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<font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Providence’s Hugh Armstrong Named BIG EAST Track Athlete of the Week</b></span></font><b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br>
Armstrong ran a huge 39-second personal best in the 10,000 meters last weekend to earn the honor.</b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </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;">NEW YORK, N.Y.</b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> – The BIG EAST Conference announced its BIG EAST Weekly track and field honors
today (April 6). Junior Hugh Armstrong (Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland) was named BIG EAST Track Athlete of the Week for the first time. </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;">Armstrong earned the honor after running a huge 39-second personal best in section two of the men’s 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational on April 1. Armstrong’s time of
29:16.73 ranked him as the 10th-best 10,000 meter runner in the history of the Providence men’s track program. His time also ranks 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;"> in
the East and 30</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;"> in the NCAA. </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><br>
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