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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 20, 2016</p>
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Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245</p>
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<b>Cross Country Moves Up In National Poll</b></p>
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<i>The Friar women moved from third to second in the National Poll.</i></p>
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<b>PROVIDENCE, R.I. – </b>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 20<sup>th</sup> to 31<sup>st</sup>.</p>
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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).</p>
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The men’s team also competed at the Beantown Invitational, finishing second behind fellow Northeast school, Dartmouth College. The Friars are now ranked 31<sup>st</sup> in the nation.</p>
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The Friars’s next race will be the Notre Dame Invitational on Sept. 30 in South Bend, Ind.</p>
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<b>WOMEN’S RANKING (First Place Votes) – Points</b></p>
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<li>New Mexico (8) -351</li><li><b>Providence (3) – 346</b></li><li>Colorado (1) – 344</li><li>Oregon -323</li><li>NC State – 296</li><li>Boise State – 292</li><li>Stanford – 280</li><li>Oklahoma State – 264</li><li>Michigan State -252</li><li>Michigan -250</li><li>Arkansas – 241</li><li>Washington – 239</li><li>Penn State – 211</li><li>Virginia – 183</li><li>Notre Dame – 182</li><li>Syracuse – 169</li><li>Iowa State – 158</li><li>Georgetown – 157</li><li>BYU – 146</li><li>San Francisco- 130</li><li>Kansas – 87</li><li>Penn – 81</li><li> Yale – 75</li><li>Vanderbilt – 69</li><li>Minnesota – 64</li><li>Harvard- 55</li><li>Weber State – 48</li><li>Mississippi State – 46</li><li>Portland – 37</li><li>Princeton – 30</li></ol>
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<b>MEN’S RANKINGS (First Place Votes) – Points</b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">1-Syracuse (12) – 360</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2-Northern Arizona – 335</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3-Oregon -334</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">4-Stanford – 323</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">5-Colorado – 313</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6-Arkansas – 296</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">7-Georgetown – 277</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">8-Eastern Kentucky – 254</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">9-Oklahoma State – 242</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10-Wisconsin -231</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11-Virginia – 204</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12-BYU – 194</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">13-Indiana – 193</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">14-Boise State - 189</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">15-UTEP – 166</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">15-Iona – 166</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">17-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Michigan – 150</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">18-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Mississippi -132</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">19-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Oklahoma – 130</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">21-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Washington – 128</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">22-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Furman – 104</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">23-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">NC State – 82</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">24-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> Colorado State – 75</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">26-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Southern Utah – 68</span></p>
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<span style="text-indent: -24px; font-size: 12pt;">29-</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt;">Penn 69</span></p>
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<span style="text-indent: -24px; font-size: 12pt;">30-</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt;">Michigan State – 54</span></p>
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