Women’s Cross Country Team Captures The BIG EAST Championship; Men’s Squad Placed Third

Gallery: (10-30-2026) 2026 BIG EAST Cross Country Championship

MECHANICSVILLE, Va.– The Providence College men's and women's cross country teams competed at the BIG EAST Championship on Friday, October 30 at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va. The Friar women's team scored 36 points on the 6K course and placed first of 11 teams. It marked the Friar women's team's ninth BIG EAST Cross Country title and first since 2016. It is the seventh consecutive year and 15^th time in the last 16 years that the Friar women finished in the top three at the BIG EAST Championship. The team was led by junior Gabby Schmidt (Brisbane, Australia), who finished second (19:36.2) of 100 runners and earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors. All five of the Friar runners that scored finished in the top 13 and four finished in the top nine. On the men's side, the Friars placed third of nine teams after scoring 76 points on the 8K course. It is the 30^th time the men's squad finished in the top three at the BIG EAST Championship in the 47-year history of the event. Junior Cormac Dixon (Dublin, Ireland) paced the Friars, finishing fifth (23:27.2) of 80 runners. He earned First Team All-BIG EAST honors.

In addition to the team's success, Providence College coaches Tim Brock, Cat Braz-Rocha, Sinead Evans and Sam Otis were named BIG EAST Women's Coaching Staff of the Year.

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After Schmidt, junior Anna Gardiner (Downpatrick, Ireland) placed fifth in a time of 19:55.1. Graduate student Megan Harris (Leigh-On-Sea, Essex), placed seventh (20:15.3) and junior Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) was ninth (20:18.9) to round out the Friars who placed in the top-10 and earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors. Sophomore Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand) finished 13^th in a time of 20:40.0 to conclude the scoring for the Friars. She earned Second Team All-BIG EAST accolades.

In addition to Currie, junior Annie Mann (Hampshire, England) and sophomore Lucia West (Raleigh, N.C.) each received All-BIG EAST Second Team honors after finishing 15^th (20:46.9) and 17^th (20:49.5), respectively.

Pacing the Friars on the men's side after Dixon was junior Daniel Prescott (Christchurch, New Zealand), who was 15^th (24:00.5), senior Tyler Bartlett (Fairfield, Conn.), who placed 16^th (24:00.9), graduate student Jack Small (Kent, England), who was 18^th (24:09.5) and junior Ryan LoCicero (Bloomfield, N.J.), who finished 22^nd (24:14.7). Prescott, Bartlett and Small all earned Second Team All-BIG EAST accolades.

The Friars will return to action at the NCAA Northeast Regional in Farmingdale, N.Y. on Friday, Nov. 13.

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

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Players Mentioned

Tyler Bartlett

Emily Bush

Kate Currie

Cormac Dixon

Anna Gardiner

Megan Harris

Ryan LoCicero

Annie Mann

Daniel Prescott

Jack Small

Lucia West

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