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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contact – Brendan Sullivan (401) 865-1245<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sophomore Abbey Wheeler will race in the 5,000 meters on Saturday, June 9.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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RESULTS</a> | <a href="http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2018DIMWOTF_FINALS_SOE_Eugene_20180227.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" id="LPlnk574235" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
MEET SCHEDULE</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PROVIDENCE, R.I. –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Providence Track & Field team traveled to Eugene, Ore. for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Wednesday, June 6. Sophomore Abbey Wheeler (Elmira, N.Y.) will race in the 5,000 meters on
Saturday, June 9 at 8:25 p.m. ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">STREAMING INFORMATION:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NCAA Championships is being held at Hayward Field and is being hosted by the University of Oregon. The format of the championships has the men and the women competing on alternate days with the men racing on
Wednesday and Friday, and the women racing on Thursday and Saturday. The championships will be streamed on ESPN on all days.
<span style="color:black">Streaming information for each day of competition below.<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
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padding:0in;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Wednesday, June 6</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">7:30-11:00 p.m. ET</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ESPN2</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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padding:0in;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Thursday, June 7</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">7:00-10:30 p.m. ET</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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padding:0in;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Friday, June 8</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">8:30-11:00 p.m. ET</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;outline: none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All broadcast can also be streamed online or on mobile devices via <a href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index" target="_blank" style="outline: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" id="LPlnk382137" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:purple;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
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WatchESPN will also air live coverage of multi-events before the TV windows begin as well as dedicated field event feeds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
color:black">MEET NOTES:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wheeler earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships after finishing fourth in her heat of the 5,000 meters at the First Round of the
Championships on May, 26. She is the 14<sup>th</sup> woman in Friar history to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters and the first since Emily Sisson ’15 in 2015.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black">The 2017-18 year has been a breakout one for Wheeler. During the cross country season, she earned All-BIG EAST and All-Northeast Regional honors. Indoors, Wheeler
set a personal best of 9:18.86 in the 3,000 meters, finished second in the 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships and won the ECAC title in the 3,000 meters. Prior to qualifying for NCAA Championships outdoors, Wheeler set a personal best of 15:57.18 in
the 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays and finished third in the same event at the BIG EAST Championships.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black">-GO FRIARS!-
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