Sept. 12, 2003

BOSTON, Mass. -- The sixth-ranked Providence College women's cross country team and the 16th-ranked Providence men each captured their second consecutive meet of the season by finishing first at the Boston College Select Meet on Friday, September 12 at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

The Providence women (31 points) finished ahead of nine teams, including 22nd-ranked Boston College (63 points) which finished second. The Friars had four runners finish in the top six. Junior Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) took first-place in a time of 17:01 while junior Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) was a close second in a time of 17:02. Sophomore Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) and junior Deirdre Byrne (Avoca, Ireland) finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Crombie ran the 5,015-meter course in a time of 17:48, while Byrne finished in a time of 17:49. Also scoring for the Friars was junior Katie Twarog (Albany, N.Y.) who recorded a 17th-place finish in a time of 18:39.

The Providence men (29 points) defeated eight teams including second place Brown (74 points) in the 7,945-meter race. The Friars also had four runners in the top six as junior Patrick Moulton (Pelham, N.H.) finished first in a time of 24:19. Classmate Dylan Wykes (Kingston, Ont.) finished right on the heels of Moulton in a time of 24:20. Junior Patrick Guidera of Clonmel, Ireland (24:29) and sophomore Joe Dionne of Oshawa, Ont. (24:45) finished fourth and sixth, respectively. Graduate student Tim Curran (Northboro, Mass.), who was competing in his first race this season, scored for the Friars as he finished 16th in a time of 25:13.

Providence will return to action on Saturday, September 27 at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn.

BC Select Meet (Men) -- 7,945 Meters
Individual Finishes (Top 10)
Place	Name	        School          Time
1	Patrick Moulton	Providence      24:19
2	Dylan Wykes	Providence      24:20
3	Patrick Tarpy	Brown           24:26
4	Patrick Guidera	Providence      24:29
5	Byron Gartrell	Boston College  24:35
6	Joe Dionne	Providence      24:45
7	Matthew Emond	Brown           24:46
8	Alasdair McLean Harvard         24:48
9	Drew Bouchard	Boston College  24:56
10	Peter Mallett	UNH             25:02


16	Tim Curran      Providence      25:13
21	Jamie CarmichaelProvidence      25:17
30	Darren Brown    Providence      25:36
37	Ben Pollock     Providence      25:44
38	Ranjit Banwait  Providence      25:46
64	Nicholas Weidman Providence     26:41


Team Finishes
1) Providence 29 points
2) Brown 74 points
3) Boston College 106 points
4) UNH 122 points
5) Iona 123 points
6) Albany 153 points
6) Harvard 153 points
8) Bentley 179 points
9) Central Connecticut 238


BC Select Meet (Women) -- 5,015 Meters
Individual Finishes (Top 10)
Place	Name	        School	        Time
1	Mary Cullen     Providence      17:01
2	Kim Smith       Providence      17:02
3	Jennifer Kramer Boston College  17:17
4	Jennifer DonovanBoston College  17:38
5	Fiona Crombie   Providence      17:48
6	Deirdre Byrne   Providence      17:49
7	Kristen Meyer   UConn           18:06
8	Anna Willard	Brown           18:14
9	Allison McCabe	UConn           18:20
10	Melissa Sherman	Boston College  18:23


17	Katie Twarog	Providence      18:39
25	Roisin Quinn	Providence      19:04
29	Laura McCarthy	Providence      19:09
37	Ashley Jensen	Providence      19:18
43	Carol Geddes	Providence      19:26


Team Finishes
1) Providence 31 points
2) Boston College 63 points
3) Brown 71 points
4) Connecticut 77 points
5) Harvard 116 points
6) Albany 162 points
7) UNH 203 points
8) Iona 226 points
9) Central Connecticut 272 points
10) Bentley 287 points