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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 12, 2016</span><br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Providence Men’s Cross Country Receives At-Large Berth To NCAA Championships<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Friar men will join the women who earned an automatic berth on Nov. 11.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">NEW ORLEANS, LA. –
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14.0pt">The USTFCCCA announced on Nov. 12 the 13 men’s and women’s teams that received an At-Large berth to the NCAA Cross Country Championships. The Providence Cross Country men’s team was one of the teams to earn an At-Large
berth. The men finished fourth at the Northeast Regional Meet on Nov. 11. The Friars earned their berth based on their finishes at the races they competed in throughout the season. Both the men’s and women’s teams will now compete at the NCAA Cross Country
Championships on Nov. 19 in Terra Haute, Ind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Arkansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Georgetown
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Iona
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Michigan State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Middle Tennessee State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mississippi
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Navy
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">North Carolina State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Northern Arizona
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Oklahoma State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Portland
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Stanford
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Syracuse
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Texas
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Tulsa
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Virginia
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Men’s At-large Teams
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Boise State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Brigham Young
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">California
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Colorado State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Dartmouth
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Illinois
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Iowa State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Oregon
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"Times New Roman"">Providence
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Southern Utah
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">UCLA
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">UTEP
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Washington State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Women’s Automatic Qualifying Teams
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Arkansas
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Baylor
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Colorado
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Harvard
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Louisville
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Michigan
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mississippi
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mississippi State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Missouri
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">North Carolina State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">New Mexico
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Notre Dame
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Oklahoma State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Penn State
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"Times New Roman"">Providence
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Stanford
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Villanova
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Air Force
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Brigham Young
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Eastern Michigan
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Iowa State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Michigan State
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Oregon
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Pennsylvania
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Portland
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">San Francisco
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">UCLA
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Utah
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Wisconsin
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Yale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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