Cross Country Competes At New England Championship

HOPKINTON, N.H. – The Providence College men's and women's cross country teams competed in the New England Championship on Friday, Oct. 10 at the Hopkinton Fairgrounds in Hopkinton, N.H. The Friar women scored 67 points and placed first overall to defeat 24 teams. It marked the 12^th time the Friar women won the New England title. PC was led senior Niamh O'Mahony (Kerry, Ireland), who won women's 5k race in a time of 17:08.18. It marked the 10^th time a PC women's runner had won the individual title and the first since Roisin McGettigan in 2001. The Friar men had four runners compete in the 8k race and were led by senior Grady Satterfield (Bowdoinham, Maine), who placed 52^nd (25:37.47). It was the 112^th running of the New England Men's Cross Country Championship and the 51^st running of the Women's Championship.

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In addition to O'Mahony, sophomore Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and freshman Emilia O'Leary (East Aurora, N.Y.) also placed in the top 10 for the Friars. Bush was fifth (17:35.24) and O'Leary placed eighth (17:44.34). Freshman Lucia West (Raleigh, N.C.) and junior Shea Podbelski (Norton, Mass.) also scored for PC. West finished 18^th (18:14.40) and Podbelski rounded out the scoring, placing 35^th (18:35.62).

The Friars will return to action on Friday, Oct. 17 when the women's team heads to the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wis. and the men compete at the Princeton Fall Classic in Princeton, N.J.

For more information on the Providence College men's and women's cross country teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on X and Instagram.

-GO FRIARS!-

Cross Country Competes At New England Championship

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Players Mentioned

Emily Bush

Emilia O'Leary

Shea Podbelski

Grady Satterfield

Lucia West

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