<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --></style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr">
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Contact- Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Providence Alumnus Julian Oakley ’16 Qualifies For 3,000m Final Of IAAF World Indoor Championships.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Oakley earned an auto qualifiers spot by finishing fourth in his preliminary heat.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – </b>Former Friar Julian Oakley raced in the preliminary heats of the 3,000 meters of the IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, England on Friday, March 2. Oakley qualified for
the 3,000-meter final after finishing fourth in the second preliminary heat with a time of 7:55.92.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
The final of the 3,000 meters will take place at 10:35 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 4.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">-GO FRIARS!- <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<br>
<p></p>
<div id="Signature">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols">
<p></p>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>