Sept. 30, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team received 251 points and fell to No. 12 in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, which was released on Tuesday, September 30.

Brigham Young (385 points) held on to the No. 1 position as it received 10 first-place votes. Notre Dame (373 points) garnered the other three first-place votes and climbed to No. 2. Colorado (353 points), Arizona State (351 points) and North Carolina State (333) round out the top five.

The Friars competed at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 27 in Minneapolis, Minn. and finished fourth of 26 teams. Junior Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) won the individual title and became the third runner at Providence to win the Roy Griak Invitational crown and the first since Sara Dupre did it in 1997.

The Friars return to action on Friday, October 17th at the Penn State Meet.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL
September 30, 2003
Rank	Team (First place votes)      Points
1	Brigham Young (10)            385
2	Notre Dame                    373
3	Colorado                      353
4	Arizona State                 351
5	North Carolina State          333
6	Michigan State                311
7	UCLA                          306
8	North Carolina                291
9	Stanford                      287
10	Georgetown                    280
11	Columbia                      274
12	PROVIDENCE                    251
13	Villanova                     242
14	Baylor                        216
15	Northern Arizona              211
16	Wisconsin                     187
17	Penn State                    180
18	Arkansas                      155
19	Colorado State                151
20	Wake Forest                   138
21	Missouri                      126
22	Tennessee                     103
23	Michigan                      90
24	Florida State                 85
25	Washington                    82
26	Princeton                     65
27	William & Mary                62
28	Marquette                     56.5
29	Southwest Missouri State      47.5
30	Nebraska                      26