Sept. 23, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team received 333 points and climbed to No. 5 in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, which was released on Tuesday, September 23.

Brigham Young (390 points) received all 13 first-place votes to maintain the No. 1 spot. Stanford (375 points), Notre Dame (358 points) and Colorado (355 points) are ranked in the top four, respectively. Providence and Notre Dame are two of four BIG EAST schools ranked in the top eight. Georgetown (312) is ranked seventh while Villanova (294 points) is eighth.

Providence began the season ranked sixth and have been victorious in their first two meets in 2003. The Friars most recently competed on September 12 at the Boston College Select Meet, where they finished first of 10 teams. Juniors Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) and Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) finished first and second, respectively to lead the Friars.

Providence returns to competition on Saturday, September 27 at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL
September 23, 2003
Rank	Team (First place votes)      Points
1	Brigham Young (13)            390
2	Stanford                      375
3	Notre Dame                    358
4	Colorado                      355
5	PROVIDENCE                    333
6	Wake Forest                   316
7	Georgetown                    312
8	Villanova                     294
9	North Carolina                269
10	Northern Arizona              264
11	Arkansas                      261
12	Columbia                      252
13	Michigan                      244
14	North Carolina State          224
15	Michigan State                213
16	Duke                          180
17	Missouri                      175
18	UCLA                          156
19	Wisconsin                     144
20	Arizona State                 135
21	Indiana                       124
22	Penn State                    121
23	Boston College                116
24	William & Mary                85
25	Colorado State                75
26	Marquette                     61
27	Baylor                        40
28	Virginia                      36
29	Southwest Missouri State      33
30	Washington                    30