[Pcalumnixctrack] Providence College Men’s And Women’s Track Set To Compete At BIG EAST Championships

[Laura A Nagel]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 27, 2015
Contact: Laura Nagel, 401-865-1245

Providence College Men’s And Women’s Track Set To Compete At BIG EAST Championships

The 2015 BIG EAST Indoor Championships will take place on Feb. 28-Mar. 1.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men’s and women’s track teams will compete at the 2015 BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 28-Mar. 1 at the Armory in the Bronx. N.Y.

For the men, junior Julian Oakley (Tauranga, New Zealand) will compete for a BIG EAST title in the mile after coming off of his NCAA No. 4 seeded mile time of 3:57.22. He will be up against other sub-four minute milers from Villanova and Georgetown. The experienced seniors, Shane Quinn (Waterford, Ireland) and Brian Doyle (Swansea, Mass.), will tackle the distance double, racing the 3,000 and 5,000 meters. Junior Harvey Dixon (Aldershot, England) will be the lone Friar in the 1,000 meters, while senior Phil Reid (Oceanport, N.J.) will compete in the 60-meter hurdles and the heptathlon.

Grad-student Emily Sisson (Chesterfield, Mo.) will lead the women’s side. Sisson will focus on the 5,000 meters with the NCAA Championships on the horizon. With an NCAA No. 2 seed time of 15:21.84, she will look to defend her 5,000-meter title. Also in the 5,000 meters is junior Lauren Mullins (Binghamton, N.Y.). Mullins recently finished sixth in the 5,000 meters at the BU Terrier Invitational in a personal best time of 16:36.35. Featuring in the 3,000 meters will be the freshman duo of Brianna Ilarda (Perth, Australia) and Katie Lembo (Penfield, N.Y.), as well as senior Laura Nagel (Napier, New Zealand) and sophomore Emily Bushey (Vernon, N.J.).

In the middle-distance events, junior Molly Keating (Rehoboth, Mass.) will compete in the 1,000 meters, while senior Caitlin Abelseth (Voorheesville, N.Y.) and Taylor Corder (Corinth, Miss.) will race in the 800 meters and 500 meters, respectively.

Both the men’s and women’s teams will have squads in all of the relays and the individuals that will compete in those will be determined on the day.

A full schedule of events can be found here?<http://www.bigeast.com/championships/bige-15-track-field-tournament.html>.

The event will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network. To view the broadcast, download the FoxSportsGO app on your mobile device or tablet.


-GO FRIARS-



Laura Nagel
Sports Information Graduate Assistant
Providence College
1 Cunningham Square
Providence, R.I. 02918
(o) 401-865-1245

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