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"Providence Regular"">Providence College Sisson and Matthews Earn All-American Honors
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<p class="NoParagraphStyle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Providence;mso-bidi-font-family:Providence">Sisson and Matthews both earn All-America Second Team accolades for their performances </span></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Providence;mso-bidi-font-family:Providence">at the NCAA Div. I Championship on March 8.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) officially announced on Monday, March 11 the 288 men and 266 women that earned USTFCCCA All-American honors for the 2013 Div. I Indoor Track & Field season based on their performances at the
Indoor Track & Field Championship. The Championship was held on March 9-10 in Fayetteville, Ark.
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#111111">J<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">unior<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Emily
Sisson<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#111111"> </span></span><span style="color:#111111">(Chesterfield, Mo.) and senior<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Julian Matthews<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#111111"> </span></span><span style="color:#111111">(Nelson,
New Zealand) both earned All-America Second Team honors from their performances at the NCAA Div. I Indoor Track Championships.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sisson finished ninth at NCAAs in the 5,000-meters in a time
of 15:54.73. The accolade marks her fourth All-American honor. Sisson received three All-America honors in 2012 in indoor track (3,000-meters), outdoor track (5,000-meters) and cross country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Matthews competed in the mile at NCAAs. He finished 16th in the
preliminaries with a time of 4:12.57. This is the third All-American honor Matthews has received. In 2011, he earned All-American honors in indoor track (mile) and outdoor track (1,500-meters).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#111111">First team honors were given to all those who placed in the Championship’s top-eight in an event or were a member of an
eight-person final. Second team honors were given to all those who finished between ninth and 16<sup>th</sup> place. An additional 11 men and nine women earned honorable mention honors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#111111">For the complete release from ustfcca.org, visit (</span><a href="http://www.ustfccca.org/2013/03/featured/division-i-indoor-ustfccca-all-america-awards-announced"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">http://www.ustfccca.org/2013/03/featured/division-i-indoor-ustfccca-all-america-awards-announced</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111">-Go Friars-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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