Men's Cross Country Set To Battle In Beantown

Sept. 24, 2014 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -

The 16th-ranked Providence College men's cross country team will compete at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass., on Friday, Sept. 24 at the `Coast-to-Coast Battle In Beantown' hosted by Boston College. The men will face national powers Oregon (No. 3), Syracuse (No. 8), Columbia (No. 31) and Georgetown (No. 32).

Leading the Friars will be a quartet of seniors. The winner of the Stony Brook Invitational, senior Shane Quinn (Waterford, Ireland) and seniors Liam Hillery (Smithfield, R.I.), Brian Doyle (Swansea, Mass.) and Benjamin Connor (Derby, England) all will be racing. The Battle In Beantown will mark Connor's season debut.

Joining the seniors are juniors Christian Costello (Ridgewood, N.J.), Harvey Dixon (Aldershot, England) and Stephen Robertson (Wakefield, Mass.) and sophomores Hugh Armstrong (Balina, Mayo Country, Ireland), Trevor Crawley (Cumberland, R.I.) and Jake Feinstein (Sandy Hook, Conn.).

Freshman Aaron Hanlon (Drogheda, Ireland) will be making his collegiate debut as a Friar. Fellow classmate Thomas O'Neill (Middletown, N.J.) also will be joining him.

Six other Friars also will race on Friday. Juniors Julian Oakley (Tauranga, New Zealand), Brendan Sullivan (Foxboro, Mass.) and Joseph Vercollone (Pembroke, Mass.), sophomores Billy Bragg (Middletown, N.J.) and Jonathan Estrada (Los Angeles, Calif.) and freshman Brendan Ungemach (Wayne, N.J.) will all line up for the 5km open race.

The men's 8km race is set to go off at 3:30 p.m. and the open 5km race is scheduled for a 4:15 p.m. start.

-Go Friars-

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Providence College Athletics

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Hugh Armstrong

Billy Bragg

Benjamin Connor

Christian Costello

Trevor Crawley

Harvey Dixon

Brian Doyle

Jonathan Estrada

Jake Feinstein

Aaron Hanlon

Liam Hillery

Thomas O'Neill

Julian Oakley

Shane Quinn

Stephen Robertson

Brendan Sullivan

Brendan Ungemach

Joseph Vercollone

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