Nov. 4, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College men's cross country team is ranked No. 21 in the MONDO Division I Men's Cross Country National Poll, which was released on Tuesday, November 4.

Providence competed at the BIG EAST Championship on Friday, October 31 at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. The Friars finished fourth overall and were led by junior Dylan Wykes (Kingston, Ont.) who placed fourth in a time of 24:44.

PC earned 138 points and moved to No. 21 in this week's poll. Stanford (479 points) received 15 first-place votes to maintain the No. 1 position for the seventh-consecutive week. Wisconsin (464 points), Colorado (439 points), Iona (427 points) and Northern Arizona (418 points) round out the top five.

Providence will compete again on Saturday, November 15 at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

MONDO NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY POLL
November 4, 2003
Rank	Team (First place votes)      Points
1	Stanford (15)                 479
2	Wisconsin (1)                 464
3	Colorado                      439
4	Iona                          432
5	Northern Arizona              418
6	Michigan                      403
7	Arkansas                      384
8	Air Force                     365
9	Georgetown                    340
10	BYU                           330
11	Indiana                       282
12	Oregon                        270
13	Ohio State                    265
14	North Carolina State          252
15	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo      242
16	Villanova                     239
17	Colorado State                236
18	Notre Dame                    223
19	Georgia                       179
20	Washington                    167
21	PROVIDENCE                    138
22	Central Michigan              129
23	Oklahoma State                128
24	Florida State                 127
25	Arizona State                 94
26	Texas A&M                     72
27	Arizona                       56
28	Eastern Michigan              43
29	William & Mary                38
30	Iowa                          32