Sept. 18, 2002

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked 18th in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, released on Monday, September 16. Despite winning their first two meets, the Friars dropped four spots to 18th.

Providence received 173 votes. Brigham Young received 390 points including all 13 first place votes to remain at the top spot.

In their latest competition, the Friars placed first at the Dartmouth Invitational on September 14 in Hanover, N.H. PC had four runners finish in the top-11, led by senior Roisin McGettigan (Wicklow, Ireland) who finished first in a time of 19:05. McGettigan also was victorious on September 6 as she helped the Friars capture the University of New Hampshire Invitational in Durham, N.H. At the UNH Invitational, the Friars swept the top five spots and scored 15 points.

Providence will compete at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 28 in Minneapolis, Minn.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL
September 16, 2002
Rank	Team (First place votes)           Points
1	Brigham Young (13)                  390
2	Georgetown                          375
3	Stanford                            359
4	Colorado                            345
5	Notre Dame                          333
6	North Carolina State                321
7	Arkansas                            311
8	Duke                                291
9	Michigan State                      261
10	Northern Arizona                    246
11	UCLA                                236
12	Villanova                           221
13	William & Mary                      195
14-tie	Marquette                           187
14-tie	Penn State                          187
16	Yale                                182
17	Boston College                      178
18	PROVIDENCE                          173
19	Arizona State                       165
20	Colorado State                      160
21	Wisconsin                           138
22	Texas A&M                           121
23	Columbia                            97
24	Wake Forest                         89
25	Minnesota                           81
26	Virginia                            71
27	Arizona                             61
28	Cornell                             53
29	Weber State                         46
30	Coastal Carolina                    31