Feb. 27, 2013

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -

It was announced on Mon., Feb. 25 that the Providence College women’s cross country team earned Division I USTFCCCA  Women’s Cross Country All-Academic Honors. A total of 200 institutions compose the group.

As a team, Providence finished second at the 2012 NCAA Div. I Cross Country Championship in Louisville, Ky. with 183 points on Nov. 17.  The team’s top-three runners finished in the top-40 and earned All-America and All-Academic honors.  Freshman Sarah Collins (Basel, Switzerland) was one of the eight top-10 finishers from the NCAA Cross Country Championships in the fall.  She finished 10^th at the NCAA Championship in a time of 19:50.7.  Junior Emily Sisson (Chesterfield, Mo.) placed 15^th with a time of 20:00.1, and junior Laura Nagel (Napier, New Zealand) finished 35^th in a time of 20:12.5.  Seniors Shelby Greany (Suffern, N.Y.) and Sam Roecker (Charlton, N.Y.) rounded out the Friars scoring.  Greany finished 60^th in a time of 20:28.3 and Roecker finished 134^th with a time of 21:01.5.

To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or better and have started at least five runners at their respective NCAA regional championship.

-GO FRIARS-