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Sunday, February 22
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Saucony Battle for Boston

Maeve O'Neill running at Harvard Beantown Challenge

Women’s Track Compete At Saucony Battle For Boston

2/22/2026 7:49:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Maeve O’Neill broke her program record, posting the ninth-fastest NCAA all-time mark in the 800 meters.

BOSTON, Mass. – The Providence College women's track team competed at the Saucony Battle for Boston at Boston University on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. Junior Maeve O'Neill (Cork, Ireland) won her heat in the 800 meters in 2:00.33, breaking her own indoor program record of 2:01.96. Her time ranks as the ninth-fastest mark in NCAA indoor history. The mark also set the Irish senior indoor 800-meter record and met the qualifying standard for the World Championships.
 
RESULTS: https://lancer.trackscoreboard.com/meets/462/events
 
Also competing in the 800 meters for the Friars were junior Kiera Hall (Christchurch, New Zealand) and freshman Gemma Galvin (Clare, Ireland), who each delivered strong performances. Hall won her heat in a personal-best time of 2:07.85, the seventh-fastest mark in program history. Galvin finished second in the same heat, breaking her own personal record with a time of 2:08.04.
 
The Friar men's and women's team will return to action on Friday, Feb. 27 and Saturday Feb. 28 at the 2026 BIG EAST Indoor Championships in Chicago, Ill.
 
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on X.

-GO FRIARS-
 

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