Sept. 18, 2001

BOSTON, Mass. - The Providence men's and women's cross country teams each won their second-straight meet of the season at the Boston College Invitational held at Franklin Park (Boston, Mass.).

The PC men (18 points) earned top billing in the seven-team event, as the Friars swept the top-four spots. PC was paced by Adam Sutton (Preston, England) who won the race with a time of 24:26.80. Senior All-American Hamish Thorpe (Auckland, New Zealand) finished second in a time of 24:27.10. Paul Reilly (Loughrea, Ireland) took third place (24:27.50), and freshman Pat Moulton (Pelham, N.H.) rounded out the sweep with a fourth-place finish (24:52). Dylan Wykes (25:10.20) of Kingston, Ontario, Dermot Galvin (25:23.20) of Kilrush, Ireland and Patrick Guidera (25:23.60) of Clonmel, Ireland finished eighth, ninth and 10th respectively. Harvard University finished second in the team standings with 65 points.

The PC women (29 points) beat out second-place finisher, Boston College (34 points) to capture the second win of the season. BC's Maria Cicero took a first-place individual finish for the Eagles as she set the pace in the event with a finish time of 17:15.20. Junior Roisin McGettigan (Wicklow, Ireland) earned second place with a time of 17:19.30 for the Friars. Clair Shearman (Portsmouth, N.H.) finished fourth (17:32.80), Kathryn Casserly (Galway, Ireland) finished fifth (17:46.10), and Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) rounded out the top-10 with a seventh-place finish (17:55.50).

Both teams will compete at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 29. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m., and is being held in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (8,000 meters)
Top-10 Finishers

1.	Adam Sutton 	     PC 	24:26.80
2. 	Hamish Thorpe	     PC	        24:27.10
3.	Paul Reilly	     PC	        24:27.50
4.	Pat Moulton	     PC	        24:52.00
5.	John Friedman	     Harvard	24:55.60
6.	Nathan Shenk-Boright Harvard	25:01.50
7.	James Olsen	     UNH	25:07.40
8.	Dylan Wykes	     PC	        25:10.20
9.	Dermot Galvin	     PC	        25:23.20
10	Patrick Guidera	     PC	        25:23.60

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11.	Mike Myers	     PC	        25:31.60
16.	Tyler McCabe	     PC	        25:38.50
40.	Tom Geer	     PC	        26:50.20
57.	John Earl	     PC	        27:29.80
60.	Mike St. Thomas	     PC	        27:53.90


WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (5,000 meters)
Top-10 Finishers

1.	Maria Cicero	     BC	        17:15.20
2.	Roisin McGettigan    PC	        17:19.30
3.	Maggie Guiney	     BC	        17:26.40
4.	Clair Shearman	     PC	        17:32.80
5.	Kathryn Casserly     PC	        17:46.10
6.	Jennifer Kramer	     BC	        17:51.50
7.	Mary Cullen	     PC	        17:55.50
8.	Erin Silveing	     URI	17:59.70
9.	Sarah Cassilli	     UConn	18:02.90
10.	Danielle Jelley	     BC	        18:09.20

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11.	Deirdre Byrne	     PC	        18:11.40
12.	Emer O'Shea	     PC	        18:15.20
16.	Melissa Colburn	     PC	        18:46.50
20.	Roisin Quinn	     PC	        18:56.80
33.	Emily Tallen	     PC	        19:28.80
67.	Jessica Romaniuk     PC	        20:44.20
95.	Carol Geddes	     PC	        22:22.30