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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 28, 2017</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245</span></font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Providence Cross Country Ranked In Northeast Region</b></span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The women are ranked first while the men are ranked fourth in the Northeast.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>NEW ORLEANS, La. –</b> The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released the preseason regional
rankings on Monday, Aug. 28. The poll had the Providence women ranked first in the Northeast region while it had the men ranked fourth.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The women enter the season as the defending Northeast champions. They are followed in the rankings by Ivy league schools Harvard, Yale and
Cornell. The women have held the number one ranking in the Northeast region since Nov. 3, 2014. Over this time, the USTFCCCA has released 15 regional ranking polls. </span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The men are ranked fourth in the Northeast after having finished fourth at the Northeast meet last season. Syracuse tops the Northeast region
and are followed by Iona and Columbia.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Visit <a href="http://www.ustfccca.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font color="#0563C1">USTFCCCA.org</font></a> for more
information on other regions around the country.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Be sure to follow the Providence Cross Country team on twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/FriarsXCTrack" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font color="#0563C1">@FriarsXCTrack</font></a>)
, Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/friarsxctrack/?hl=en%29" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font color="#0563C1">@FriarsXCTrack</font></a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Providence-College-Cross-Country-and-Track-and-Field-138848779508145/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font color="#0563C1">Providence
College Cross Country and Track and Field</font></a>) for live updates. </span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">-<b>GO FRIARS!-</b></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Women’s Northeast Rankings</b></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>1-Providence</b></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2-Harvard</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3-Yale</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">4-Cornell</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">5-Syracuse</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6-Columbia</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">7-Brown</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">8-New Hampshire</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">9-Dartmouth</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10-Iona</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Men’s Northeast Rankings</b></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1-Syracuse</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2-Iona</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3-Columbia</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>4-Providence</b></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">5-Brown</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6-Boston University</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">7-Dartmouth</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">8-Yale</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">9-West Point</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10-Cornell</span></font></div>
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