Completed Event: Men's Track and Field at Harvard Beantown Challenge on January 17, 2026 ,
Men's Track and Field
at Harvard Beantown Challenge
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Providence College Athletics
Friday, February 27
Chicago, Ill.
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BIG EAST Championships
Men’s And Women’s Track To Compete At BIG EAST Indoor Track Championship
2/26/2026 12:00:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
The championship will be held on Feb. 27-Feb. 28 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 & Field Championships on Friday, Feb. 27 and Saturday, Feb. 28. The two-day event will take place at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Indoor Track and Field Facility and will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Competition begins at 11:00 a.m. CT on both days.
LIVE STREAM (ESPN+): https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/74d54e57-c7e6-38fd-9fe8-b98414ad0ea9/ncaa-track-field#bucketId=29779&sourceCollection=Browse_By_League
LIVE RESULTS: https://results.lakeshoreathleticservices.com/meets/61998
SCHEDULE: https://www.bigeast.com/documents/2026/2/2//2026_Big_East_Indoor_Schedule.pdf?id=24371
The Friar women will be led by junior Maeve O'Neill (Cork, Ireland). A two-time All-American, O'Neill broke her own indoor program record in the 800 meters at the Saucony Battle for Boston on Feb. 22, clocking 2:00.33. The time ranks ninth all-time in NCAA indoor history, set the Irish senior indoor record and met the qualifying standard for the World Championships. She is scheduled to compete in the 800 meters and the 4 x 800 relay. Last season, O'Neill finished second in the 800 meters (2:04.97) and helped the 4 x 800 relay team to a second-place finish at the 2025 BIG EAST Indoor Championships.
Senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) will compete in the mile and the 4 x 800 relay. She placed sixth in the mile (4:44.68) at last year's championship and was part of the runner-up 4 x 800 relay. Laverty ran an indoor personal-best 4:40.34 in the mile at the Terrier Classic on Jan. 30.
Providence will have three competitors in the 5,000 meters including sophomore Gabby Schmidt (Brisbane, Australia) and seniors Jane Buckley (Cork, Ireland) and Níamh O'Mahony (Kerry, Ireland).
Four Friars will compete in the 3,000 meters including sophomore Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and freshmen Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand), Emilia O'Leary (East Aurora, N.Y.) and Lucia West (Raleigh, N.C.). Bush and Currie are also slated to run on the DMR.
In the 400 meters, sophomore Chloe Higgins (Morristown, N.J.) and senior Jill Fenerty (Franklin, Mass.) will represent the Friars. Higgins owns the team's top time this season with a 56.35 at the Valentine Invitational which ranks third in indoor program history. Both Higgins and Fenerty will also compete on the 4 x 400 relay.
On the men's side, sophomores Elliott Pugh (Tauranga, New Zealand) and Ryan LoCicero (Bloomfield, N.J.) will compete in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, respectively. Pugh posted a personal-best 8:04.86 in the 3,000 meters at the Terrier Classic and also ran a sub-four-minute mile (3:59.60) at the Valentine Invitational. LoCicero recorded a personal-best 14:19.00 in the 5,000 meters at the Boston University Season Opener.
Sophomore Thomas Breen (Providence, R.I.) will race in the 800 meters and 4 x 800 relay. Breen set a personal best in the 800 meters at the Terrier Classic, the seventh-fastest indoor mark in program history, and broke the program record in the 600 meters (1:20.17) at the Harvard Beantown Challenge. He was a member of the 4 x 800 relay (second place) and DMR (third place) at last year's championship.
Four Friars are entered in the mile including junior Will Johnston (Auckland, New Zealand), junior Tyler Bartlett (Fairfield, Conn.), senior Zane Powell (Auckland, New Zealand) and freshman Jack Dowd (Pearl River, N.Y.). At last year's championship, Bartlett finished sixth in the mile while Johnston finished seventh.
For more information on Providence College men's and women's track and field teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on X and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS-
LIVE STREAM (ESPN+): https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/74d54e57-c7e6-38fd-9fe8-b98414ad0ea9/ncaa-track-field#bucketId=29779&sourceCollection=Browse_By_League
LIVE RESULTS: https://results.lakeshoreathleticservices.com/meets/61998
SCHEDULE: https://www.bigeast.com/documents/2026/2/2//2026_Big_East_Indoor_Schedule.pdf?id=24371
The Friar women will be led by junior Maeve O'Neill (Cork, Ireland). A two-time All-American, O'Neill broke her own indoor program record in the 800 meters at the Saucony Battle for Boston on Feb. 22, clocking 2:00.33. The time ranks ninth all-time in NCAA indoor history, set the Irish senior indoor record and met the qualifying standard for the World Championships. She is scheduled to compete in the 800 meters and the 4 x 800 relay. Last season, O'Neill finished second in the 800 meters (2:04.97) and helped the 4 x 800 relay team to a second-place finish at the 2025 BIG EAST Indoor Championships.
Senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) will compete in the mile and the 4 x 800 relay. She placed sixth in the mile (4:44.68) at last year's championship and was part of the runner-up 4 x 800 relay. Laverty ran an indoor personal-best 4:40.34 in the mile at the Terrier Classic on Jan. 30.
Providence will have three competitors in the 5,000 meters including sophomore Gabby Schmidt (Brisbane, Australia) and seniors Jane Buckley (Cork, Ireland) and Níamh O'Mahony (Kerry, Ireland).
Four Friars will compete in the 3,000 meters including sophomore Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and freshmen Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand), Emilia O'Leary (East Aurora, N.Y.) and Lucia West (Raleigh, N.C.). Bush and Currie are also slated to run on the DMR.
In the 400 meters, sophomore Chloe Higgins (Morristown, N.J.) and senior Jill Fenerty (Franklin, Mass.) will represent the Friars. Higgins owns the team's top time this season with a 56.35 at the Valentine Invitational which ranks third in indoor program history. Both Higgins and Fenerty will also compete on the 4 x 400 relay.
On the men's side, sophomores Elliott Pugh (Tauranga, New Zealand) and Ryan LoCicero (Bloomfield, N.J.) will compete in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, respectively. Pugh posted a personal-best 8:04.86 in the 3,000 meters at the Terrier Classic and also ran a sub-four-minute mile (3:59.60) at the Valentine Invitational. LoCicero recorded a personal-best 14:19.00 in the 5,000 meters at the Boston University Season Opener.
Sophomore Thomas Breen (Providence, R.I.) will race in the 800 meters and 4 x 800 relay. Breen set a personal best in the 800 meters at the Terrier Classic, the seventh-fastest indoor mark in program history, and broke the program record in the 600 meters (1:20.17) at the Harvard Beantown Challenge. He was a member of the 4 x 800 relay (second place) and DMR (third place) at last year's championship.
Four Friars are entered in the mile including junior Will Johnston (Auckland, New Zealand), junior Tyler Bartlett (Fairfield, Conn.), senior Zane Powell (Auckland, New Zealand) and freshman Jack Dowd (Pearl River, N.Y.). At last year's championship, Bartlett finished sixth in the mile while Johnston finished seventh.
For more information on Providence College men's and women's track and field teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on X and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS-
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