Sept. 13, 2001

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College men's and women's cross country will travel to Boston, Massachusetts on Tuesday, September 18, to compete in the Boston College Invitational at Franklin Park (3:30 p.m.). The meet, originally scheduled for Friday, September 14, was postponed due to Tuesday's tragic events.

The men's and women's teams competed at the University of New Hampshire Invitational on Friday, September 7 in Durham, N.H. In the first and only race of the 2001 season, both teams earned first-place finishes. Senior Hamish Thorpe (Auckland, New Zealand) earned ECAC Athlete of the Week honors for his perfomance in the meet. He took first-place in the men's race, finishing in a time of 24:36. Five runners finished among the top-10 for the PC men. On the women's side, the Friars took the first seven spots at the finish line. Claire Shearman (Portsmouth, N.H.) won the race for PC in a time of 19:05.