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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 run Matthew Licari 2nd 1:59.64Mike Blanchard 4th 2:01.14Doug Coffed 5th 2:01.29 Ranjit Banwait 14th 2:04.13Mile run Darren Brown 1st 4:11.66 Joe Dionne 3rd 4:19.25 Ahmed Haji 4th 4:19.68Nick Weidman 5th 4:20.803,000-meter run Ben Pollock 4th 8:34.23 Matt Kinback 7th 9:01.67Theo Shaheen 13th 9:19.355,000-meter run Joe Dionne 2nd 15:13.26Long jumpGreg Giardino 3rd 1.86 m