Completed Event: Men's Track and Field at BIG EAST Championships on February 27, 2026 ,
Men's Track and Field
at BIG EAST Championships
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Providence College Athletics
Thursday, May 14
Storrs, Conn.
Providence College
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BIG EAST Championships
Men’s And Women’s Track To Compete At BIG EAST Outdoor Championship
5/13/2026 11:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
The championship will be held on May 14-16 in Connecticut.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men's and women's track and field teams will travel to Storrs, Conn., for the BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The competition will take place Thursday, May 14, through Saturday, May 16, at the Sherman Sports Complex on the University of Connecticut campus. 41 Friar athletes will travel to the conference championship.
LIVE STREAM: https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/74d54e57-c7e6-38fd-9fe8-b98414ad0ea9/ncaa-track-field#bucketId=29779&sourceCollection=Browse_By_League
LIVE RESULTS: https://live.pctiming.com/meets/72003
SCHEDULE: https://friars.com/documents/2026/4/21/BIG_EAST_Outdoor_Track_Schedule_2026.pdf
On the women's side, junior Maeve O'Neill (Cork, Ireland) will run in the 800 meters for the Friars. This season, O'Neill won the 800-meter invite at the Friar Invitational on April 10 in a program and facility record time of 2:02.22. At Penn Relays, the junior ran the 1,200-meter leg of the DMR in 3:13.34, the second-fastest split in Penn Relays history. At the 2026 BIG EAST Indoor Track Championships, O'Neill won the 800 meters in a BIG EAST indoor record time of 2:01.15 and was a member of the team that won the 4 x 800 meters. She was awarded BIG EAST Most Outstanding Female Track Performer for her efforts. Last year, O'Neill finished fourth at the 2025 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters and was a member of the 4 x 800 team that won the BIG EAST title and set a program record in 8:31.87.
Competing in the 5,000 meters will be sophomore Anna Gardiner (Downpatrick, Ireland), freshman Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand) and senior Jane Buckley (Cork, Ireland). Gardiner owns the top time among the group this season in the 5,000 meters after winning the Friar Invitational in a facility-record and personal-best time of 15:51.78. Currie closely followed with a personal-best time of 16:00.31 in the same race. Buckley owns a personal best of 15:41.68. At the 2025 BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Gardiner placed seventh in the 5,000 meters in 16:14.70.
Senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) will compete in the 1,500 meters. Laverty ran a season-best 4:18.44 in the 1,500 meters at Penn Relays earlier this season. She holds a personal-best time of 4:16.72 in the event. At last year's outdoor championships, Laverty finished third in the 1,500-meter final (4:18.70) and was a member of the 4 x 800 team that won the BIG EAST title and set a program record. Freshman Gemma Galvin (Clare, Ireland) will also compete in the 1,500 meters. Galvin owns a personal-best time of 4:18.39.
On the men's side, the Friars will have five athletes competing in the 1,500 meters, including sophomore Elliott Pugh (Tauranga, New Zealand), junior Tyler Bartlett (Fairfield, Conn.) and freshman Oliver Neate (Sydney, Australia). Pugh set a personal-best time at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational on May 2, where he won the race in 3:41.04. Bartlett holds a season-best time of 3:44.34, set at Penn Relays, while Neate owns a 3:44.51 mark that he ran at Raleigh Relays to open the outdoor season.
In the 800 meters, sophomore Thomas Breen (Providence, R.I.) will compete. On May 2, at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational, Breen set a personal-best time of 1:48.58 in the event. At the 2026 BIG EAST Indoor Track Championships, Breen placed fourth in the 800-meter final in 1:48.92.
In the 5,000 meters, sophomores Cormac Dixon (Dublin, Ireland) and Daniel Prescott (Christchurch, New Zealand) will race. Dixon holds a personal-best time of 13:57.99 while Prescott ran a personal-best at Penn Relays earlier this season in 14:00.80.
