May 7, 2005

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The Providence College men's and women's outdoor track teams competed in their first day of competition at the BIG EAST Championship on May 7 at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J.

The women's team was led by junior Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) who finished second in the 3,000 steeplechase in a time of 10:26.83. With her time of 10:26.83, Crombie qualified for the NCAA Regionals. PC's other top finisher was graduate student, Lisa Cappello (Lockport, N.Y.). Cappello placed third in the 10,000 meters in a time of 36:37.01.

On the men's side, PC was paced by junior Joe Dionne (Oshawa, Ontario). Dionne finished second in the 10,000 meters in a time of 30:24.93. Senior Pat Moulton (Pelham, N.H.) also ran the 10,000 and finished fourth (30:27.67). Senior Liam Reale (Hospital, Ireland) finished seventh (1:51.33) in preliminaries of the 800 meters. Freshman Max Smith (Dunedin, New Zealand) placed fourth (3:50.82) in the 1,500 meter preliminaries. Both runners qualified for the finals in their respective races on Sunday.

The Friars will return to action on May 8 in the final day of competiton at the BIG EAST Championships.

Providence Women's Finishers
EVENT	PLACE	ATHLETE	TIME
800 meters prelims.	--	Roisin Quinn	2:20.94
3,000 steeplechase	2nd	Fiona Crombie	10:26.83
10,000 meters	3rd	Lisa Cappello	36:37.01
	7th	Katie Twarog	37:36.65

Providence Men's Finishers
EVENT	PLACE	ATHLETE	TIME
800 meters prelims.	7th q	Liam Reale	1:51.33
	10th	Richard Jones	1:52.39
1,500 meters prelims.	4th q	Max Smith	3:50.82
	14th	Nick Weidman	3:55.70
3,000 steeplechase	9th	Pat Guidera	9:31.64
10,000 meters	2nd	Joe Dionne	30:24.93
	4th	Pat Moulton	30:27.67