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<b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Contact:</b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Laura Nagel, 401-865-1245</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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<font size="4" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b>Providence’s Julian Oakley and Sarah Collins To Compete At NCAA Indoor Championships</b></span></font><b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br>
Oakley will compete in the mile, while Collins will race in the 5,000 meter event. </b><b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br>
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<b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">PROVIDENCE, R.I.</b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> – Providence track-star seniors Julian Oakley (Tauranga, New Zealand) and
Sarah Collins (Basel, Switzerland) will travel to Birmingham, Ala. for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this week (March 11-12). </span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">First up will be Oakley in the mile semifinal on Friday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET. Oakley is ranked the 10</span><font size="-1" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><sup>th</sup></font><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-fastest
in the field after running a 3:58.34 mile at the NYRR Millrose Games on Feb. 20. He is also coming off of a second-place finish in the mile at the BIG EAST Championships. To advance to the final on Saturday (March 12) at 5:00 p.m. ET, Oakley will need to finish
among the top four individuals in his heat for an automatic spot or have one of the two next best times. </span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Collins will compete in the 5,000 meter final at 9:35 p.m. ET on Friday. Following the 2015 cross country season, Collins carried over her form a few weeks later to record 15:45.58
in the 5,000 meters at the BU Season Opener on Dec. 5, which earned her a spot (No. 8) among the top-16 women in the field for Friday. She is coming off of a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships. </span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ESPN3 will stream the meet live on March 11 starting at 6:25 p.m. ET and starting at 4:55 p.m. ET on March 12. A replay of the championships will take place on Sunday, March
13 starting at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2, as well as Wednesday, March 23 starting at 10:00 p.m. ET on ESPNU.</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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<b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- GO FRIARS -</b><span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><br>
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