Feb. 7, 2005

BOSTON, Mass. -- The Providence College men's indoor track team competed at the Seven-Way Meet at Boston University on Saturday, February 5.

Liam Reale (Hospital, Ireland) and Darren Brown (Spring, Texas) were the top two collegiate finishers in the mile. Reale ran a time of 4:01.53 and finished second overall, while Brown recorded a time of 4:03.73 to place third overall. Reale and Brown qualified provisionally for the NCAA's. Nick Weidman (Sudbury, Mass.) took fifth-place in the mile in a time of 4:14.15 as he qualified for the BIG EAST Indoor Track Championships.

Richard Jones (Wellington, New Zealand) won the 1,000 meters in a time of 2:29.20 to qualify for the BIG EAST Championships. In the 3,000 meters, Joe Dionne (Oshawa, Ontario) and Max Smith (Dunedin, New Zealand) finished second and third, respectively, while Ben Pollock (Westford, Mass.) took fifth-place. Dionne ran a time of 8:19.55, Smith recorded a time of 8:20.03, while Pollock finished the race in 8:21.25 as each athlete qualified for the BIG EAST Championships.

The Friars are back in action on February 11-12 at the St. Valentine's Invitational.

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
SEVEN-WAY MEET
FEBRUARY 5, 2005

400-meter dash
Ted Kennedy     8th     53.96
800 meters
Matt Licari     7th     1:57.70
Tom Geer	13th	2:03.37
1,000 meters
Richard Jones   1st     2:29.20
Mike Blanchard  4th     2:31.91
Douglas Coffed  10th    2:37.43
Theo Shaheen    12th    2:39.99
Mile Run
Liam Reale      2nd     4:01.53
Darren Brown    3rd     4:03.73
Nick Weidman    5th     4:14.15
3,000-meter run
Joe Dionne      2nd     8:19.55
Max Smith       3rd     8:20.03
Ben Pollock     5th     8:21.25
Matt Kinback    DNF
4X400 meter relay
Providence      4th     3:28.08
Long jump
Armond Hodge    6th     5.97 m
Triple jump
Armond Hodge    4th     12.27 m
Team Finishes
Rutgers (131 points), MIT (77), Northeastern (62), Providence (54), Boston University (40), Boston College (39).

Dual Meet Scores
MIT 204, Providence 95