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<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</strong> Sunday, March 8, 2015<br>
Contact: Laura Nagel, 401-865-1245<br>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-size: 16pt;">Providence’s Harvey Dixon And Lauren Mullins Claim IC4A/ECAC Titles</strong><br>
<strong>Harvey Dixon won the IC4A mile title, while Lauren Mullins won the ECAC 3,000 meters.</strong><br>
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<p><strong>BOSTON, Mass. </strong>– The Providence College men’s and women’s track teams completed competition at the ECAC/IC4A Championships today (March 8) in Boston, Mass.
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Juniors Harvey Dixon (Aldershot, England) and Lauren Mullins (Binghamton, N.Y.) highlighted the weekend, each winning their respective events. Dixon claimed his first IC4A title in the mile after out-kicking the field with 300 meters to go to secure the win
(4:07.59). Mullins also won the ECAC title in the 3,000 meters in personal-best time of 9:28.90. <br>
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On the men's side in the IC4A 3,000 meter event, senior Shane Quinn (Waterford, Ireland) placed second (8:04.80), while fellow classmate Brian Doyle (Swansea, Mass.) and sophomore Trevor Crawley (Cumberland, R.I.) finished seventh (8:13.96) and 18th (8:20.94),
respectively. Crawley also ran a four-second personal best.<br>
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For the women, the ladies in the ECAC mile final were up first. Senior Laura Nagel (Napier, New Zealand) placed second (4:47.39) in the mile, while freshman Brianna Ilarda (Perth, Australia) finished seventh in a time of 4:53.51. In addition to Mullins in the
3,000 meters, freshman Katie Lembo (Penfield, N.Y.) placed sixth, finishing in 9:32.68.<br>
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Senior Taylor Corder (Corinth, Miss.) had an impressive weekend in her 500 meter races. On day one, Corder qualified for the final with her first ever sub-75 second performance (1:14.43). Her time marks the second-fastest 500 meters in school history. In the
final, Corder finished with another sub-75 second performance to finish eighth (1:14.72). <br>
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Next up for the Friars, graduate-student Emily Sisson (Chesterfield, Mo.) and junior Julian Oakley (Tauranga, New Zealand) will compete at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 13-14 in Fayetteville, Ark. to conclude the 2014-15 indoor
track and field season.<br>
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<strong>- GO FRIARS -</strong> </p>
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