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Providence College Athletics
Saturday, February 22
Providence, R.I.
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at
Brown Invitational
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Men’s And Women’s Track Teams Compete At Brown Invitational
2/22/2025 7:16:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Five Friars earned first-place finishes.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.– The Providence College men's and women's track teams competed at the Brown Invitational on February 22 in Providence, R.I. Five Friars earned first-place finishes. For the women, freshman Chloe Higgins (Morristown, N.J.) won the 300 meters (40.70) and sophomore Shea Podbelski (Norton, Mass.) captured the mile (5:12.46). For the men, junior Kyle Bloomer (Darien, Conn.) won the 300 meters (36.04), graduate student Jacob Hefele (Danbury, Conn.) won the mile (4:26.24) and junior Grady Satterfield (Bowdoinham, Maine) earned a win in the 3,000 meters (8:47.63).
The Friar women had a number of runners that had a successful meet. Junior Charlotte Cousins (Madbury, N.H.) finished second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.96) and she placed second in the 60 meters (7.91) – both were personal records.
In addition to Higgins in the 300 meters, freshman Keira Kelly (Scotch Plains, N.J) (second, 41.64), junior Elena Cabral (Somerset, Mass.) (third, 42.66) and sophomore Margaret Kemper (Huntington, N.Y.) (fourth, 42.75) all finished in the top four.
In the 500 meters, junior Lexi Brent (York, Maine) placed third (1:20.11).
In the 1,000 meters, freshman Kaelin McCaffrey (Northport, N.Y.) finished third (3:02.87).
On the men's side, junior Will Rainey (San Jose, Calif.) finished second in the 300 (36.08). The Friars also got strong races from freshman Ryan Welch (Wyckoff, N.J.) and freshman Liam O'Neill (Natick, Mass.) in the 1,000 meters. Welch placed second (2:31.32) and O'Neill was third (2:32.98).
Freshman Tommy Hunt (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) placed third in the mile (4:36.45).
The Friar men's and women's track teams will return to action on Feb. 28-March 1 at BIG EAST Indoor Track Championship in Chicago, Ill.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter.
-GO FRIARS-
The Friar women had a number of runners that had a successful meet. Junior Charlotte Cousins (Madbury, N.H.) finished second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.96) and she placed second in the 60 meters (7.91) – both were personal records.
In addition to Higgins in the 300 meters, freshman Keira Kelly (Scotch Plains, N.J) (second, 41.64), junior Elena Cabral (Somerset, Mass.) (third, 42.66) and sophomore Margaret Kemper (Huntington, N.Y.) (fourth, 42.75) all finished in the top four.
In the 500 meters, junior Lexi Brent (York, Maine) placed third (1:20.11).
In the 1,000 meters, freshman Kaelin McCaffrey (Northport, N.Y.) finished third (3:02.87).
On the men's side, junior Will Rainey (San Jose, Calif.) finished second in the 300 (36.08). The Friars also got strong races from freshman Ryan Welch (Wyckoff, N.J.) and freshman Liam O'Neill (Natick, Mass.) in the 1,000 meters. Welch placed second (2:31.32) and O'Neill was third (2:32.98).
Freshman Tommy Hunt (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) placed third in the mile (4:36.45).
The Friar men's and women's track teams will return to action on Feb. 28-March 1 at BIG EAST Indoor Track Championship in Chicago, Ill.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter.
-GO FRIARS-
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