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Friar women captured the 4 x 800 meters at the BIG EAST Championship.
Men’s And Women’s Track Competes In Day 3 Of BIG EAST Track Championship
5/17/2025 4:08:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Friar women have a strong day as Flockhart wins 1,500 meters and 4 x 800 team captures a title in a BIG EAST record time.
STORRS, Conn. – The Providence College men's and women's track and field teams traveled to Storrs Conn., for Day 3 of the BIG EAST Outdoor Track Championship on May 17. The competition took place at the Sherman Sports Complex at the University of Connecticut. The Friar women's team set a BIG EAST Championship record and two school records and the men's squad established two school records. Overall, the women scored 64 points and finished sixth, while the men registered 46 points and placed seventh.
In the 1,500 meters, graduate student Shannon Flockhart (Longstanton, England) captured the title in a facility record time of 4:12.03. Junior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) placed third (4:18.70) and freshman Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) was seventh (4:22.56).
The women's 4 x 800 meter squad of Flockhart, Laverty, senior Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand), and sophomore Maeve O'Neill (Cork, Ireland) also established a BIG EAST record when they won the relay in a time of 8:31.87. It also was a school and facility record.
O'Neill also ran the 800 meters and finished fourth (2:04.76).
The women's 4 x 400 meter relay team of junior Jill Fenerty (Franklin, Mass.), freshman Chloe Higgins (Morristown, N.J.), freshman Kiera Kelly (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and junior Elana Cabral (Somerset, Mass.) finished fifth in a school record time of 3:47.96.
Higgins also ran in the 400 meters and finished fifth (55.66).
The women's 4 x 100 team of Kelly, junior Charlotte Cousins (Madbury, N.H.), sophomore Cate Parks (Marion, Mass.) and junior Ava Russell (West Babylon, N.Y.) finished seventh (48.53).
For the men's team, senior Brett Lehman (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) ran the 400 meter and placed second in a program record time of 46.46. He broke his own record time that he established in the trials on Friday.
In the men's 400 meter hurdles, junior Will Rainey (San Jose, Calif.) ran a time of 57.90 and placed seventh
In the 1,500 meters, junior Zane Powell (Auckland, New Zealand) ran 3:49.16 to place fifth and sophomore Will Johnston (Auckland, New Zealand) placed seventh in a time of 3:49.54.
The men's 4 x 400 meter relay team of Lehman, freshman Tucker Anglemeyer (Winnetka, Ill.), freshman Thomas Hunt (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) and junior Kyle Bloomer (Darien, Conn.) placed fourth in a school record time of 3:13.79.
The 4 x 800 team of Johnston, freshman Liam O'Neill (Natick, Mass.), freshman Tom Breen (Providence, R.I.) and graduate student Patrick Thygesen (Brisbane, Australia) placed fifth (7:30.24).
The 4 x 100 squad of Anglemeyer, Bloomer, junior Nico Fanuele (Wilmington, Mass.) and junior Nikolas Ventura (Jamison, Pa.) finished seventh (43.68).
LIVE STREAM: https://www.flocollege.com/live/161721
LIVE RESULTS: https://live.pctiming.com/meets/52504
The Friars will return to action in the NCAA Outdoor Track First Round in Jacksonville, Fla., from May 28-31
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS-
In the 1,500 meters, graduate student Shannon Flockhart (Longstanton, England) captured the title in a facility record time of 4:12.03. Junior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) placed third (4:18.70) and freshman Emily Bush (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) was seventh (4:22.56).
The women's 4 x 800 meter squad of Flockhart, Laverty, senior Kimberley May (Auckland, New Zealand), and sophomore Maeve O'Neill (Cork, Ireland) also established a BIG EAST record when they won the relay in a time of 8:31.87. It also was a school and facility record.
O'Neill also ran the 800 meters and finished fourth (2:04.76).
The women's 4 x 400 meter relay team of junior Jill Fenerty (Franklin, Mass.), freshman Chloe Higgins (Morristown, N.J.), freshman Kiera Kelly (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and junior Elana Cabral (Somerset, Mass.) finished fifth in a school record time of 3:47.96.
Higgins also ran in the 400 meters and finished fifth (55.66).
The women's 4 x 100 team of Kelly, junior Charlotte Cousins (Madbury, N.H.), sophomore Cate Parks (Marion, Mass.) and junior Ava Russell (West Babylon, N.Y.) finished seventh (48.53).
For the men's team, senior Brett Lehman (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) ran the 400 meter and placed second in a program record time of 46.46. He broke his own record time that he established in the trials on Friday.
In the men's 400 meter hurdles, junior Will Rainey (San Jose, Calif.) ran a time of 57.90 and placed seventh
In the 1,500 meters, junior Zane Powell (Auckland, New Zealand) ran 3:49.16 to place fifth and sophomore Will Johnston (Auckland, New Zealand) placed seventh in a time of 3:49.54.
The men's 4 x 400 meter relay team of Lehman, freshman Tucker Anglemeyer (Winnetka, Ill.), freshman Thomas Hunt (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) and junior Kyle Bloomer (Darien, Conn.) placed fourth in a school record time of 3:13.79.
The 4 x 800 team of Johnston, freshman Liam O'Neill (Natick, Mass.), freshman Tom Breen (Providence, R.I.) and graduate student Patrick Thygesen (Brisbane, Australia) placed fifth (7:30.24).
The 4 x 100 squad of Anglemeyer, Bloomer, junior Nico Fanuele (Wilmington, Mass.) and junior Nikolas Ventura (Jamison, Pa.) finished seventh (43.68).
LIVE STREAM: https://www.flocollege.com/live/161721
LIVE RESULTS: https://live.pctiming.com/meets/52504
The Friars will return to action in the NCAA Outdoor Track First Round in Jacksonville, Fla., from May 28-31
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS-
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