PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence College senior Sarah Dupre (Kingston, Ontario) and sophomore Rachel Hixson (Media, Pa.) have earned Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-America honors. Also, the entire PC women's cross country squad earned Women's Intercollegiate Academic All-America honors with a combined team GPA of 3.18.

Dupre, an english major with a 3.27 cumulative GPA, was PC's top runner this season. She won the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship and was the Friars' first finisher in six of the team's seven races. A three-time All-American, Dupre placed 37th at the 1998 NCAA Cross Country Championship. On March 27-28, she will represent Canada at the World Cross Country Championship in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Hixson, who has a 3.37 cumulative GPA, finished 15th at the 1998 NCAA Cross Country Championship and earned her first All-America accolade. She was PC's first or second finisher in all six cross country races she ran this season.

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