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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 27, 2017</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245</p>
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</b>The Providence College men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled out to Kenosha, Wis. for the BIG EAST Championships on Friday, Oct. 27. The races will take place at the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course on Saturday, Oct. 28. The men’s
8,000-meter race will be the first race of the day at 11:00 a.m. CT. The women’s 6,000-meter race will then follow at 11:50 a.m. CT.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">WOMEN’S PREVIEW:</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The women enter the meet looking to defend their conference crown. In the latest USTFCCCA poll, the women were ranked seventh and were the top ranked BIG EAST team. They will face stiff
competition from both the Villanova Wildcats and the Georgetown Hoyas. The Wildcats are ranked 15<sup>th</sup> in the country while the Hoyas are receiving votes.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The women are bringing a well experienced team to this year’s BIG EAST Championships as six of the nine athletes have competed at the BIG EAST Championships and five have competed at
the NCAA Cross Country Championships. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Graduate student Catarina Rocha (Peabody, Mass.), senior Brianna Ilarda (Perth, Australia) and senior Millie Paladino (Morgantown, W.Va.) will spearhead the Friars’ efforts at the BIG
EAST Championships. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Rocha, a three-time All-BIG EAST selection, finished seventh on this course as a freshman in 2013. In the seasons since, Rocha has finished second and sixth at the 2014 and 2015 BIG
EAST Championships. After redshirting last season, Rocha will look to stake her claim for the BIG EAST title.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Ilarda was the Friars’ top finisher at last season’s BIG EAST Championships when she finished third overall. Ilarda was the top Friar at Providence’s 2017 season opener at the UNH Dual
Meet. Most recently, she has been the Friars’ second finisher at Boston College Coast-to-Coast Invitational and the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational and has the talent to lead the Friars this weekend.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Paladino was sixth at last year’s championships. She was Providence’s top finisher at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational where she finished 17<sup>th</sup> against a deep, national-caliber
field.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Sophomore Abbey Wheeler (Elmira, N.Y.), senior Mackenzie Barry (Mendham, N.J.) and freshman Maria Coffin (Annapolis, Md.) all have had strong seasons. Both Wheeler and Barry were All-BIG
EAST selections last year when they finished eighth and 16<sup>th</sup>, respectively.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">WOMEN COMPETING:</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Mackenzie Barry</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Maria Coffin</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Dara Cuffe</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Alexandra DeCicco</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Brianna Ilarda</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Millie Paladino</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Aisling Quinn</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Catarina Rocha</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Abbey Wheeler</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">MEN’S PREVIEW:</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Providence men enter the meet with a young team that is ready to compete with the conference’s best.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Senior Aaron Hanlon (Drogheda, Ireland) has been the top finisher for the Providence men this. He led the men at the Boston College Coast-to-Coast Invitational (24th) and the Nuttycombe
Wisconsin Invitational. Hanlon will look to improve upon his 2014 result when he finished 14<sup>th</sup>.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Junior Marcus Karamanolis (Wellington, New Zealand) and junior Michael O’Leary (St. James, N.Y.) both look to make a jump at this year’s BIG EAST Championships.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Aside from junior Austin Scola (Medfield, Mass.), who finished 36<sup>th</sup> at the BIG EAST Championships last year, the rest of the team will be making their BIG EAST Cross Country
debut. </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">MEN COMPETING:
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Jack Carleo</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Sal Flight</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Aaron Hanlon</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Liam Harris</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Marcus Karamanolis</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Michael O’Leary</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Peter Rindfuss</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">David Rosas</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Austin Scola</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Angus White</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">-GO FRIARS!-
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