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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 17, 2017</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245</span></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Providence Women’s Cross Country Ranked Seventh In Latest Poll</span></b></p>
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normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Friars moved up in the rankings after a strong performance at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">PROVIDENCE, R.I. –
</span></b><span style="font-family:
Arial">The USTFCCCA released the fifth National and Regional Rankings polls of the regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The latest poll saw the Providence women remain ranked seventh in the nation and first in the Northeast
region.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">This week saw major changes in the rankings due to the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational and the Adidas Pre-National Invitational. Colorado, Michigan
and Stanford all slid down the rankings making space for some change in the top ten. Oregon now sits atop the rankings and is followed by New Mexico (2), Colorado (3), San Francisco (4), NC State (5), Arkansas (6), Providence (7), Boise State (8), Penn State
(9) and Michigan (10). <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Friars will travel to Stanley Park in New Britain, Conn. for the annual CCSU Mini Meet on Friday, Oct. 20. Providence annually sends a “B” to the
Mini Meet in order to solidify the BIG EAST Championship team. The men will race a 5k while the women will compete in a 3k.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">For more information regarding the women’s rankings, click
<a href="http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/10/featured/2017-ncaa-di-womens-cross-country-national-coaches-poll-week-5" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
here.</a> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">For information regarding the men’s rankings, click
<a href="http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/10/featured/2017-ncaa-di-mens-cross-country-national-coaches-poll-week-5" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
here.</a> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">Be sure to follow the Providence Cross Country team on twitter (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/FriarsXCTrack" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family:Arial">@FriarsXCTrack</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial">)
, Instagram (</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/friarsxctrack/?hl=en)" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family:
Arial">@FriarsXCTrack</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial">) and Facebook (</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Providence-College-Cross-Country-and-Track-and-Field-138848779508145/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family:Arial">Providence
College Cross Country and Track and Field</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial"> ) for inside looks at the team.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Women’s National Rankings (Ranking (First Place Votes) - Team - Points)</span></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">1-Oregon (8) – 355</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">2-New Mexico (4) - 347</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">3-Colorado - 340</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">4-San Francisco -320</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">5- NC State- 309</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">6-Arkansas- 298</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">7- Providence- 271</span></b></p>
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</b>Boise State- 270 </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">9- Penn State- 246</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">10- Michigan- 240</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">11-Furman- 235</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">12-Utah State- 229</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">13-Washington- 221</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">14-Stanford- 208</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">15-Villanova-189</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">16-Georgia- 183</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">17- Wisconsin- 168</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">18- BYU- 163</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">19- Minnesota- 160</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">20-Michigan State- 110</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">21-Eastern Kentucky- 107</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">22- Ole Miss- 100</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">23- Iowa State- 93</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">24-Columbia- 85</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">25-Eastern Michigan- 59</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">26- Northern Arizona- 56</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">27- Utah- 47</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">28- California- 37</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">29-Indiana- 24</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">30-Dartmouth- 23</span></p>
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Women’s Northeast Rankings</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial;
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial">1-Providence</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"><br>
2-Columbia<br>
3-Dartmouth<br>
4-Syracuse<br>
5-Yale<br>
6-Cornell<br>
7-Brown<br>
8-Connecticut</span></p>
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