Completed Event: Women's Cross Country versus Friar Invitational on September 5, 2025 ,
Women's Cross Country
vs Friar Invitational
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Providence College Athletics
Providence Women’s Cross Country Ranked Seventh In USTFCCCA National Rankings
9/30/2025 3:37:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
It marks the third consecutive poll in which the women’s team was ranked in the Top 10.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The USTFCCCA released its latest Regional and National Coaches' Poll on September 30. The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked No.1 in the Northeast Region and No. 7 in the nation. The team has been ranked in the Top 10 in the last three polls and are the highest ranked BIG EAST team.
In the Friars' last meet at the Friar Invitational in Attleboro, Mass. on Sept. 5, sophomore Gabby Schmidt (Brisbane, Australia) won the women's race (4k) in a time of 14:07.82 and led the team to a first-place finish over three other teams. It marked the sixth-consecutive year that the Friar women's team has won the Friar Invitational. After Schmidt, senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) and freshman Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand) finished second and third, respectively.
The Friars will return to action on Friday, Oct. 3 at the Sean Earl Lake Front Invitational on Chicago, Ill. Providence will compete with seven other ranked teams at the meet, including No. 2 NC State and No. 11 University of Washington.
For a full list of the Division I women's cross country national rankings, follow the link below:
https://www.ustfccca.org/2025/09/featured/2025-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 X and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS!-
In the Friars' last meet at the Friar Invitational in Attleboro, Mass. on Sept. 5, sophomore Gabby Schmidt (Brisbane, Australia) won the women's race (4k) in a time of 14:07.82 and led the team to a first-place finish over three other teams. It marked the sixth-consecutive year that the Friar women's team has won the Friar Invitational. After Schmidt, senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) and freshman Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand) finished second and third, respectively.
The Friars will return to action on Friday, Oct. 3 at the Sean Earl Lake Front Invitational on Chicago, Ill. Providence will compete with seven other ranked teams at the meet, including No. 2 NC State and No. 11 University of Washington.
For a full list of the Division I women's cross country national rankings, follow the link below:
https://www.ustfccca.org/2025/09/featured/2025-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 X and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS!-
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