Men's Cross Country Finishes Second At NCAA Northeast Regionals And Qualifies For NCAA's

Max Smith and Hayden McLaren finish first and second, respectively.

Nov. 10, 2007

BOSTON, MASS. - The Providence College men's cross country team finished second at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. on Saturday, November 10. The Friars earned 46 points, while Iona captured the team title with 37 points. Providence automatically qualifies for the NCAA Championship along with Iona. Senior Max Smith (Dunedin, New Zealand) and sophomore Hayden McLaren (Christchurch, New Zealand) paced the field. Smith won the individual title with a time of 29:58.75. McLaren finished second overall with a time of 30:00.95 as he passed Abraham Ng'Etich just meters from the finish line. Ng'Etich finished third with a time of 30:01.10.

Senior Ahmed Haji (West Hartford, Conn.) and freshman David McCarthy (Waterford, Ireland) placed in the top-15 individually. Haji took 10th place with a time of 30:14.95, while McCarthy finished 15th (30:20.35). Also scoring for the Friars was sophomore Richard Yeates (Dublin, Ireland). Yeates completed the 10K course in a time of 30:26.55.

The top two teams at the NCAA Northeast Regional earn automatic berths to the NCAA Championship. The Friars will take part in the NCAA's for the 29th time in program history. A year ago, PC finished ninth at the NCAA Championships. The 2007 NCAA Championship is scheduled for Monday, November 19 in Terre Haute, Ind.

2007 NCAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL
WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS (Top-10 of 34)
1. 	Iona	37
2.	Providence	46
3.	Syracuse	132
4.	Brown	188
5.	Cornell	193
6.	Dartmouth	197
7.	Harvard	201
8.	Stony Brook	268
	Yale	268
10.	Columbia	275

2007 NCAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL INIDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-10)
1. 	Max Smith	PC	29:58.75
2.	Hayden McLaren	PC	30:00.95
3.	Abraham Ng'Etich	Iona	30:01.10
4.	Harbert Okuti	Iona	30:04.50
5.	Andrew Ledwith	Iona	30:04.70
6.	Patrick Mellea	BC	30:04.80
7.	John Mickowski	Army	30:07.35
8.	Sage Canaday	Cornell	30:13.25
9.	Jeff Scull	Syracuse	30:14.35
10.	Ahmed Haji	PC	30:14.95
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15.	David McCarthy	PC	30:20.35
18.	Richard Yeates	PC	30:26.55
35.	Michael Anderson	PC	30:55.25
53.	Tom Webb	PC	31:13.80