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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Providence Track Travels To Spire Institute For BIG EAST Championships</b></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>The Friars will compete on May 11-12 in Geneva, Ohio.</i></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/bigeast.com/documents/2018/4/11/Updated_2018_Big_East_Outdoor_Schedule.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk5490" previewremoved="true"><font color="#0563C1"><span id="LPlnk5490"><b>Meet
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>PROVIDENCE, R.I. – </b><font face="Times New Roman">The Providence College men’s and women’s track and field teams will travel to the Spire Institute for the BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships
on May 11 and 12. The Championships will be streamed live on the BIG EAST Digital Network. The stream can be accessed via the FoxSportsGo app on a mobile device or tablet. You can also access the stream on the computer by going to foxsportgo.com. Direct links
to the stream can be found below. Be sure to follow @FriarsXCTrack on twitter for live updates as well.</font></span></font></div>
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Day One Live Stream: Coverage begins at 12:55 p.m. ET</font></a></span></font></div>
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Day Two Live Stream: Coverage begins at 12:55 p.m. ET</font></a></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>FRIAR WOMEN TO LOOK FOR:</b></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The women’s strength lies in the distance races. Graduate student Catarina Rocha (Peabody, Mass.) will be looking to add the 10,000-meter title to her resume. In her career, Rocha has won the 2017
cross country individual title and the 2018 indoor 5,000-meter title and the 2016 outdoor 5,000-meter title. Rocha has set personal bests in both the 5,000 meters (15:55.86) and 3,000 meters (9:17.60). While she has not run the 10,000 meters this season, Rocha
enters the meet with a personal best time of 33:40.30 in the event. Senior Mackenzie Barry (Mendham, N.J.) will also be racing in the 10,000 meters.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sophomore Abbey Wheeler (Pine City, N.Y.) looks to continue her strong running in the 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships. Wheeler has set personal bests in both the 3,000 meters (9:18.86)
and the 5,000 meters (15:57.18) this season. She enters the meet with the second fastest seed time. Maria Coffin (Annapolis, Md.) is also racing the 5,000 meters and has a personal best of 16:44.40 in the event.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>FULL FRIAR WOMEN ENTRIES:</b></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">100 Meters: Tishay Davis, Lillian Smith</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">400 Meters- Mariah O’Gara</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">800 Meters – Dana Lowney</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1,500 Meters – Madeleine Ankhelyi, Dara Cuffe, Alexandra DeCicco, Katie Lembo</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">5,000 Meters – Maria Coffin, Abbey Wheeler</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10,000 Meters – Mackenzie Barry, Catarina Rocha</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">100m Hurdles – Megan Stenberg</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">400m Hurdles – Olivia Dickinson, Abigail Harrington</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Relays – The Relay teams will be selected from the athletes above.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>2017 BIG EAST RECAP:</b></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At last year’s BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, the women’s track team tied for sixth-place with 44 points. Brianna Ilarda won her second BIG EAST 3,000-meter Steeplechase title in a row and broke
Friar alumni Rosin McGettigan’s meet record in the event in the process. Catarina Rocha finished third in the 5,000 meters</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The men’s team also will look to its distance runners. The Friars have five athletes racing in the 1,500 meters. Nick Carleo (Newburyport, Mass.) is the top Friar in the event as he enters the meet
with a personal best of 3:45.20. Michael O’Leary (St. James, N.Y.) has also had a good season as she has run 3:47.78. Thomas Arbeiter (Ellington, Conn.), Angus White (New Plymouth, New Zealand) and McGrath Bissaillon (Merrimac, Mass.) are also entered in the
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ryan Jendzejec (Chappaqua, N.Y.) and Jack Carleo (Newburyport, Mass.) will be the two Friars racing in the men’s 800 meters. Jendzejec set a personal best of 1:52.17 at the Ocean State Invitational.
Carleo has run 1:53.31 this season but has a personal best of 1:52.11 from the indoor season. Salvatore Flight (Riverside, Ill.) will also be racing in the 800 meters.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chris Shanahan (Westwood, Mass.) enters the meet as the top ranked javelin thrower in the BIG EAST. Shanahan set the school record of 60.36m at the Providence vs. Brown dual meet this season.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Liam Harris (Douglas, County Cork, Ireland) is entered to race in both the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 5,000 meters. Harris has the third fastest time in the conference in the steeplechase with
his 9:10.87 from the Ocean State Invitational. He also has the fifth fastest 5,000-meter time in the BIG EAST with his 14:18.17 from Penn Relays. Also entered in the 5,000-meters is David Rosas (Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.) and Kevin Quinn (Needham, Mass.). </span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">400 Meters – Doug DeGolyer, Jared Grossi</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">800 Meters – Jack Carleo, Ryan Jendzejec, Salvatore Flight</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1,500 Meters – Thomas Arbeiter, McGrath Bissaillon, Nick Carleo, Michael O’Leary, Angus White</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">5,000 Meters – Liam Harris, Kevin Quinn, David Rosas</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10,000 Meters – Peter Rindfuss</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3,000-Meter Steeplechase – Liam Harris</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">400 Meter Hurdles – Joseph Hurton, Daniel Rooney</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">High Jump – Michael Bittner</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Javelin – Chris Shanahan</span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>2016 BIG EAST RECAP:</b></span></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Last year at the BIG EAST Championships, the men’s team captured a seventh-place finish (44 points). Stephen Robertson captured the men’s 10,000-meter title. Julian Oakley finished third in the 1,500
meters. </span></font></div>
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