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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This up coming weekend will be the 1<sup>st</sup> round of the NCAA Championships East Preliminarily Round at North Carolina A&T in
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NC</st1:State></st1:place> on May 27-29. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Providence</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> has had the most ever athletes qualify for the NCAA Championships with 9 total athletes making it, 5 women and 4 men. The qualifying procedure this year was a descending order list for the East and
West Preliminarily Rounds with the top 48 athletes declared in each event will compete in the 1<sup>st</sup> preliminarily round, in hopes to qualify to the final round at the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">
Oregon</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> on June 9-12, 2010.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Women will have Senior <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
Katie DiCamillo</b> in the 10k who is ranked 6<sup>th</sup> out of the 48 athletes with a season best of 33:57.10. All 48 athletes will compete on Thursday night with the top 12 advancing to
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>. Freshman <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
Shelby Greany</b> is ranked 4<sup>th</sup> in the steeple out the 48 athletes with a season best of 10:08.66. The steeple will have one round this weekend of 3 heats and the top 3 from each heat and the next 3 fastest times will qualify for
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>. PC has two athletes qualified in the 5k, Junior
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Emma Perron</b> who is ranked 40<sup>th</sup> with a season best of 16:40.07 and Freshman
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Samantha Roecker</b> who is ranked 44<sup>th</sup> with a season best of 16:43.78. The 5k will have one round of two heats at
<st1:City w:st="on">Greensboro,</st1:City> with the top 5 and the next two fastest times qualifying for
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>. Sophomore
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Charlotte Ffrench-O'Carroll</b> qualified for the championships in the 1500m, where she is ranked 46<sup>th</sup> with a season best of 4:27.58. The 1500m will have two rounds in
<st1:City w:st="on">Greensboro</st1:City> with the first round having 4 heats, the top 5 and the next 4 fastest times qualifying for the second round in
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greensboro</st1:place></st1:City>. The quarterfinals of the 1500m will have two heats with the top 5 from each heat and the next 2 fastest times qualifying for
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Men will have three athletes in the 1500m, Sophomore
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Dominic Channon</b> who is ranked 7<sup>th</sup> with a season best of 3:42.25, Senior
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Hayden McLaren</b> and Sophomore <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
Julian Matthews</b> who are tied at 14<sup>th</sup> with both having season best of 3:43.95. The qualifying procedure will be the same as the women for the 1500m, having two rounds in Greensboro with the first round having 4 heats, the top 5 and the next 4
fastest times qualifying for the second round in Greensboro. The quarterfinals of the 1500m will have two heats with the top 5 from each heat and the next 2 fastest times qualifying for
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>. Senior <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
Tom Webb</b> also qualified in the 10K where he is ranked 47<sup>th</sup> with a season best of 30:09.46. As in the women 10k, there will be one section of the 10k in Greensboro and the top 12 qualifying to
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">NCAA Qualifying Chart: <a href="http://ustfccca.org/assets/ncaa-info/2010-ncaa-otf-two-site-alignment.pdf">
<font color="#800080">http://ustfccca.org/assets/ncaa-info/2010-ncaa-otf-two-site-alignment.pdf</font></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Women’s List: <a href="http://web1.ncaa.org/track/eventFiles/d1woutF1.txt">
<font color="#800080">http://web1.ncaa.org/track/eventFiles/d1woutF1.txt</font></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Men’s List <a href="http://web1.ncaa.org/track/eventFiles/d1moutF1.txt">
<font color="#800080">http://web1.ncaa.org/track/eventFiles/d1moutF1.txt</font></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><a href="http://web1.ncaa.org/track/events.jsp"><font color="#800080">http://web1.ncaa.org/track/events.jsp</font></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Schedule of Events: <a href="http://www.ncaa.com/graphics/FINALA&TSchedule.pdf">
<font color="#800080">http://www.ncaa.com/graphics/FINALA&TSchedule.pdf</font></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Championships Page: <a href="http://www.ncaa.com/sports/c-otrack/champpage/c-otrack-div1-east-index.html">
<font color="#800080">http://www.ncaa.com/sports/c-otrack/champpage/c-otrack-div1-east-index.html</font></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">East and West Breakup: <a href="http://ustfccca.org/assets/ncaa-info/2010-ncaa-otf-two-site-alignment.pdf">
<font color="#800080">http://ustfccca.org/assets/ncaa-info/2010-ncaa-otf-two-site-alignment.pdf</font></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">GO FRIARS!</p>
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