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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Saturday, Jan. 18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Contact: Jennifer Friedman-(401) 865-1245<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Providence College Men’s Track And Field Claims Four-First Place Finishes At URI Invitational
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Friars swept the top-four positions in the 3000 meter run.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>KINGSTON, R.I. - </b>The Providence College men’s track and field team competed at the URI Sorlien Invitational on Jan. 18. The Friars saw four-first places complimented by four-second place finishes.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sophomore Austin King (Kempton, Pa.) claimed second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 50.22. Freshman James Campbel (Cumberland, Maine) also claimed a second place finish at the meet with a time of 1:07.26 in the 500 meter dash.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sophomore Joseph Vercollone (Pembroke, Mass.) captured first in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:56.14. Graduate student Kevin Cooper (Waterford, Ireland) joined Vercollone in the winner’s circle with an IC4A Championship qualifying time
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<p class="MsoNormal">Providence took positions one and two in the one mile run with a first place finish from sophomore Harvey Dixon (Aldershot, England) and a second place finish from graduate student Julian Saad (Trumbull, Conn.). Dixon finished the race
in a time of 4:20.07, while Saad finished on the heels of Dixon with a time of 4:20.46.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the 3000 meter run, the Friars claimed the top-four spots. Providence was led by junior Benjamin Connor (Derby, England), who finished first with a personal-best time of 8:22.52. Connor was followed by classmate Liam Hillery (Smithfield,
R.I.) and sophomores Stephen Robertson (Wakefield, Mass.) and Christian Costello (Ridgewood, N.J.). Hillery was second with a time of 8:23.82, while Robertson and Costello captured third (8:35.90) and fourth (8:37.95), respectively. Connor and Hillery both
posted IC4A qualifying times, while Costello captured a personal-best. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Friars also captured third in the 4 x 400 relay with a time of 3:26.22.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For a complete list of results <a href="http://www.directathletics.com/results/track/31924_m.html">
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Friars are back in action Friday, Jan. 24, when they compete at the Boston University Terrier Invitational. The meet is set to start at 12:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong>Jennifer Friedman </strong></p>
<p>Sports Information</p>
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<p>Providence College </p>
<p>Work: (401) 865-1245</p>
<p>Cell: (626) 484-0699</p>
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