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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Former Friar Julian Matthews To Compete For New Zealand In The 1,500 in the Olympic Games</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">PROVIDENCE, R.I. – </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Former Providence College track and cross country standout Julian Matthews ’13 will compete in
the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. Matthews (Nelson, New Zealand) will run the 1,500 meters for New Zealand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Matthews will become the 18<sup>th</sup> Friar to run in the Olympics. Over the years, Friar athletes have competed in 33 events in track. In 2012, former Friars Kim Smith (Marathon),
Stephanie Reilly (3,000 Meter Steeplechase), and Dylan Wykes (Marathon) competed in the Summer Olympics in London. Former Friar John Treacy ‘78 captured a silver medal for Ireland in the Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Matthews qualified for the New Zealand team after running a 1,500 time of 3:36.14. It will mark his first appearance at the Olympic Games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> “I am delighted that Julian can carry on the tradition of Friar track Olympians, who have competed in every Olympiad since 1980,” Providence College Head Coach Ray Treacy said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">As a Friar, Matthews was a three-time All-American. He earned two All-America honors in the indoor mile (2011, 2013) and one All-America accolade in the outdoor 1,500 meters (2011). Over his four
years at Providence College he won two BIG EAST titles, one for the indoor 1,000 meters in 2013, and one as a member of the distance medley team that captured the BIG EAST Indoor Championship in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> The first round of the 1,500 meter will be broadcast on
<a href="http://www.nbcsports.com">www.nbcsports.com</a> or on the NBC Live Extra app, on August 16<sup>th</sup> at 9:30 pm EDT. The final will be broadcast on August 20<sup>th</sup> at 8:00 pm EDT. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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