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<p class="MsoNormal">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 14, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Cross Country Set To Compete At Beantown Invite<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>The Friars are coming off wins at the UNH Tri-Meet.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PROVIDENCE, R.I. – </b>The Providence College men’s and women’s cross country team are set to compete at the Beantown Invitational on Sept. 16. at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. Both the men and women were ranked in the latest USTFCCCA
National poll. The women were ranked third overall, while the men were ranked 20<sup>th</sup>. The women’s race will begin at 3:00 p.m. followed by the men’s race at 3:30. A mixed open race will follow the men at 4:15 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Friars look to repeat as team champions, as the women took first with 42 points in 2015. This year’s women’s race will feature mainly regional competition. Highlighting the field will be Brown, Boston College and Dartmouth, who are
ranked seventh, eighth and 10<sup>th</sup> in the Northeast, respectively. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The women will look to Sarah Collins (Basel, Switzerland), Millie Paladino (Morgantown, W. Va.), Abbey Wheeler (Pine City, N.Y.), Katie Lembo (Penfield, N.Y.) and Mackenzie Barry (Mendham, N.J.) to lead the team. Collins, Paladino, Wheeler,
Lembo and Barry took the first five spots at the season opening UNH Tri-Meet on Sept. 3. In addition to these five, junior Brianna Ilarda (Perth, Australia) will be make her season debut at Beantown. Last season, Collins, Lembo and Ilarda all had strong races
at Beantown, finishing fourth, 12<sup>th</sup> and 16th, respectively. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Providence men did not compete at the Beantown Invitational last season. The men look to make a strong impression by racing their full squad against a field that includes both regional and nationally ranked teams. Highlighting the field
is Arkansas, which is ranked sixth in the national rankings. The field will also feature Duke and a number of Northeast teams, including Dartmouth, Brown and Connecticut, who are ranked seventh, eighth and 14<sup>th</sup> in the Northeast region.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Aaron Hanlon (Drogheda, Ireland), graduate student Stephen Robertson (Wakefield, Mass.), graduate student Julian Oakley (Tauranga, New Zealand), senior Trevor Crawley (Cumberland, R.I.), and senior Hugh Armstrong (Ballina, County
Mayo, Ireland) look to lead the men’s team. The Friars will also be looking for junior Thomas O’Neill (Middletown, N.J.), and sophomores Marcus Karamanolis (Wellington, New Zealand) to make an impact. Sophomore Nick Carleo (Newburyport, Mass.) will make his
cross country debut at Beantown.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter for live updates!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>-GO FRIARS!- <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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