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at BIG EAST Championships
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Providence College Athletics
Saturday, May 2
Dedham, Mass.
Providence College
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Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational
Men’s And Women’s Track To Compete At Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational
5/1/2026 10:30:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
The Friars will race at Solomon Track and Field Facility in Dedham, Mass. on Saturday, May 2.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men's and women's track teams are set to travel to Dedham, Mass., on Saturday, May 2, for the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational. The meet is set to begin at 11:00 a.m.
LIVE RESULTS: https://www.milesplit.live/meets/754874/events/23/assignments/F/F
SCHEDULE: https://nuhuskies.com/documents/2026/4/24/2026_JAY_CARISELLA_COACHES_INVITATIONAL-5.pdf
Headlining the Friar women will be sophomore Anna Gardiner (Downpatrick, Ireland) and freshman Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand), who will compete in the 3,000 meters. Gardiner won the 5,000-meter invite at the Friar Invitational in a personal-best and facility-record time of 15:51.78. The sophomore owns a personal-best time of 9:26.44 in the 3,000 meters. Currie finished third in the 5,000-meter invite at the Friar Invitational in a personal-best time of 16:00.31. The freshman owns a personal-best time of 9:24.29 in the 3,000 meters.
In the 1,500 meters, senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) and freshman Gemma Galvin (Clare, Ireland) will race. Both runners competed in the 1,500 meters at the Penn Relays last weekend. Laverty finished in 4:18.44 while Galvin posted a time of 4:20.74. Both were season-best times. Laverty owns a personal-best time of 4:16.72 while Galvin owns a personal-best of 4:18.39.
The 4 x 400-meter relay team that set the program record at the Penn Relays last weekend, consisting of senior Jill Fenerty (Franklin, Mass.), sophomores Keira Kelly (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and Chloe Higgins (Morristown, N.J.) and junior Maggie Kemper (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), will compete in the 200 meters. The team placed fourth overall in the 4 x 400 last weekend in a program-record time of 3:44.31. Higgins owns a personal-best of 24.82 in the 200 meters, Kelly a 25.00, Fenerty a 25.14 and Kemper a 25.77.
Leading the way for the Friar men will be sophomore Thomas Breen (Providence, R.I.) in the 800 meters. Breen won the 800-meter invite in 1:49.74 at the Friar Invitational on April 10. The sophomore owns a personal-best time of 1:48.92 in the 800 meters.
Several athletes will race in the 1,500 meters, including sophomore Elliott Pugh (Tauranga, New Zealand), graduate student Liam Back (New Plymouth, New Zealand), sophomore Daniel Prescott (Christchurch, New Zealand), junior Tyler Bartlett (Fairfield, Conn.) and freshman Oliver Neate (Sydney, Australia). Bartlett owns the season-best time among the group after finishing 13th at the Penn Relays last weekend in a personal-best time of 3:44.34. Neate followed in 3:44.83 while Back finished in 3:45.08. Pugh has a personal-best of 3:45.70, Back a 3:43.78, Prescott a 3:46.85 and Neate a 3:44.51, which was set at Raleigh Relays to begin the season.
Junior Jon Mignacca (Seekonk, Mass.), the BIG EAST Indoor high jump champion, will compete in the high jump. Mignacca owns a season-best mark of 1.92 meters and a career-best of 2.05 meters.
For more information on Providence College men's and women's track and field teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on X and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS-
LIVE RESULTS: https://www.milesplit.live/meets/754874/events/23/assignments/F/F
SCHEDULE: https://nuhuskies.com/documents/2026/4/24/2026_JAY_CARISELLA_COACHES_INVITATIONAL-5.pdf
Headlining the Friar women will be sophomore Anna Gardiner (Downpatrick, Ireland) and freshman Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand), who will compete in the 3,000 meters. Gardiner won the 5,000-meter invite at the Friar Invitational in a personal-best and facility-record time of 15:51.78. The sophomore owns a personal-best time of 9:26.44 in the 3,000 meters. Currie finished third in the 5,000-meter invite at the Friar Invitational in a personal-best time of 16:00.31. The freshman owns a personal-best time of 9:24.29 in the 3,000 meters.
In the 1,500 meters, senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) and freshman Gemma Galvin (Clare, Ireland) will race. Both runners competed in the 1,500 meters at the Penn Relays last weekend. Laverty finished in 4:18.44 while Galvin posted a time of 4:20.74. Both were season-best times. Laverty owns a personal-best time of 4:16.72 while Galvin owns a personal-best of 4:18.39.
The 4 x 400-meter relay team that set the program record at the Penn Relays last weekend, consisting of senior Jill Fenerty (Franklin, Mass.), sophomores Keira Kelly (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and Chloe Higgins (Morristown, N.J.) and junior Maggie Kemper (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), will compete in the 200 meters. The team placed fourth overall in the 4 x 400 last weekend in a program-record time of 3:44.31. Higgins owns a personal-best of 24.82 in the 200 meters, Kelly a 25.00, Fenerty a 25.14 and Kemper a 25.77.
Leading the way for the Friar men will be sophomore Thomas Breen (Providence, R.I.) in the 800 meters. Breen won the 800-meter invite in 1:49.74 at the Friar Invitational on April 10. The sophomore owns a personal-best time of 1:48.92 in the 800 meters.
Several athletes will race in the 1,500 meters, including sophomore Elliott Pugh (Tauranga, New Zealand), graduate student Liam Back (New Plymouth, New Zealand), sophomore Daniel Prescott (Christchurch, New Zealand), junior Tyler Bartlett (Fairfield, Conn.) and freshman Oliver Neate (Sydney, Australia). Bartlett owns the season-best time among the group after finishing 13th at the Penn Relays last weekend in a personal-best time of 3:44.34. Neate followed in 3:44.83 while Back finished in 3:45.08. Pugh has a personal-best of 3:45.70, Back a 3:43.78, Prescott a 3:46.85 and Neate a 3:44.51, which was set at Raleigh Relays to begin the season.
Junior Jon Mignacca (Seekonk, Mass.), the BIG EAST Indoor high jump champion, will compete in the high jump. Mignacca owns a season-best mark of 1.92 meters and a career-best of 2.05 meters.
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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