Nov. 4, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team remained No. 8 in the latest FinishLynx Division I Women's Cross Country Poll, which was released on November 4.

Providence received 292 points after finishing second at the BIG EAST Championship on Friday, October 31 at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. The Friars were led by juniors Kimberly Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) and Mary Cullen (Sligo, Ireland), who finished first and second, respectively. Smith's time of 20:01 set a BIG EAST course record in the event. Smith beat the previous course record set by Catherine Guiney of Boston College in 2001 by three seconds, as Guiney finished the championship that season in 20:04. She also became the sixth female runner in PC history to win the BIG EAST crown and the first since Sara Dupre won it in 1998

Stanford (387 points) kept its hold on the top spot with 10 of 13 first-place votes. Brigham Young (380 points), North Carolina (362 points), Notre Dame (345 points) and North Carolina State (341 points) round out the top five.

The Friars return to action on Saturday, November 15 at the NCAA Northeast Regional at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLL
November 4, 2003
Rank	Team (First place votes)         Points
1	Stanford (10)                    387
2	Brigham Young (3)                380
3	North Carolina                   362
4	Notre Dame                       345
5	North Carolina State             341
6	Colorado                         311
7	Michigan                         308
8	PROVIDENCE                       292
9	Columbia                         269
10	Northern Arizona                 265
11	Arizona State                    264
12	Michigan State                   254
13	Wake Forest                      241
14	Princeton                        234
15	UCLA                             213
16	Georgetown                       205
17	Penn State                       171
18	Baylor                           158
19	Marquette                        150
20	Missouri                         142
21	Villanova                        124
22	Colorado State                   120
23	UC Santa Barbara                 99
24	Tennessee                        87
25	Duke                             68
26	Boston College                   60
27	Nevada                           58
28	Florida State                    32
29	Ball State                       27
30	Texas Christian                  18