[Pcalumnixctrack] Providence Women’s Cross Country Ranked In National Poll

[Sullivan, Brendan T]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 29, 2017

Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245



Providence Women’s Cross Country Ranked In National Poll

The Friars open up the season ranked seventh in the NCAA.



PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The USTFCCCA released the first National Rankings poll of the season on Tuesday, Aug. 29. The first poll of the season has the Providence women ranked seventh. The rankings are based off of a poll of coaches throughout the NCAA.



The Friar women return four of their top five runners from the team that finished 13th at last year’s NCAA Championships. The Friars also has two-time All-American Catarina Rocha (Peabody, Mass.) returning to the team after redshirting last season.



The teams ranked in front of Providence are Colorado (1), defending champion Oregon (2), Michigan (3), New Mexico (4), Stanford (5), and North Carolina State (6).



The Providence men received votes in the national poll but sit just outside of the top 30 teams.



Both the men and women open up their seasons at the annual UNH Dual meet on Saturday, Sept. 2 in Durham, New Hampshire.



For more information regarding the women’s rankings, click here<http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/08/featured/2017-ncaa-di-cross-country-womens-national-coaches-poll-preseason>.



For more information regarding the men’s rankings, click here<http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/08/featured/2017-ncaa-di-cross-country-mens-national-coaches-poll-preseason>.



Be sure to follow the Providence Cross Country team on twitter (@FriarsXCTrack<https://twitter.com/FriarsXCTrack>) , Instagram (@FriarsXCTrack<https://www.instagram.com/friarsxctrack/?hl=en)>) and Facebook (Providence College Cross Country and Track and Field<https://www.facebook.com/Providence-College-Cross-Country-and-Track-and-Field-138848779508145/> ) for live updates.



-GO FRIARS!-




Women’s National Rankings (Ranking (First Place Votes) - Team - Points)


1-Colorado (8) – 355

2-Oregon(2) - 331

3-Michigan(2) - 330

4-New Mexico-323

5-Stanford- 313

6-NC State- 283

7-Providence-254

8-Notre Dame-253

9-BYU- 242

10-San Francisco- 237

11-Penn State- 236

12-Arkansas-206

13-Washington-199

14-Wisconsin-192

15-Missouri-187

16-Michigan State-180

17-Eastern Michigan-173

18-Ole Miss-155

19-Boise State-144

20-Villanova-143

21-Oklahoma State-115

22-Utah-114

23-Mississippi State-100

24-Minesota- 90

25-Harvard-56

26-Georgetown-53

26-Iowa State-53

28-Louiseville-46

29-Air Force-37

30-Yale-35




Men’s National Rankings (Ranking (First Place Votes) - Team - Points)


1-Northern Arizona(7)-349

2-Stanford(3)-347

3-Syracuse(1)-335

4-Arkansas- 324

5-Colorado(1)-323

6-BYU-294

7-Wisconsin-278

8-Iona-262

9-Oregon-258

10-Oklahoma State-244

11-Washington State-206

12-Iowa State- 199

13-Virgina-179

14-Portland-176

15-Southern Utah-171

16-Georgetown-169

17-Furman-166

18-Colorado State-145

18-Ole Miss-145

20-Tulsa-114

21-Middle Tennessee-112

22-Eastern Michigan-105

23-Michigan State-100

24-Boise State-97

25-UCLA-94

26-Virginia Tech-76

27-Illinois-75

28-NC State-61

29-Columbia-34

30-Texas-29


RV: (Navy-27, UTEP-27, Michigan-21, Air Force-15, California-10, Providence-7, Washington-4, Indiana-4, Princeton-3, Alabama-3, Minnesota-2)



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