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Friars Compete On Day 1 Of BIG EAST Indoor Track Championship
2/28/2025 9:08:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Friar women capture the DMR in a BIG EAST Championship record time of 10:54.78, men finish third.
CHICAGO, Ill. – The Providence College men's and women's track teams competed on the first day of the BIG EAST Indoor Championships on Friday, Feb. 28 at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Track and Field Facility in Chicago, Ill. The Friar women's DMR team of graduate student Shannon Flockhart (Cambridge, England), graduate student Alex Millard (Kent, England), senior Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand) and junior Jill Fenerty (Franklin, Mass.) captured the distance medley relay in a BIG EAST Championship record time of 10:54.78, which was 30 seconds faster than Villanova (second-place, 11:24.25). It marks the second consecutive year the Friar women won the BIG EAST DMR.
On the women's side, graduate student Shannon Flockhart (Cambridge, England) competed in the mile trials, finishing second overall (4:48.29) and qualifying for the finals on Saturday. Also running the mile trials was junior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) (fifth, 4:45.62) and sophomore Kiera Hall (Christchurch, New Zealand) (11th, 4:51.13) who both qualified for the finals on Saturday.
Sophomore Maeve O'Neill (Cork, Ireland) had a successful 800-meter race in the preliminary rounds today, running a time of 2:08.87. O'Neill finished third overall (second in her heat) and qualified for the finals on Saturday.
On the men's side, the DMR team of graduate student Pat Thygesen (Brisbane, Australia), junior Kyle Bloomer (Darien, Conn.), freshman Thomas Breen (Providence, R.I.) and freshman Cormac Dixon (Dublin, Ireland) placed third in a time of 9:47.18.
Graduate student Liam Back (New Plymouth, New Zealand) competed in the finals of the 5,000 meters (eighth, 14:22.05). Senior Brett Lehman (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) had an impressive race in the 400-meter trials, placing third overall (47.81) and qualifying for the finals on Saturday.
In the 800 meter trials, graduate student Josh Lewin (West Chester, Pa.) (eighth, 1:51.78) qualified for finals on Saturday.
In the men's mile, sophomore William Johnston (Auckland, New Zealand) and Tyler Bartlett (Fairfield, Conn.) both qualified for the finals in the mile on Saturday. Johnston placed fifth overall (4:08.86) and Bartlett was 10th (4:09.67).
NEXT UP:
Providence will race in the final day of the BIG EAST Championships on Saturday, March 1 in Chicago, Ill.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter.
-GO FRIARS!-
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