Boston College Athletics
Women's Cross Country Ranked Tenth in National Poll
September 19, 2000 | Women's Track & Field
Sept. 19, 2000
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The Boston College women's cross country team is ranked tenth nationally in the FinishLynx National Cross Country Poll for the week of September 18.
The Eagles have come out of the blocks strong to start the 2000 campaign. Head coach Randy Thomas' troops swept the top nine places at a regional meet in Durham, N.H. to open the season (September 9). Junior Katie Ryan (Elmira, N.Y.) won the 5000-meter race in 18:02, leading a pack of eight Eagles who all finished within :57 of each other.
The squad then went on to sweep the top five places, led by sophomore Maggie Guiney's (Red Bank, N.J.) winning time of 19:10, at the Dartmouth Invitational on September 16.
The Eagles next travel to the Iona College Meet of Champions in Bronx, N.Y. on September 30.
FinishLynx NCAA Division I National Cross Country Poll
2000 Poll #1 -- September 18, 2000
Ranking Team (First Place Votes) Points1. Stanford (9) 291 2. Wisconsin (2) 287 3. Kansas State (1) 273 4. Colorado 271 5. Georgetown 248 6. Brigham Young 247 7. Arizona State 211 8. North Carolina State 208 9. Arkansas 176 10. Boston College 174 11. Providence 164 12. Oregon 163 13. Minnesota 153 14. Michigan 151 15. Colorado State 150 16. Duke 106 17. Brown 90 18. Washington 84.5 19. Villanova 80 20. Texas A&M 64 21. Missouri 54 22. UC-Irvine 39.5 23.(Tie) Boston University 38 Marquette 38 25. Wake Forest 33
Also Receiving Votes: North Carolina 32, Northern Arizona 20, South Florida 18, Nebraska 18, Ball State 5, Texas Christian 4, Arizona 4, Weber State 2, Yale 2, Purdue 1.
