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<div style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Providence College’s Emily Sisson Places Sixth In 10,000 Meters At The USA Track & Field Championships
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">DES MOINES, Iowa – Providence College senior Emily Sisson placed sixth
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</span></font><font color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">in the finals of the 10,000 meters at the USA Track and Field Championships on Thursday, June 20 in Des Moines, Iowa. Sisson was running in her second USA Track Championships. Shalane<a></a><a></a>
Flanagan won the race in a time of 31:43.20.</span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#111111" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sisson qualified for the USA Track and Field Championships 10,000<a></a> meters with a career best
time of 33:02.88 after winning the 2013 BIG EAST Championship title in Piscataway, N.J. on May, 3-5. The qualifying time for the Championships is 33:20.00.</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#111111" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sisson competed at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials last year in the 5,000 meters finishing
12th in a time of 15:34.68. She has had a very successful year on the track. During the indoor season, she won the BIG EAST 3,000 meter title and earned Second-Team All-America honors for her ninth place finish in the 5,000 meters (15:54.73) at the 2013 NCAA
DI Indoor Track and Field Championships. In the outdoor season, Sisson captured another BIG EAST title in the 10,000 meters. She also earned First-Team All-America accolades for her most recent performance at the 2013 NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Championships
in the 5,000 meters after finishing 6th in a time of 15:58.40.</span></font></span></font></div>
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