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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
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of the two-day meet with action starting on the Ray Treacy Track at 5:00 p.m.
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The Invitational portion of the meet will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will feature seeded sections of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, the 800 meters, the mile, and the 5,000-meteres.
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The women’s 3,000-meter Steeplechase will be the first invitational race of the day and will feature Columbia’s 2017 All-American Nell Crosby.
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Immediately following the women’s steeplechase with be the men’s 3,000-meter Steeplechase at 7:20. Ocean State AC’s Jordan Mann will look to become a three-time winner of the event and break his own facility record of 8:52.36, set in 2016. Mann was an All-American
in the event while competing for Providence in 2016.
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After the steeplechases will be the 800 meter races. The women’s 800 will feature Stony Brook’s Holly Manning, the 2018 American East Indoor 1,000-meter champion, Boston College’s Molly McCabe, a 2017 NCAA qualifier in the event, and Brown’s Claire Peabody,
the facility record holder.
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The men’s 800 meters will have two 2017 NCAA qualifiers in Brown’s Zach Emrich and Northeastern’s Marc Rienas. The facility record of 1:48.71 for the event was set by Brown’s Ned Willig in 2016.
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The start list for the women’s mile contains four All-Americans including UMASS Amherst’s Heather McClean, Columbia’s Sarah Hardie, Providence’s Catarina Rocha and Millie Paladino, who will be running unattached. The facility record of 4:50.74, held by Brown’s
Natalie Schudrowitz, should fall on Friday night.
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The men’s mile should also prove to be quick as it features sub-4 miler Nick Ross of NE Distance, two 2017 NCAA qualifiers in Providence’s Nick Carleo and Columbia’s Sam Ritz and facility record holder, NE Distance’s Henry Sterling.
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The final two invitational events of the night will be the 5,000 meters. The women’s race will have former William & Mary standout and current NE Distance athlete Dylan Hassett.
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The men’s 5,000 meters will see Ocean State AC’s Hugh Armstrong battle Stony Brook’s Dan Connolly and Mitchell Watts, who will be racing unattached. Armstrong had a stellar career while competing for the Friars and was named Providence’s 2017 Male Athlete of
the Year. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Connolly is the 2018 America East Indoor 5,000-meter champion while Watts is the 2018 America East Indoor 3,000-meter champion.
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