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</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Providence’s Sarah Collins Finishes 12th in NCAA Indoor 5,000 Meter Championship</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
Collins clocked in at 16:33.96 for a 12<sup>th</sup>-place finish at the NCAA Championships tonight (March 11).</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
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<b>Birmingham, Ala.</b> – Providence track senior Sarah Collins (Basel, Switzerland) finished 12<sup>th</sup> in the 5,000 meters at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Track Championships tonight (March 11) in Birmingham, Ala.
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:107%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">With the 12th-place finish, Collins earned Second Team All-America honors. The accomplishment also marks the fifth time she has received All-America accolades.<br>
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<b>- GO FRIARS -</b></span><span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><br>
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