Junior Jon Mignacca (Seekonk, Mass.), the BIG EAST indoor high jump champion, will compete in the high jump. Mignacca owns a season-best mark of 1.92 meters and a career-best of 2.05 meters. The junior became the first male field athlete in program history to win a BIG EAST title at the indoor championships earlier this year.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS!-
LIVE STREAM: https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/74d54e57-c7e6-38fd-9fe8-b98414ad0ea9/ncaa-track-field#bucketId=29779&sourceCollection=Browse_By_League
LIVE RESULTS: https://live.pctiming.com/meets/72003
SCHEDULE: https://friars.com/documents/2026/4/21/BIG_EAST_Outdoor_Track_Schedule_2026.pdf
On the women's side, junior Maeve O'Neill (Cork, Ireland) will run in the 800 meters for the Friars. This season, O'Neill won the 800-meter invite at the Friar Invitational on April 10 in a program and facility record time of 2:02.22. At Penn Relays, the junior ran the 1,200-meter leg of the DMR in 3:13.34, the second-fastest split in Penn Relays history. At the 2026 BIG EAST Indoor Track Championships, O'Neill won the 800 meters in a BIG EAST indoor record time of 2:01.15 and was a member of the team that won the 4 x 800 meters. She was awarded BIG EAST Most Outstanding Female Track Performer for her efforts. Last year, O'Neill finished fourth at the 2025 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters and was a member of the 4 x 800 team that won the BIG EAST title and set a program record in 8:31.87.
Competing in the 5,000 meters will be sophomore Anna Gardiner (Downpatrick, Ireland), freshman Kate Currie (Christchurch, New Zealand) and senior Jane Buckley (Cork, Ireland). Gardiner owns the top time among the group this season in the 5,000 meters after winning the Friar Invitational in a facility-record and personal-best time of 15:51.78. Currie closely followed with a personal-best time of 16:00.31 in the same race. Buckley owns a personal best of 15:41.68. At the 2025 BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Gardiner placed seventh in the 5,000 meters in 16:14.70.
Senior Cara Laverty (Derry, Ireland) will compete in the 1,500 meters. Laverty ran a season-best 4:18.44 in the 1,500 meters at Penn Relays earlier this season. She holds a personal-best time of 4:16.72 in the event. At last year's outdoor championships, Laverty finished third in the 1,500-meter final (4:18.70) and was a member of the 4 x 800 team that won the BIG EAST title and set a program record. Freshman Gemma Galvin (Clare, Ireland) will also compete in the 1,500 meters. Galvin owns a personal-best time of 4:18.39.
On the men's side, the Friars will have five athletes competing in the 1,500 meters, including sophomore Elliott Pugh (Tauranga, New Zealand), junior Tyler Bartlett (Fairfield, Conn.) and freshman Oliver Neate (Sydney, Australia). Pugh set a personal-best time at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational on May 2, where he won the race in 3:41.04. Bartlett holds a season-best time of 3:44.34, set at Penn Relays, while Neate owns a 3:44.51 mark that he ran at Raleigh Relays to open the outdoor season.
In the 800 meters, sophomore Thomas Breen (Providence, R.I.) will compete. On May 2, at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational, Breen set a personal-best time of 1:48.58 in the event. At the 2026 BIG EAST Indoor Track Championships, Breen placed fourth in the 800-meter final in 1:48.92.
In the 5,000 meters, sophomores Cormac Dixon (Dublin, Ireland) and Daniel Prescott (Christchurch, New Zealand) will race. Dixon holds a personal-best time of 13:57.99 while Prescott ran a personal-best at Penn Relays earlier this season in 14:00.80.
Junior Jon Mignacca (Seekonk, Mass.), the BIG EAST indoor high jump champion, will compete in the high jump. Mignacca owns a season-best mark of 1.92 meters and a career-best of 2.05 meters. The junior became the first male field athlete in program history to win a BIG EAST title at the indoor championships earlier this year.
For more information on the Providence College men's and women's indoor track teams, follow @FriarsXCTrack on Twitter and Instagram.
