Nov. 11, 2000

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The fourth-ranked Providence College men's cross country team scored 27 points and captured its third NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championship on Saturday, November 11 at Van Cortlandt Park in New York, N.Y. PC's 16th-ranked women's team scored 95 points and finished fourth behind Boston College (47 points), Yale (56 points) and Brown (87 points) in the women's race. The top two men's and women's teams advance to the NCAA Championship on Monday, Nov. 20 at Iowa State in Ames, Iowa.

The Friars also captured the men's individual title. In the men's race, Providence senior Keith Kelly of Drogheda, Ireland won the individual title in a time of 30:33. It marks the second consecutive year that Kelly has captured the individual title at the NCAA Northeast Regional.

Junior Hamish Thorpe (Auckland, New Zealand), sophomore Adam Sutton (Preston, England) and junior Dermot Galvin (Kilrush, Ireland) also finished in the top 10 for the PC men's team. Thorpe ran a strong race for the Friars, finishing second behind Kelly in a time of 30:57. Rounding out PC's top-10, Sutton placed third (31:00) and Galvin was seventh (31:10). Senior Larry Morrissey (Waterford, Ireland) was the final scorer for the Friars, placing 14th in a time of 31:38.

The women's team was led senior Rachel Hixson of Media, Pa. who finished eighth in a time of 20:52. Also scoring for the Friars were senior Francine Darroch of Cambridge, Ontario (13th - 21:03), sophomore Roisin McGettigan of Wicklow, Ireland (15th - 21:09), junior Kathryn Casserly of Galway, Ireland (28th - 21:26) and sophomore Emily Tallen of Kingston, Ontario (31st - 21:33).

The men's team returns to action on Nov. 20 at the NCAA Division 1 Cross Country Championship in Ames, Iowa. The PC men's team will be making its sixth consecutive trip to the NCAA Cross Country Championship. The PC women's team will find out on Monday, Nov. 13 if they will receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship.

MEN'S RESULTS Top 10 - Distance: Cross Country
1.	Keith Kelly	Providence	30:33.2
2.	Hamish Thorpe	Providence	30:57.7
3.	Adam Sutton	Providence	31:00.7
4.	Dan Wilson	Connecticut	31:03.9
5.	Vinny Mulvey	Iona	        31:07.0
6.	Eddie Baker	Harvard	        31:08.8
7.	Dermot Galvin	Providence	31:10.4
8.	Tom McCardle	Dartmouth	31:13.5
9.	Jochen DieckfossBoston Univ.	31:20.3
10.	Graeme Reid	Iona	        31:21.9

14.	Larry Morrissey	Providence	31:38.2
18.	Ciaran Lynch	Providence	31:45.8


MEN'S TEAM SCORES TOP 10-
1. Providence	27
2. Iona	        75
3. Dartmouth	104
4. Columbia	155
5. Boston Univ.	193
6. Brown	232
7. Army	        234
8. Boston Coll.	263
9. Cornell	266
10. Maine	290



WOMEN'S RESULTS Top 10 - Distance: Cross Country
1.	Megan Guiney	Boston College	20:26.1
2.	Sara Tindall	Brown	        20:31.2
3.	Kim Thalmann	Brown	        20:39.1
4.	Katie Ryan	Boston College	20:43.4
5.	Laura O'Neill	Yale	        20:45.8
6.	Kate O'Neill	Yale	        20:46.7
7.	Laura Smith	Boston College	20:50.3
8.	Rachel Hixson	Providence	20:52.2
9.	Catherine GuineyBoston College	20:55.8
10.	Kathleen Rigney	Yale	        20:58.6

13.	Francine Darroch	Providence	21:03.7
15.	Roisin McGettigan	Providence	21:09.7
28.	Kathleen Casserly	Providence	21:26.5
31.	Emily Tallen	        Providence	21:33.4
33.	Claire Shearman	        Providence	21:38.2
61.	Lisa Cappello	        Providence	22:13.4


WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES TOP 10-
1. Boston College	47
2. Yale         	56
3. Brown	        87
4. Providence	        95
5. Columbia	        143
6. Boston University	144
7. Cornell	        204
8. Dartmouth	        257
9. Massachusetts	299
10. Harvard	        339