Completed Event: Women's Cross Country versus Friar Invitational on September 5, 2025 ,
Women's Cross Country
vs Friar Invitational
Final
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, November 22
Columbia, Mo.
10:20 AM ET
Providence College
at
NCAA Championship
Friar Women’s Cross Country Team Competes at NCAA Championship
11/22/2025 2:01:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
Friar women ran at the NCAA Championship for the 33rd time in program history.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.– The Providence College women's cross country team competed in the NCAA Cross Country Championship on Saturday, November 22 in Columbia, Mo. The race was held at the Gans Creek Championship Cross Country Course. The Friars finished 32nd in the women's 6k race as they were making their 33rd appearance all-time and fifth consecutive at the championship.
LIVE RESULTS: https://live.pttiming.com/xc-ptt.html?mid=8126
The Friar women's team was led by sophomore Anna Gardiner (Downpatrick, Northern Ireland), who finished 123rd (99th scoring, 20:04.6.). Senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland), sophomore Gabby Schmidt (Brisbane, Australia), freshman Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand) and sophomore Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) all scored for the Friars. Laverty was 197th (161 scoring, 20:34.3) and Schmidt finished 199th (163 scoring, 20:35.1). Rounding out the scoring for Providence was Currie (208th, 172 scoring, 20:41.9) and Bush (235th, 198 scoring, 21:04.1).
The Friars qualified automatically for the NCAA Championship after capturing a second-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship on Nov. 15. at Hopkinton Fairgrounds in Hopkinton, N.H.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's cross country teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on X and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS!-
LIVE RESULTS: https://live.pttiming.com/xc-ptt.html?mid=8126
The Friar women's team was led by sophomore Anna Gardiner (Downpatrick, Northern Ireland), who finished 123rd (99th scoring, 20:04.6.). Senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland), sophomore Gabby Schmidt (Brisbane, Australia), freshman Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand) and sophomore Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) all scored for the Friars. Laverty was 197th (161 scoring, 20:34.3) and Schmidt finished 199th (163 scoring, 20:35.1). Rounding out the scoring for Providence was Currie (208th, 172 scoring, 20:41.9) and Bush (235th, 198 scoring, 21:04.1).
The Friars qualified automatically for the NCAA Championship after capturing a second-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship on Nov. 15. at Hopkinton Fairgrounds in Hopkinton, N.H.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's cross country teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on X and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS!-
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/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
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