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Women's Cross Country Moves Into No. 7 Spot In Poll
Oct. 1, 2001 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team was ranked seventh in the country in Monday, October 1's FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll. The Friars advance from the No. 9 position where they where they were ranked in the poll released on September 24. PC received a total of 241 votes after finishing in second place at the Roy Griak Invitational on September 29 in Minneapolis, Minn. Colorado sits atop the poll for the third-straight poll period after accumulating 12 of the 13 first-place vote. Stanford remains in the No. 2 spot and picked up one first-place vote. North Carolina St. remains at No. 3 and Brigham Young is joined in the No. 4 position with Arizona St. Rejoining the top 10 is Boston College, who debut in the first poll at No. 2 and fell in the last poll to No. 12. BC garnered 268 points to move into the No. 6 position. The Friars compete next on Friday, October 12 at the New England Championship at Franklin Park, Boston. FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll
Ranking Team (1st-place votes) Points
1. Colorado (12) 324
2. Stanford (1) 311
3. North Carolina State 293
T4. Brigham Young 270
T4. Arizona State 270
6. Boston College 268
7. PROVIDENCE COLLEGE 241
8. North Carolina 234
9. Arizona 220
10. Arkansas 200
11. Georgetown 198
12. Colorado State 192
13. Michigan State 177
14. Wisconsin 154
15. Virginia 142
16. Washington 122
17. Boston University 107
18. UCLA 96
19. Marquette 79
20. Cornell 72
T21. James Madison 51
T21. Yale 51
23. Northern Arizona 35
24. Baylor 34
25. Villanova 22
Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Columbia 17, Minnesota 15, Dartmouth 8, Missouri 6, Duke 4, Florida State 3, Cal-Irvine 3, Northwestern 2, Wichita State 2, Notre Dame 1, Weber State 1.
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