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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2017<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>Track Competes At Black and Gold Invitational <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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The Friars had two individual winners on the day.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b>SMITHFIELD, R.I.
</b>– The Providence College men’s and women’s Track teams competed at the Bryant Black and Gold Invitational on April 2. The Friars raced against Bryant, URI, Bentley, Assumption, Vermont, Central Connecticut, Merrimack, Vermont, and Siena.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Providence took four of the top six spots in the 5,000 meters. Stephen Robertson (Wakefield, Mass.) won in a time of 14:47.94. Austin Scola (Medfield, Mass.) took second (14:53.15),
Marcus Karamanolis (Wellington, New Zealand) took fourth (14:57.74) and Brendan Sullivan (Foxboro, Mass.) took fifth (15:13.61).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">James Campbell (Cumberland, Maine) placed third overall in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.13.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Joseph Hurton (Wakefield, Mass.) finished fifth in the 400m Hurdles with a time of 58.95.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">John Olayiwola (New Britain, Conn.) placed third in the Triple Jump with a jump of 12.43m<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Campbell and Hurton teamed up with Jared Grossi (Warwick, R.I.) and Michael O’Leary (Melville, N.Y.) to finish third in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:25.37.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><i>Women’s Highlights:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Friars placed three runners in the top six of the women’s 800 meters. Molly Keating (Rehoboth, Mass.) was the individual champion with a time of 2:20.05. Bridget Gonzalez (Balitmore,
Md.) took second with a time of 2:20.71, while Dara Cuffe (Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.) finished sixth with a time of 2:28.59.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">In the 1,500 meters, Alexandra DeCicco (Holtsville, N.Y.) took third with a time of 4:40.48 while Lauren Mullins took fifth in a time of 4:42.37.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Mackenzie Barry (Mendham, N.J.) finished fourth in the 5,000 meters with a 17:38.40.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Mariah O’Gara (Taunton, Mass.) finished sixth in the 400 meters with a time of 1:02.90.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Track teams next compete at the Ocean State Invitational on April 15. This will be the one home meet of the year for the Friars.<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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