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<font face="Cambria">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 3, 2016</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria"><b>Providence Track Opens Indoor Season</b></font></div>
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<font face="Cambria"><i>The Friars competed at the Fordham Classic and BU Season Opener.</i></font></div>
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<font face="Cambria"><b>BOSTON, MASS. – </b>The Providence College men’s and women’s Indoor Track teams opened up their seasons at the Fordham Classic and the Boston University Season Opener. The Friars competed at Fordham on Dec. 2<font size="-1"><sup>nd</sup></font> and
at the BU Season Opener on Dec. 3<font size="-1"><sup>rd</sup></font>.</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Sarah Mary Collins (Basel, Switzerland), Brianna Ilarda (Perth, Australia), Hugh Armstrong (Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland), and Stephen Robertson (Wakefield, Mass) carried their Cross Country fitness into the Indoor track season by competing
in the 5k at the BU Season Opener. Collins (15:54.46) and Ilarda (15:55.91) finished 4<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font> and 5<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font>, respectively. Ilarda’s time was a 23 second personal best.</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Armstrong and Robertson both competed in the fastest heat of the 5k. Armstrong had a strong race, finishing second overall in a time of 14:06.43. Armstrong was the top collegiate in the race and chopped three seconds off of his previous
best. Robertson finished 15<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font> overall in a time of 14:19.75. This was a 30 second personal best for Robertson.</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">At the Fordham Classic, 10 Friars finished in the top three in their event.</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Liz Dougherty: 1000 meters, 3<font size="-1"><sup>rd</sup></font>, 3:06.66</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Alexandra DeCicco: Mile, 2<font size="-1"><sup>nd</sup></font>, 5:16.60</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Dara Cuffe: Mile, 3<font size="-1"><sup>rd</sup></font>, 5:26.81</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Mackenzie Barry: 3,000 meters, 1<font size="-1"><sup>st</sup></font>, 10:38.85</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Keelin Hollowood: 3,000 meters, 2<font size="-1"><sup>nd</sup></font>, 10:41.31</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">James Campbell: 800 meters, 3<font size="-1"><sup>rd</sup></font>, 1:56.39</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Michael O’Leary: Mile, 1st, 4:23.35</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Marcus Karamanolis: Mile, 2<font size="-1"><sup>nd</sup></font>, 4:25.06</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Thomas O’Neill: 3,000 meters, 1<font size="-1"><sup>st</sup></font>, 8:54.28</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">Austin Scola: 3,000 meters, 2<font size="-1"><sup>nd</sup></font>, 8:55.33</font></div>
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<font face="Cambria">-<b>GO FRIARS!- </b></font></div>
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