Sept. 14, 2005

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked seventh in the NCAA FinishLynx Preseason National Poll, which was released on September 8. The Friars, who finished third at the 2004 NCAA Championships, began the 2005 season on September 3 and captured a dual meet at the University of New Hampshire. Providence took the top five spots and earned a perfect score (15). Three of PC's runners finished with the identical time of 18:18. Graduate student Aine Hoban (Wakefield, England), junior Meghan Owen (Danielson, Conn.) and freshman Katie DiCamillo (Garden City, N.Y.) finished first, second and third, respectively. Most recently, the Friars finished second out of 19 teams at the Fordham Invitational on September 10. Senior All-American Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) captured the individual title in a time of 17:48. The Friars will return to action on Saturday, September 24 when they compete at the Roy Griak Invitational in Falcon Heights, Minn.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL
September 8, 2005
Rank	Team (First place votes)	Points
1	Colorado (5)                    379
2	Duke (6)                        374
3	Notre Dame                      356
4	Stanford (2)                    344
5	Michigan                        325
6	Brigham Young                   321
7       PROVIDENCE                   319
8	Arizona State                   292
9	North Carolina State            283
10	Villanova                       261
11	Columbia                        243
12	Wake Forest                     215
13	Michigan State                  210
14	Illinois                        201
15	UC - Santa Barbara              191
16	Tennessee                       181
17	Arkansas                        180
18	Princeton                       172
19	Missouri                        133
20	Colorado State                  112
21	Georgetown                      109
22	Georgia                         104
23	Indiana                         99
24	Baylor                          93
25	Virginia                        74
26	North Carolina                  69
27	Washington                      60
28	Marquette                       58
29	Yale                            53
30	Butler                          50

Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Southern Methodist 39, Florida State 38, Oklahoma 28, Idaho 27, Boston College 19, Iowa 15, Utah State 11, UCLA 4, LaSalle 2, William & Mary 1.