-GO FRIARS!-
| Athlete | Event | Start Time |
| Gabby Schmidt Níamh O'Mahony |
Women's 10,000 Meter Finals | Thursday, May 14, 8:00pm |
| Men's 10,000 Meter Finals | Thursday, May 14, 8:45pm | |
| Elliott Pugh Tyler Bartlett Oliver Neate Liam Back Jack Dowd |
Men's 1,500 Meter Trials | Friday, May 15, 2:15pm |
| Maya Bergamesca | Women's 100 Meter Hurdle Trials | Friday, May 15, 2:30pm |
| Men's 110 Meter Hurdle Trials | Friday, May 15, 2:45pm | |
| Keira Kelly Chloe Higgins Jill Fenerty Maggie Kemper Alyssa Healy |
Women's 400 Meter Trials | Friday, May 15, 3:00 pm |
| Kyle Bloomer Nico Fanuele |
Men's 400 Meter Trials | Friday, May 15, 3:15 pm |
| Cate Parks | Women's 100 Meter Trials | Friday, May 15, 3:30 pm |
| Men's 100 Meter Trials | Friday, May 15, 3:45 pm | |
| Maeve O'Neill Polly Bogdan Kaelin McCaffery |
Women's 800 Meter Trials | Friday, May 15, 4:00 pm |
| Tom Breen Will Johnston Owen Comiskey Matt McCabe |
Men's 800 Meter Trials | Friday, May 15, 4:15 pm |
| Elle Chandaria | Women's 400 Meter Hurdle Trials | Friday, May 15, 4:30 pm |
| Jon Mignacca | Men's High Jump Final | Friday, May 15, 4:30 pm |
| Men's 400 Meter Hurdle Trials | Friday, May 15, 4:45 pm | |
| Women's 200 Meter Trials | Friday, May 15, 5:00 pm | |
| Tucker Anglemyer Eli Wood |
Men's 200 Meter Trials | Friday, May 15, 5:15 pm |
| Emily Bush | Women's 3,000 Meter Steeplechase Finals | Friday, May 15, 8:00 pm |
| Ryan LoCicero Ryan Welch |
Men's 3,000 Meter Steeplechase Finals | Friday, May 15, 8:15 pm |
| Anna Gardiner Kate Currie Jane Buckley Lucia West |
Women's 5,000 Meter Finals | Friday, May 15, 8:30 pm |
| Cormac Dixon Daniel Prescott |
Men's 5,000 Meter Finals | Friday, May 15, 9:00 pm |
| TBD | Women's 4x100 Relay Finals | Saturday, May 16, 12:00 pm |
| TBD | Men's 4x100 Relay Finals | Saturday, May 16, 12:06 pm |
| Cara Laverty Gemma Galvin Annie Mann |
Women 1,500 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 12:10 pm |
| Men's 1,500 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 12:18 pm | |
| Women's 100 Meter Hurdle Finals | Saturday, May 16, 12:33 pm | |
| Men 110 Meter Hurdle Finals | Saturday, May 16, 12:48 pm | |
| Women's 400 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 12:58 pm | |
| Men's 400 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 1:05 pm | |
| Women's 100 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 1:12 pm | |
| Men's 100 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 1:20 pm | |
| Women's 800 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 1:25 pm | |
| Men's 800 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 1:30 pm | |
| Women's 400 Meter Hurdle Finals | Saturday, May 16, 1:40 pm | |
| Women's 400 Meter Hurdle Finals | Saturday, May 16, 1:50 pm | |
| Women's 200 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 2:00 pm | |
| Men's 200 Meter Finals | Saturday, May 16, 2:05 pm | |
| TBD | Women 4x800 Relay Finals | Saturday, May 16, 2:10 pm |
| TBD | Men's 4x800 Relay Finals | Saturday, May 16, 2:23 pm |
| TBD | Women's 4x400 Relay Finals | Saturday, May 16, 2:35 pm |
| TBD | Men's 4x400 Relay Finals | Saturday, May 16, 2:45 pm |
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