Sept. 29, 2006

SOUTH BEND, IND. - The 27th-ranked Providence College men's cross country team finished second in the team standings at the Notre Dame Invitational on September 29 in South Bend, Ind. The Friars accumlated 109 points in the race, which comprised a total of 20 teams. NC State won the team title with 86 points. Chris Solinsky (Wisconsin) won the men's individual title with a time of 23:24.

Senior Martin Fagan (Mullingar, Ireland) led the Friar effort with a seventh-place finish in a time of 23:56. It was Fagan's first appearance with the Friars in 2006, after sitting out of PC's first two meets this season.

Junior Ahmed Haji (West Hartford, Conn.) finished 12th overall in a time of 24:08. Also scoring for Providence was junior Max Smith (Dunedin, New Zealand) who finished 22nd (24:20), sophomore Richard Yeates (Dublin, Ireland) who finished 31st (24:33) and senior Nicholas Weidman (Sudbury, Mass.) who placed 37th (24:40).

The Friars return to action on Saturday, October 7 at the New England Championships. The meet will take place at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

2006 Notre Dame Invitational Team Results - MEN (top-10 of 20)
1.	NC State	86
2.	Providence College	109
3.	Michigan	123
4.	Notre Dame	160
	Florida	160
6.	Florida State	165
7.	Eastern Michigan	183
8.	Wisconsin	188
9.	Weber State	207
10.	Belmont	289

2006 Notre Dame Invitational Individual Results - MEN (top-10, followed by Providence individual finishers)
1.	Chris Solinsky	Wisconsin	23:24
2.	Seth Pilkington	Weber State	23:40
3.	Patrick Smyth	Notre Dame	23:46
4.	Andrew Lemoncello	Florida State	23:48
5.	Jeremy Criscione	Florida	23:48
6.	Tonny Okello	South Alabama	23:54
7.	Martin Fagan	Providence	23:56
8.	Tom Lancashire	Florida State	24:00
9.	Jason Bill	Illinois	24:02
10.	Vincent Rono	South Alabama	24:05
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12.	Ahmed Haji	Providence	24:08
22.	Max Smith	Providence	24:20
31.	Richard Yeates	Providence	24:33
37.	Nick Weidman	Providence	24:40
71	Hayden McLaren	Providence 	25:04
79.	Tom Webb	Providence	25:11
144.	Matt Kinback	Providence	26:09