Women's Cross Country Ranked No. 2

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Oct. 12, 2004

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team stayed at No. 2 in the FinishLynx National Poll that was released on Monday, October 11. The Friars (378 points, one first-place vote) have been ranked second for five consecutive weeks.

Stanford held on to the No. 1 position as it garnered 389 points and 12 first-place votes. Michigan (362 points), Colorado (341 points) and Duke (331 points) round out the top five.

Providence has won its first three meets of the 2004 season, including the Roy Griak Invitational on September 25 at Falcon Heights, Minn. The Friars will return to action on Saturday, October 16 at the Penn State Invitational, where they will seek their third consecutive title at University Park, Pa.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL October 11, 2004 Rank Team (First place votes) Points 1 Stanford (12) 389 2 PROVIDENCE (1) 378 3 Michigan 362 4 Colorado 341 5 Duke 331 6 Notre Dame 328 7 Arizona State 316 8 North Carolina 295 9 Tennessee 272 10 Missouri 256 11 Southern Methodist 247 12 Villanova 230 13 Brigham Young 226 14 Wake Forest 220 15 UC Santa Barbara 216 16 Baylor 189 17 Michigan State 183 18 Columbia 179 19 Georgia 168 20 North Carolina State 151 21 Arkansas 147 22 William & Mary 119 23 Idaho 109 24 West Virginia 97 25 UCLA 71 26 Butler 66 27 Texas Tech 49 28 Georgetown 42 29 Boston College 21 30 Marquette 17

Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Virginia 8, Penn State 7, Colorado State 4, Florid State 4, Illinois 4, Oklahoma 3, Princeton .

 

 

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