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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 29, 2017</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245</p>
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normal">The Friars open up the season ranked seventh in the NCAA.</i></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">PROVIDENCE, R.I. –
</b>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.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Friar women return four of their top five runners from the team that finished 13<sup>th</sup> 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. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">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).
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Providence men received votes in the national poll but sit just outside of the top 30 teams.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Both the men and women open up their seasons at the annual UNH Dual meet on Saturday, Sept. 2 in Durham, New Hampshire.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">For more information regarding the women’s rankings, click
<a href="http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/08/featured/2017-ncaa-di-cross-country-womens-national-coaches-poll-preseason" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
here</a>. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">For more information regarding the men’s rankings, click
<a href="http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/08/featured/2017-ncaa-di-cross-country-mens-national-coaches-poll-preseason" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
here</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Be sure to follow the Providence Cross Country team on twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/FriarsXCTrack" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">@FriarsXCTrack</a>)
, Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/friarsxctrack/?hl=en)" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">@FriarsXCTrack</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Providence-College-Cross-Country-and-Track-and-Field-138848779508145/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">Providence
College Cross Country and Track and Field</a> ) for live updates.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">GO FRIARS!-
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Women’s National Rankings (Ranking (First Place Votes) - Team - Points)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">1-Colorado (8) – 355</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">2-Oregon(2) - 331</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">3-Michigan(2) - 330</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">4-New Mexico-323</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">5-Stanford- 313</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">6-NC State- 283</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">7-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Providence-254</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">8<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">-</b>Notre Dame-253</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">9-BYU- 242</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">10-San Francisco- 237</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">11-Penn State- 236</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">12-Arkansas-206</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">13-Washington-199</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">14-Wisconsin-192</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">15-Missouri-187</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">16-Michigan State-180</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">17-Eastern Michigan-173</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">18-Ole Miss-155</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">19-Boise State-144</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">20-Villanova-143</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">21-Oklahoma State-115</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">22-Utah-114</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">23-Mississippi State-100</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">24-Minesota- 90</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">25-Harvard-56</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">26-Georgetown-53</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">26-Iowa State-53</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">28-Louiseville-46</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">29-Air Force-37</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">30-Yale-35</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Men’s National Rankings (Ranking (First Place Votes) - Team - Points)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">1-Northern Arizona(7)-349</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">2-Stanford(3)-347</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">3-Syracuse(1)-335</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">4-Arkansas- 324</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">5-Colorado(1)-323</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">6-BYU-294</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">7-Wisconsin-278</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">8-Iona-262</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">9-Oregon-258</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">10-Oklahoma State-244</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">11-Washington State-206</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">12-Iowa State- 199</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">13-Virgina-179</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">14-Portland-176</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">15-Southern Utah-171</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">16-Georgetown-169</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">17-Furman-166</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">18-Colorado State-145</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">18-Ole Miss-145</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">20-Tulsa-114</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">21-Middle Tennessee-112</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">22-Eastern Michigan-105</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">23-Michigan State-100</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">24-Boise State-97</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">25-UCLA-94</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">26-Virginia Tech-76</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">27-Illinois-75</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">28-NC State-61</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">29-Columbia-34</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">30-Texas-29</p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Providence-7</b>, Washington-4, Indiana-4, Princeton-3, Alabama-3, Minnesota-2)</p>
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