meet in New Britain, Conn. at 3:00 p.m.
 
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