Sept. 30, 2002

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team moved up five spots in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, released on Monday, September 30. The Friars, who were ranked 13th last week, are now ranked eighth, which is their highest ranking this season.

Providence received 283 points, while Brigham Young remained at No. 1 with 390 points and received all 13 first place votes. Stanford, Notre Dame, Colorado and Michigan State round out the top five.

The Friars finished third at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 28 in Minneapolis, Minn. Senior Roisin McGettigan (Wicklow, Ireland) led the Friars with a fifth-place finish in a time of 21:18. Sophomore Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) crossed the finish line in seventh place in a time of 21:21.

The Friars will return to action on Friday, October 11 when they compete at the New England Championship in Boston, Mass.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL
September 30, 2002
Rank	Team (First place votes)   Points
1	Brigham Young (13)          390
2	Stanford                    372
3	Notre Dame                  352
4	Colorado                    346
5	Michigan State              333
6	Boston College              321
7	Arizona State               304
8	PROVIDENCE                  283
9	Columbia                    276
10	North Carolina State        268
11	Duke                        263
12	Georgetown                  259
13	North Carolina              243
14	Arkansas                    238
15	Virginia                    187
16-tie	UCLA                        174
16-tie	Northern Arizona            174
18	Wisconsin                   171
19	Villanova                   157
20	Missouri                    134
21	William & Mary              131
22	Michigan                    104
23	Marquette                   101
24	Colorado State               99
25	Penn State                   91
26	Wake Forest                  75
27	Indiana                      48
28	Dartmouth                    36
29	Southwest Missouri State     33
30	Toledo                       23