Providence College Athletics

Sisson Named BIG EAST Female Track Athlete of the Week

1/29/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field

Jan. 29, 2013

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -

Junior Emily Sisson (Chesterfield, Mo.) has been named the BIG EAST Female Track Athlete of the Week after setting the NCAA and World leading time in the 5,000-meters on Friday, Jan. 25 at the Boston University Terrier Invitational in Boston, Mass.

Sisson was the BIG EAST Outdoor Champion in the 5,000-meters in 2012. She also finished fourth at the NCAA DI Outdoor Track Championships in the 5,000-meters last spring and qualified in the same event as a member of the U.S. Olympic team in London, England last summer.

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The men's and women's indoor track teams will compete at the URI Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 2 in Kingston, R.I.

-Go Friars-

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