Oct. 5, 2005

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team (139 points) is ranked 20th in the latest NCAA FinishLynx National Poll, which was released on October 3. Duke (390 points) earned all 13 first-place votes to garner the No. 1 position. Michigan (348 points), Stanford (339 points), Brigham Young (342 points) and Illinois (328 points) round out the top five.

The Friars have not competed since September 24 when they finished seventh out of 31 teams at the Roy Griak Invitational in Falcon Heights, Minn. In that meet, senior All-American Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) paced the way for the Friars with an eighth-place finish.

The Friars will return to action on Saturday, October 15 at the Penn State Invitational at 10:45 a.m.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL
October 3, 2005
Rank    Team (First place votes)        Points
1       Duke (13)                       390
2       Michigan                        371
3       Stanford                        363
4       Brigham Young                   342
5       Illinois                        328
6       Arizona State                   327
7       Colorado                        319
8       Notre Dame                      309
9       North Carolina State            272
10      Minnesota                       260
11      Wake Forest                     254
12      Arkansas                        241
13      Columbia                        234
14      Baylor                          210
15      Princeton                       208
16      Oklahoma State                  188
17      Michigan State                  163
18      Tennessee                       158
19      Georgetown                      156
20      PROVIDENCE                      139
21      Butler                          138
22      Virginia                        105
23      Washington                      90
24      Northern Arizona                87
25      Marquette                       86
26      Boston College                  66
27      Wisconsin                       47
28      Georgia                         46
29      Maryland                        40
30      Oregon                          37

Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Missouri 24, Villanova 14, Cornell 11, Vanderbilt 10, Colorado State 5, UCLA 4, Yale 2, Wichita State 1.