Nov. 11, 2006

BRONX, N.Y. - The Providence College men's and women's cross country teams competed at the NCAA Regionals on Saturday, November 11 at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. The men's team finished second with 72 points and earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. on November 20. The women's team finished third with 97 points and will await an at-large selection to the NCAA Championships.

Senior Martin Fagan (Mullingar, Ireland) won the men's 10K race to pace the Friars in a time of 30:40.7. He completed the course 45-seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Mohamed Khadroui of Iona (31:26.4). Junior Ahmed Haji (West Hartford, Conn.) finished fourth overall with a time of 31:30.3. Junior Max Smith (Dunedin, New Zealand) also placed among the top-10 in 10th place overall in 31:56.3. Senior Nicholas Weidman (Sudbury, Mass.) and freshman Hayden McLaren (Christchurch, New Zealand) also scored for Providence. Weidman finished the race 16th (32:16.8) and McLaren placed 41st (33:04.3). Iona placed first in the team standings with 59 points. Iona also earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships.

On the women's side, graduate student Aine Hoban (Wakefield, England) paced the Friars with a third-place finish in a time of 20:59.6. Also scoring for Providence was sophomore Katie DiCamillo (Garden City, N.Y.), freshman Krystal Douglas (Harpswell, Maine), freshman Breffini Twohig (Dublin, Ireland) and junior Mary Nelle Trefz (Iowa City, Iowa). DiCamillo placed 13th (21:42.8) and Douglas was on her heels with a 14th-place finish in a time of 21:45.2. Twohig placed 20th (21:59.9) and Trefz rounded out PC's list of scorers in 47th (22:46.7). Boston College finished first in the team standings with 82 points. Iona placed second with 85 points. BC and Iona each receive an automatic berth to the NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Providence cross country returns to action on Monday, November 20 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind.

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
@ NCAA Regionals - Van Cortlandt Park - Bronx, N.Y.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
3rd of 37
TOP-10 INDIVIDUAL FINISHES
Place	Athlete	School	Time
1.	Salome Kosgei	Iona	20:45.3
2.	Lindsay Donaldson	Yale	20:45.9
3.	Aine Hoban	PC	20:59.6
4.	Catherine Parker	UNH	21:08.9
5.	Toni Salucci	Cornell	21:10.8
6.	McKayla Plank	Iona	21:14.9
7.	Mallory Champa	BC	21:19.0
8.	Jillian Sullivan	UConn	21:22.6
9.	Marisa Ryan	BU	21:24.3
10.	Emmily Chelenga	Iona	21:29.1
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13.	Katie DiCamillo	PC	21:42.8
14.	Krystal Douglas	PC	21:45.2
20.	Breffini Twohig	PC	21:59.9
47.	Mary Nelle Trefz	PC	22:46.7

TOP-FIVE TEAM FINISHES OF 37 (points)
1.	Boston College	82
2.	Iona	85
3.	Providence	97
4.	Columbia	128
5.	Cornell	135

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
@ NCAA Regionals - Van Cortlandt Park - Bronx, N.Y.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
2nd of 38
TOP-10 INDIVIDUAL FINISHES
Place	Athlete	School	Time
1.	Martin Fagan	PC	30:40.7
2.	Mohamed Khadroui	Iona	31:26.4
3.	Ben True	Dartmouth	31:28.3
4.	Ahmed Haji	PC	31:30.3
5.	Abraham Ng'eitch	Iona	31:35.1
6.	Patrick Mellea	BC	31:36.8
7.	Harbert Okuti	Iona	31:46.9
8.	Max Feldman	UConn	31:50.5
9.	Tim Galebach	Harvard	31:51.1
10.	Max Smith	PC	31:56.3
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16.	Nicholas Weidman	PC	32:16.8
41.	Hayden McLaren	PC	33:04.3
51.	Richard Yeates	PC	33:17.9
64.	Matt Kinback	PC 	33:35.3

TOP-FIVE TEAM FINISHES OF 38 (points)
1.	Iona	59
2.	Providence	72
3.	Syracuse	102
4.	Harvard	161
5.	Columbia	182