Providence College Athletics

Saturday, January 15
New Haven, Conn.
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Yale Invitational

Men's Indoor Track Competes At Yale Invitational

1/16/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field

Jan. 16, 2005

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Providence College men's indoor track team competed in its first race of 2005 at the Yale Invitational on Saturday, January 15.

Sophomore Darren Brown (Spring, Texas) led the Friars with a first-place finish in the mile. Brown qualified for the BIG EAST Indoor Championships with his time of 4:11.66. Junior Joe Dionne (Oshawa, Ontario) took third-place in the mile and also qualified for the BIG EAST Championships. Freshman Ahmed Haji (West Hartford, Conn.) finished fourth in a time of 4:20.80.

In the 3,000 meters, senior Ben Pollock (Westford, Mass.) placed fourth in a time of 8:34.23 to qualify for the BIG EAST Championships. In the 800 meters, Matthew Licari (Amityville, N.Y.) finished second in a time of 1:59.64.

The Friars are back in action on Saturday, January 22 at the Terrier Cup at Boston University.

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS YALE INVITATIONAL JANUARY 15, 2005

400-meter dashRichard Jones   6th     50.65Ted Kennedy     23rd    54.86800-meter runMatthew Licari  2nd     1:59.64Mike Blanchard  4th     2:01.14Doug Coffed     5th     2:01.29Ranjit Banwait  14th    2:04.13Mile runDarren Brown    1st     4:11.66Joe Dionne      3rd     4:19.25Ahmed Haji      4th     4:19.68Nick Weidman    5th     4:20.803,000-meter runBen Pollock     4th     8:34.23Matt Kinback    7th     9:01.67Theo Shaheen    13th    9:19.355,000-meter runJoe Dionne      2nd     15:13.26Long jumpGreg Giardino   3rd     1.86 m