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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. 31, 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 10th In Latest Poll</span></b></p>
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normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Friars dropped in the rankings after finishing second at the BIG EAST Championships.
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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 post conference championships National and Regional Rankings polls on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The latest poll saw the Providence women ranked 10th 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 past weekend, (Oct. 27-29) was conference weekend around the NCAA. After every team competed for their conference crowns, the results provided some
shake ups in the rankings. Colorado returned to top spot in the polls as Oregon slid down to third. San Francisco, NC State, and Arkansas all maintained their positions. Stanford, Michigan and Villanova all moved up. The Providence women are now tied for 10<sup>th
</sup>with Boise State in the latest rankings. <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 race at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. on Friday, Nov. 10. Both teams can secure automatic bids to the NCAA
Cross Country Championships by finishing as one of the top two teams in the region. The teams could secure an At-Large bid based on their performances throughout the season if they were to finish outside of the top two.
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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-6" 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
</span><a href="http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/10/featured/2017-ncaa-di-mens-cross-country-national-coaches-poll-week-6" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">here</a>.
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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-Colorado (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 (3) - 348</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">3-Oregon (1) - 336</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">4-San Francisco -317</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- 292</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">7- Stanford- 290</span></p>
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</b>Michigan- 267 </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">9- Villanova- 247</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">T-10- Providence- 242</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">T-10-Boise State- 242</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">12-Furman- 228</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">13-Minnesota- 202</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">14-Georgia- 190</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">15-Utah State-184</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">16-Washington- 180</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">17-Wisconsin- 171</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">18- BYU- 165</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">19- Penn State- 149</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">20-Iowa State- 125</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">21-Michigan State-110</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">22- Ole Miss- 102</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">23-Eastern Kentucky-89</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">24-Columbia- 82</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">25-Ohio State- 46</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">26-California - 42</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">27-Eastern Michigan- 40</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">27-Georgeotwn- 40</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">29-Northern Arizona- 39</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">30-Dartmouth- 33</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-Connecticut</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:Arial">9-Brown</span></p>
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