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Men's Track and Field
at Brown Alden Invitational
Providence College Athletics
Friday, February 10
Boston, MA
10:00 AM
Providence College
vs
Boston University's Valentine Invitational
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Men’s Track Competes at Boston University Valentine Invitational
2/12/2023 12:05:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
Six of the Friar men set personal record.
BOSTON, Mass.–The Providence College men's indoor track team competed in Boston, Mass. at the Boston University Valentine Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 11. Six of the Friar men set personal records.
Abdel Laadjel (Lucan, Ireland) and Shane Coffey (Naas, Ireland) both set personal records in the 3000-meters of 7:54.51 and 8:12.37, respectively. Freshman Luke Coffin (Annapolis, Md.) who is redshirting this indoor season also ran a personal record of 8:17.47.
DJ Principe (Johnston, R.I.) ran a personal record of 3:58.62 in the mile. Zane Powell (Auckland, New Zealand) and Pat Thygesen (Brisbane, Australia) also set personal records in the event of 4:00.95 and 4:01.31, respectively. Liam Back (New Plymouth, New Zealand) followed with a 4:03.12 finish.
Josh Lewin (West Chester, Pa.) finished the 800-meters with a time of 1:51.29. In the 400-meters, Brett Lehman (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) led the Friars with a time of 49.68. Following Lehman was Will Rainey (San Jose, Calif.) in 49.70 and Kyle Bloomer (Darien, Conn.) with a personal record of 50.02.
The Friars are back in action Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Brown University Invitational in Providence, R.I.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter.
-GO FRIARS-
Abdel Laadjel (Lucan, Ireland) and Shane Coffey (Naas, Ireland) both set personal records in the 3000-meters of 7:54.51 and 8:12.37, respectively. Freshman Luke Coffin (Annapolis, Md.) who is redshirting this indoor season also ran a personal record of 8:17.47.
DJ Principe (Johnston, R.I.) ran a personal record of 3:58.62 in the mile. Zane Powell (Auckland, New Zealand) and Pat Thygesen (Brisbane, Australia) also set personal records in the event of 4:00.95 and 4:01.31, respectively. Liam Back (New Plymouth, New Zealand) followed with a 4:03.12 finish.
Josh Lewin (West Chester, Pa.) finished the 800-meters with a time of 1:51.29. In the 400-meters, Brett Lehman (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) led the Friars with a time of 49.68. Following Lehman was Will Rainey (San Jose, Calif.) in 49.70 and Kyle Bloomer (Darien, Conn.) with a personal record of 50.02.
The Friars are back in action Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Brown University Invitational in Providence, R.I.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter.
-GO FRIARS-
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