Boston College Athletics
Women's Cross Country Move Up One in National Rankings
October 31, 2000 | Women's Track & Field
Oct. 31, 2000
Chestnut Hill, Mass.-The Boston College women's cross country team moved up one to sixth in the October 31 FinishLynx NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll. The Eagles last competed at the BIG EAST Championships on Friday, October 27 at Boston's Franklin Park where they took first place. The BIG EAST win was the fourth championship won by women's cross country and the first since 1985.
Leading the Eagles in the win was sophomore Maggie Guiney who finished in second place. With the 17:03 finish, M. Guiney set a personal record in the 5,000 meter race. Winning the race was Ann McGranahan from Villanova.
To capture the win, the Eagles used five runners in the top 15. The next to finish for the Eagles took the sixth, seventh and eighth places. In sixth with a time of 17:25 was sophomore Laura Smith. Shortly following in seventh was senior captain Katie Ryan with 17:31. Two seconds (17:33) later sophomore Cate Guiney finished in eighth place. Rounding out the medal winners, freshman Jennifer Kramer finished in 15th with a time of 17:40.
Also competing for the Heights were sophomore Julie Spoledoro (25th), junior Sharon Van Tuyl (27th), freshman Jennifer Donovan (43rd) and senior captain Lisa McIssac (76th).
Boston College women's cross country will return to action when they travel to Van Courtland Park, Bronx, N.Y. to participate in the NCAA District I Qualifier on Saturday, Nov. 11. The meet is schedule to begin at 11:00 a.m.
FinishLynx NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL POLL 2000 Poll #6 -- October 31, 2000 Ranking Team (first place votes) Points Prev. 1. Brigham Young (12) 300 1 2. Stanford 288 2 3. Wisconsin 276 3 4. Arizona State 259 4 5. Colorado 257 5 6. Boston College 238 7 7. Arizona 207 8 8. Kansas State 206 9 9. Washington 181 6 10. Michigan 179 12 11. Arkansas 174 11 12. Yale 169 15 13. Georgetown 163 10 14. North Carolina State 142 13 15. Colorado State 139 14 16. Providence 134 17 17. Weber State 102 18 18. Villanova 86 19 19. Missouri 76 nr 20. Minnesota 75 16 21. Marquette 66 20 22. Brown 58 22 23. North Carolina 43 nr 24. Texas A&M 29 21 25. West Virginia 28 24
Dropping Out: Wake Forest (23), Virginia (25)
Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Columbia 12, Wake Forest 6, South Florida 5, Northern Arizona 1, Texas Christian 1.
