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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Providence">Providence College Indoor Track Ready For BIG EAST Championship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Providence">The men’s and women’s track teams will compete at the BIG EAST Championship on Feb. 16-17 in Geneva, Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">PROVIDENCE, R.I. - </span></b><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">The Providence College men's and women's track teams will compete at the 2013 BIG EAST Indoor Track
Championships at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio on Feb. 16-17. The meet will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, and resume at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Senior Julian Matthews (Nelson, New Zealand) will be competing in the 1,000-meters. Matthews competed in the same event at the 2012 Championship and finished third with a time of 2:30.11.
<b>Matthews also is currently ranked sixth in the nation in the mile after competing at the Boston University Valentine Make-Up Meet on Thurs., Feb. 14. He finished second with a time of 3:58.14.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Sophomore Shane Quinn (Waterford, Ireland) will compete in the 5,000-meters. Quinn finished fourth in the 5,000-meters at last year’s championship with a time of 8:05.22.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Senior Dominic Channon (Nelson, New Zealand), sophomore Liam Hillery (Smithfield, R.I.), freshman Harvey Dixon (Aldershot, England) and senior Lee Carey (Bedworth, England) will all
compete in the 3,000-meters. Hillery finished 15<sup>th</sup> in the mile last season with a time of 4:18.22. Carey competed in the 5,000-meters at last year’s championship, and finished 12<sup>th</sup> with a time of 14:31.45.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Junior Emily Sisson (Chesterfield, Mo.), junior Laura Nagel (Napier, New Zealand) and freshman Lauren Mullins (Binghamton, N.Y.) will represent the Friars in the 3,000-meters. Sisson
is currently ranked third in the nation in the 5,000-meters, and is one of two BIG EAST athletes to dip below the 16-minute mark this season (</span><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#202020;background:white">15:44.4).</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#202020;background:white">
</span><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Sisson competed in the mile last year at the BIG EAST Championship, and has excelled in the event this season. At last year’s championship, she finished fifth with a time of 4:49.52 in the mile. This
season, Sisson ran a NCAA and World best time in the mile at the URI Sorlien Invitational in Kingston, R.I. on Jan. 19 with a time of 4:46.85. Nagel finished second in the 5,000-meters at the 2012 Championship with a time of 16:25.81.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Seniors Sam Roecker (Charlton, N.Y.) and Shelby Greany (Suffern, N.Y.) will be competing in the 5,000-meters. Roecker finished 12<sup>th</sup> at the 2012 Championship with a time
of 17:11.88.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Providence Friars Competing at the BIG EAST Championship:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Men:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Fr. Julian Oakley- 1 Mile Run<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Sr. Alex Wallace- 1 Mile Run<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Sr. Julian Matthews- 1,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Sr. Dominic Channon- 3,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">So. Liam Hillery- 3,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Fr. Harvey Dixon- 3,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Sr. Lee Carey- 3,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">So. Shane Quinn- 5,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Women:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Fr. Katie Sischo- 1 Mile Run<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">So. Caile Kohlbrenner- 1,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Jr. Laura Nagel- 3,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Jr. Emily Sisson- 3,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Fr. Lauren Mullins – 3,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Jr. Erin Murphy- 5,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Sr. Sam Roecker- 5,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Sr. Shelby Greany- 5,000-meters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">For more information about the Championship, visit
</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/IndoorTrackField/2013IndoorTrackFieldChampionshipCentral.aspx</span><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">.</span><span style="font-family:
"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">-GO FRIARS-</span><span style="font-family:
"Myriad Pro","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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