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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 26, 2012</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Contact – John Carchedi (401) 865 1245</div>
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<font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="5">Providence College Track and Field Teams Excel at New England Championships</font></b></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="4">Davidson wins mile; Friars claim nine, top-five finishes.</font></b></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">BOSTON, MASS. – The Providence College men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their series of post season challenges this weekend, earning nine, top-five finishes at the New England Championships
at Boston University despite holding much their rosters idle. </div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Senior Hannah Davidson (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), a second-team All-American last winter, was victorious in her first mile-run this season. Davidson crossed the line in 4:50.3, nine-tenths of a second ahead
of the next closest competitor, New Hampshire’s Keeley Maguire (4:50.9).</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The Friar women also impacted the 3000-meters, placing three runners in the top-four. Senior Charlotte Ffrench O’Carroll (Dublin, Ireland) was second with a time of 9:31.52, less than two seconds shy of her
personal best. Classmate Mary Kate Champagne (Plattsburg, N.Y.) was third with a posting of 9:50.52, just ahead of the fourth-place effort of junior Sam Roecker (Charlton, N.Y.), who timed in at 9:57.71.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The Friars continue to score in the middle-distances, as well. Freshman Devyn Pryor (Dartmouth, Mass.) continued her strong debut campaign with a time of 2:15.88 in the 800, good for fourth overall. Sophomore
Jackie McCarthy (New Rochelle, N.Y.) was fifth in the 1000-meters, earning a time of 2:56.16.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">On the men’s side, the Friars earned a pair of top-five finishes in the 5000-meters as two student-athletes shattered their personal bests. Junior Ahmed Ali (Boston, Mass.) earned fourth overall with an effort
of 14:39.44. His previous PR of 14:49.31 was set at last season’s New England Championships. Classmate Eric Malnatti (Walpole, N.H.) trailed by a half-step, crossing in 14:39.87, over 33 seconds faster than his previous best entering this season of 15:13.06.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Freshman Liam Hillery (Smithfield, R.I.) earned the other top-five finish, grabbing fifth in the 3000-meters with an 8:23.76.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">The Friars will now take on a busy start to the month of March, as several athletes will compete in the ultra-fast events of the Columbia Last Chance Meet, held March 2<font size="-1"><sup>nd</sup></font> and
3<font size="-1"><sup>rd</sup></font> at the Armory in New York City. Other competitors will take part in the IC4A/ECAC Championships at B.U on March 3 and 4.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">- Go Friars -</div>
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<div style="margin:0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">John Carchedi<br>
Athletic Media Relations</span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Providence College
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1 Cunningham Square</span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Providence, RI 02918</span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> jcarched@friars.providence.edu</span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">401-865-1245 (o)</span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">617-276-6893 (c)</span></font></div>
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