[Pcalumnixctrack] Providence College Cross Country Moves Up In National Poll

Tue Sep 20 22:44:30 EDT 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 20, 2016

Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245

Cross Country Moves Up In National Poll

The Friar women moved from third to second in the National Poll.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College cross country programs were both ranked in the latest USTFCCCA national poll on Sept. 20. The women's team moved up to second in the nation while the men dropped from 20th to 31st.

The women's team received this ranking after an impressive performance at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown Invitational. The Friars had their entire top seven place in the top 20. Most notably, Providence took the three through seven spots with a seven second spread between its first and fifth runner to win the meet with 25 points. Providence is now ranked only behind last year's NCAA Champions, New Mexico. The top two teams are only separated by five points (351-346).

The men's team also competed at the Beantown Invitational, finishing second behind fellow Northeast school, Dartmouth College. The Friars are now ranked 31st in the nation.

The Friars's next race will be the Notre Dame Invitational on Sept. 30 in South Bend, Ind.

WOMEN'S RANKING (First Place Votes) - Points

  1.  New Mexico (8) -351
  2.  Providence (3) - 346
  3.  Colorado (1) - 344
  4.  Oregon -323
  5.  NC State - 296
  6.  Boise State - 292
  7.  Stanford - 280
  8.  Oklahoma State - 264
  9.  Michigan State -252
  10. Michigan -250
  11. Arkansas - 241
  12. Washington - 239
  13. Penn State - 211
  14. Virginia - 183
  15. Notre Dame - 182
  16. Syracuse - 169
  17. Iowa State - 158
  18. Georgetown - 157
  19. BYU - 146
  20. San Francisco- 130
  21. Kansas - 87
  22. Penn - 81
  23.   Yale - 75
  24. Vanderbilt - 69
  25. Minnesota - 64
  26. Harvard- 55
  27. Weber State - 48
  28. Mississippi State - 46
  29. Portland - 37
  30. Princeton - 30

MEN'S RANKINGS (First Place Votes) - Points

1-Syracuse (12) - 360

2-Northern Arizona - 335

3-Oregon -334

4-Stanford - 323

5-Colorado - 313

6-Arkansas - 296

7-Georgetown - 277

8-Eastern Kentucky - 254

9-Oklahoma State - 242

10-Wisconsin -231

11-Virginia - 204

12-BYU - 194

13-Indiana - 193

14-Boise State - 189

15-UTEP - 166

15-Iona - 166

17-Michigan - 150

18-Mississippi -132

19-Oklahoma - 130

19-Portland - 130

21-Washington - 128

22-Furman - 104

23-NC State - 82

24- Colorado State - 75

25-Columbia - 70

26-Southern Utah - 68

27- Washington State - 66

28-Tulsa - 61

29-Penn 69

30-Michigan State - 54

31- Providence - 40

-GO FRIARS!-

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