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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 10, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Providence Cross Country Ready For Regionals<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<i>The Friars look to qualify for Nationals on Nov. 11.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b>PROVIDENCE, R.I. –
</b>The Providence College men’s and women’s cross country teams are set to compete at the NCAA Northeast Regional meet on Nov. 11. The races will take place at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The women’s 6k will start at 11:00 a.m., followed by the men’s
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Both teams look to secure a spot at NCAA’s with a strong showing at the Regional meet. A team finish in the top two will guarantee a spot at the national meet. If a team finishes outside
of the top two, then they will have to wait to receive an At-Large Selection by the NCAA.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Friars are each traveling with eight runners, with seven racing and the eighth acting as an alternate. The teams will be selected the day of the race. Traveling for the women will
be Sarah Mary Collins (Basel, Switzerland), Lauren Mullins (Binghamton, N.Y.), Keelin Hollowood (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Brianna Ilarda (Perth, Australia), Katie Lembo (Penfield, N.Y.), Mackenzie Barry (Mendham, N.J.), Millie Paladino (Morgantown, W.Va.),
and Abbey Wheeler (Elmira, N.Y.). The men are bringing Julian Oakley (Tauranga, New Zealand), Stephen Robertson (Wakefield, Mass.), Trevor Crawley (Cumberland, R.I.), Hugh Armstrong (Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland), Aaron Hanlon (Drogheda, Ireland), Thomas
O’Neill (Middletown, N.J.), Nicolas Carleo (Newburyport, Mass.) and Michael O’Leary (Melville, N.Y.).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">At last year’s Notheast Regional meet, the women placed five runners in the top 25 and took home the title with 49 points. Returning from last year’s meet will be Collins, Lembo, Mullins
and Ilarda, who all earned All-Region Honors with their respective second, ninth, 11<sup>th</sup> and 24<sup>th</sup> place finishes.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The men look to rebound from last year’s Northeast meet, where they finished in sixth place and missed qualifying for nationals. The men return five of the seven who raced at last year’s
meet including Oakley, Hanlon, Armstrong, Crawley and Robertson. Both Oakley and Hanlon earned All-Region Honors last season with their 16<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> place finishes, respectively.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Historically, the Friars have done well when the Northeast Regional has been at Van Cortlandt Park. The Northeast Regional was last held at Van Cortlandt Park in 2014, when both the
men’s and women’s teams finished second. Oakley finished 14<sup>th</sup> (30:43.1) and earned All-Region Honors for the men in 2014. For the women, Lembo (10<sup>th</sup> place), Mullins (24<sup>th</sup> place), Ilarda (35<sup>th</sup> place) and Barry (52<sup>nd</sup>
place) all competed to help the women qualify for the National meet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">-<b>GO FRIARS!- <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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