Oct. 14, 2002

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked seventh in the FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, released on Monday, October 14.

The Friars, who were ranked eighth last week, received 304 points to garner the seventh spot. Brigham Young continues to hold the top spot with 390 points. Stanford (373 points), Michigan State (351 points), Colorado (345 points) and Georgetown (319 points) round out the top five.

The Friars captured the Penn State National Meet on Saturday, October 11. Sophomore Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland) led the Friars with a third-place finish in a time of 21:00.26. Senior All-American Roisin McGettigan of Wicklow, Ireland (eighth - 21:26.20), senior Emer O'Shea of Limerick, Ireland (12th - 21:48.63), graduate student Heather Cappello of Lockport, N.Y. (13th - 21:50.09) and sophomore Deirdre Byrne of Avoca, Ireland (15th - 21:58.87) rounded out the scoring for the Friars.

The Friars will return to action at the BIG EAST Championships on November 1 at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL
October 14, 2002
Rank	Team (First place votes)    Points
1	Brigham Young (13)           390
2	Stanford                     373
3	Michigan State               351
4	Colorado                     345
5	Georgetown                   319
6	North Carolina State         307
7	PROVIDENCE                   304
8	Arizona State                297
9	Wisconsin                    285
10	Arkansas                     270
11	Duke                         269
12	Columbia                     266
13	Notre Dame                   254
14	North Carolina               234
15	Boston College               189
16	Virginia                     178
17	UCLA                         162
18	Michigan                     160
19	Villanova                    158
20	Missouri                     149
21	Northern Arizona             148
22	Penn State                   122
23	Marquette                     99
24	William & Mary                89
25	Colorado State                73
26	Wake Forest                   57
27	Southwest Missouri State      53
28	Washington                    43
29	Dartmouth                     41
30	Yale                          17