[Pcalumnixctrack] Providence's Thomas O’Neill To Represent US At Deaflympics

[Laura A Nagel]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2016
Contact: Laura Nagel, 401-865-1245

Providence's Thomas O’Neill To Represent US At Deaflympics
O’Neill will compete for the US at the Deaflympics in Turkey in July.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Providence College cross country/track sophomore Thomas O’Neill (Middletown, N.Y.) was invited to compete for the USA Deaf Sports Federation on July 18-30, 2017 at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey.

O’Neill will also spend a week training with the national team in June in Washington, D.C.

During the 2015 cross country season, O’Neill helped the Friars to a third-place finish at the BIG EAST Championships, finishing 15th to earn All-BIG EAST honors. He has also earned BIG EAST Athlete of the Week honors twice in his career at Providence and has run 8:29.24 for the 3,000 meters and 14:24.91 for the 5,000 meters on the track.

Link to release by Jeremy Carino here<http://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2016/04/12/college-corner-oneill-represent-us-deaflympics/82887008/>.

- Go Friars -



Laura Nagel
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