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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2017</span></p>
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normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Former Friar Mark Carroll Named Director of Track and Field/Cross Country at Drake University</span></b></p>
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normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Carroll takes over the Drake program after spending the last eight years at Auburn University.</span></i></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">DES MOINES, IOWA –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Drake University Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb announced the hiring of former Friar Mark Carroll ’95 as the Director of Track and Field/Cross Country on Tuesday, June 27. Carroll takes over the
Bulldog program after having spent the last eight years as head Cross Country and assistant Track and Field coach at Auburn University.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">In his eight-year tenure at Auburn, Carroll coached five All-Americans, two NCAA regional cross
country champions, six Southeastern Conference Champions and 18 All-SEC honorees. He also mentored seven student-athletes that qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships and coached athletes that broke seven school records.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Carroll becomes the fifth former Providence student-athlete to become a Director of Cross Country/Track
and Field program, joining Ray Treacy (Providence College), Mick Byrne (University of Wisconsin), Andy Ronan (Stony Brook University) and Sinead Delahunty Evans (Brandeis University).
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Carroll was one of the most successful athletes in Friar history during his collegiate career
at Providence. He was a six time All-American and won the 5,000 meters at the 1995 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. He twice finished in the top three at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, finishing second in 1995 and third in 1992. Carroll holds
the Providence record in the outdoor 5,000 meters (13:13.94) and the outdoor 1,500 meters (3:36.52). He was inducted into the Providence Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.
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