Upcoming Event: Women's Cross Country versus Friar Invitational on September 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Women's Cross Country
vs Friar Invitational
3:15 PM
Providence College Athletics
Friday, September 5
Attleboro, Mass.
3:15 PM
Providence College
vs
Friar Invitational
Cross Country Teams Compete At The Friar Invitational
9/5/2025 7:16:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
Women place first as Gabby Schmidt captures individual title and the men finish fifth.
ATTLEBORO, Mass. – The Providence College men's and women's cross country teams competed in the annual Friar Invitational on Friday, Sept. 5 at the Mark Coogan Course at Highland Park in Attleboro, Mass. The seventh-ranked Friar women scored 20 points and placed first overall defeating Boston University (second - 46 points), Dartmouth (third - 81 points) and Brown (fourth – 83 points). PC sophomore Gabby Schmidt (Brisbane, Australia) won the 4 K race in a time of 14:07.82. The Friar men finished fifth (80 points) in the 6 K race and were led by sophomore Cormac Dixon (Dublin, Ireland), who placed eighth (18:42.58).
RESULTS: https://lancertiming.com/index.htm
After Schmidt, senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) and freshman Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand) finished second and third, respectively. Laverty ran a time of 14:29.18 and Currie finished the four kilometers in 14:34.43. Senior Niamh O'Mahony (Kerry, Ireland) and freshman Emilia O'Leary (East Aurora, N.Y.) rounded out the scoring for PC. O'Mahony placed sixth (14:45.53) and O'Leary was eighth (14:56.14).
"Happy for the women's team, it was a strong start to the season," Head Coach Ray Treacy said. "It was great season opening race for Gabby [Schmidt]. Now we will look to build from this."
In addition to Dixon, also finishing in the top-13 for the men's team were sophomore Ryan LoCicero (Bloomfield, N.J.), who was 12th (18:47.97), and sophomore Daniel Prescott (Christchurch, New Zealand), who placed 13th (18:49.94). Also scoring for the Friars were sophomore Elliott Pugh (Tauranga, New Zealand) and junior Will Johnston (Auckland, New Zealand). Pugh was 19th (19:07.77) and Johnston was 29th (19:28.42).
The Friars will return to action on Friday, Oct. 3 at the Sean Earl Lake Front Invitational in Chicago, Ill.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on X and Instagram.
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