Oct. 12, 2001

BOSTON, Mass. -- The seven-ranked Providence College men's cross country team and the seventh-ranked Providence women's cross country team each won the New England Championship on Friday, October 12, 2001 at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

For the Friar men it was the 21st time the team won the New England title and it was the PC women's 10th New England crown. It also marked the fifth time the Friar men and women each won the New England titles in the same year (1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2001).

In addition to the team titles, PC also swept the individual championships as junior Roisin McGettigan of Wicklow, Ireland won the women's race (17:29) and senior Hamish Thorpe of Auckland, New Zealand captured the men's race (24:24). It was the first time two PC runners swept the individual title since 1998 when Ben Noad and Sarah Dupre each won the men's and women's title.

Led by McGettigan, the Friar women's squad scored 46 points to defeat 34 other schools. Also scoring for the Friars were senior Kathryn Casserly of Galway, Ireland (fourth - 17:49), junior Emer O'Shea of Limerick, Ireland (seventh - 17:58), senior Claire Shearman of Portsmouth, N.H. (eighth - 18:06) and freshman Roisin Quinn of Waterford, Ireland (26th - 18:46).

On the men's side, Thorpe finished first and helped the Friars score 17 points to defeat 41 schools. Providence captured five of the top six spots. PC's other scorers were junior Adam Sutton of Preston England (second - 24:24), senior Dermot Galvin of Kilrush, Ireland (third - 24:40), freshman Patrick Moulton of Pelham, N.H. (fifth - 24:47) and freshman Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ontario (sixth - 24:52).

The PC men's and women's teams return to action on Oct. 26 at the BIG EAST Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in New York, N.Y.

MEN'S RESULTS - Distance: Cross Country
1.	Hamish Thorpe	        Providence	24:24
2.	Adam Sutton	        Providence	24:24
3.	Dermot Galvin	        Providence	24:40
4.	Daniel Hocking	        New Hampshire	24:45
5.	Patrick Moutlton	Providence	24:47
6.	Dylan Wykes	        Providence	24:52
7.	Matthew Seidel	        Harvard	        24:53
8.	John Friedman	        Harvard	        24:56
9.	Dan Feldman	        MIT	        24:57
10.	Mark Miller	        Keene State	25:01

18.	Liam Reale	        Providence	25:12
29.	Patrick Guidera	        Providence	25:35


MEN'S TEAM SCORES TOP 10 of 42 -
1. Providence	        17
2. Harvard	        109
3. Yale	                143
4. Boston University	168
5. UMass-Lowell	        197
6. Boston College	237
7. Dartmouth	        243
8. Maine	        246
9. New Hampshire	267
10. Tufts	        303

WOMEN'S RESULTS - Distance: Cross Country
1. 	Roisin McGettigan	Providence	17:29
2.	Michele Palmer	        Vermont	        17:31
3.	Erin Silvering	        Rhode Island	17:49
4.	Kathryn Casserly 	Providence	17:49
5. 	Emily Korot	        Middlebury	17:50
6.	Sarah Hyman-Casill	Connecticut	17:51
7.	Emer O'Shea	        Providence	17:58
8.	Claire Shearman	        Providence	18:06
9. 	Michea Adrian	        Middlebury	18:07
10.	Maura Danahy	        Conn. College	18:10

26.	Roisin Quinn	        Providence	18:46
29.	Marissa Colburn 	Providence	18:49
158.    Kate Gall	        Providence	20:23


WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES TOP 10 of 35 -
1. Providence	     46
2. Middlebury	     102
3. Rhode Island	     109
4. Harvard	     165
5. Brown	     167
6. Williams	     239
7. Amherst	     251
8. Connecticut	     269
9. Holy Cross	     324
10. New Hampshire    362