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<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 11, 2015</strong><br>
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<p>Contact: Laura Nagel - 401.865.1245<br>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Providence College Women’s Cross Country Earns 2014 Div. I All-Academic Honors</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The women’s cross country team registered a 3.23 GPA during the fall season.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>PROVIDENCE, R.I.</strong> - It was announced on Wed., Feb. 11 that the Providence College women’s cross country team earned Division I USTFCCCA Women’s Cross Country All-Academic Honors. A total of 226 institutions compose the group.</p>
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<p>As a team, Providence finished 13th at the 2014 NCAA Div. I Cross Country Championship in Terre Haute, Ind. on Nov. 22. The team’s top-two finishers, sophomore Catarina Rocha (Peabody, Mass.) and junior Lauren Mullins (Binghamton, N.Y.), also earned individual
All-Academic honors. Rocha earned the teams only All-America honors with a 33<sup>rd</sup>-place finish, while Mullins placed 67<sup>th</sup> at the championship.
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<p>During the fall season, the team registered a 3.23 GPA. To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or better and have started at least five runners at their respective NCAA regional championship.
To qualify as earn USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic honors as an individual, the individual must finish among the top 15 finishers at regionals or as an All-American at the national meet, as well as compiling a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>-GO FRIARS-</strong></p>
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