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Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track Set To Compete At The BIG EAST Championships

2/23/2023 10:55:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

The BIG EAST Championships are scheduled for February 24-25 in Chicago, Ill.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.- The Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams will travel to Chicago, Ill. for the BIG EAST Indoor Track Championships on Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25. The two-day event will be held at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Indoor Track and Field Facility and will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports. Day one of the meet will begin at 9:55 a.m. and the final day will begin at 10:00 a.m.
 
LIVE STREAM: https://www.flotrack.org/events/7416202-2022-big-east-indoor-championships
LIVE STATShttps://results.lakeshoreathleticservices.com/meets/20649

Headlining the Friar women will be Shannon Flockhart (Longstanton, England) and Lilly Tuck (Sunderland, Canada) in the mile and 5000-meters, respectively. At the 2022 BIG EAST Indoor Championships, Flockhart won the mile with a time of 4:46.71 and looks to defend her title this weekend. Tuck ran a personal-best at the John Thomas Terrier Classic on Jan. 28, finishing the 5000-meters in a time of 16:06.68.
 
For the men, DJ Principe (Johnston, R.I.) and Marcelo Rocha (Peabody, Mass.) will be competing in the 3,000-meters and 5,000-meters, respectively. Principe ran a personal-best of 7:54.74 in the 3000-meters at the John Thomas Terrier Classic on Jan. 27. At the Sharon Colyear Season Opener on Dec. 3 in Boston, Mass. Rocha set a personal-best in the 5000-meters of 13:39.53.
 
Also competing in the women's mile will be Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand). Orla O'Connor (Waterford, Ireland) will also run the 5000-meters event. Alex O'Neill (Ennis, Ireland) and Halle Atkinson (Franklin, Mass.) will compete in the 800-meters. Meg Hughes (Rochester, Mass.) will compete in the 400-meters, as will Jillian Fenerty (Franklin, Mass.). Nicole Borowiec (Morristown, N.J.) will run the 60-meter hurdles.
 
Pat Thygesen (Brisbane, Australia) will run the men's 3,000-meter event. Abdel Laadjel (Lucan, Ireland), David McGlynn (Willamstown, Ireland) and Shane Coffey (Naas, Ireland) will also compete in the 5,000-meters. Zane Powell (Auckland, New Zealand) is running in the mile event and Brett Lehman (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) will run the 400-meters. Josh Lewin (West Chester, Pa.) and Tim Dolan (Cinnaminson, N.J.) will compete in the 800-meters.

For more information on the Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter and Instagram.
 
-GO FRIARS-
 
 

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