Sept. 21, 2005

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team (255 points) is ranked 11th in the latest NCAA FinishLynx National Poll, which was released on September 21. Duke (384 points) earned seven of the 13 first-place votes to garner the No. 1 position. Colorado (382 points), Notre Dame (364 points), Michigan (348 points) and Stanford (339 points) round out the top five.

In the Friars' last competition, the team finished second out of 19 teams at the Fordham Invitational on September 10 at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. Providence was led by senior All-American Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand), who captured the individual title in a time of 17:48.

The Friars will return to action on Saturday, September 24 at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational in Falcon Heights, Minn. The meet will begin at 11:10 a.m.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL
September 21, 2005
Rank    Team (First place votes)      Points
1       Duke (7)                      384
2       Colorado (6)                  382
3       Notre Dame                    364
4       Michigan                      348
5       Stanford                      344
6       Brigham Young                 319
7       Arizona State                 309
8       North Carolina State          290
9       Villanova                     279
10      Columbia                      266
11      PROVIDENCE                    255
12      Wake Forest                   242
13      Arkansas                      234
14      Princeton                     219
15      UC - Santa Barbara            207
16      Illinois                      201
17      Tennessee                     176
18      Michigan State                163
19      Missouri                      153
20      Baylor                        137
21      Georgia                       122
22      Indiana                       107
23      Northern Arizona              98
24      Georgetown                    89
25      Yale                          74
26      Colorado State                65
27      North Carolina                58
28      Florida State                 47
29      Washington                    33
30      Marquette                     26

Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Butler 13, Rice 12, Iowa 11, Utah State 10, Virginia 10, Tennessee-Chattanooga 5, Boston University 3, LaSalle 2, Boston College 1.