New England Indoor Championship at Boston Univ., Boston, Mass. - Feb. 25-26, 2000

BOSTON, Mass. -- The Providence College men's track team scored 41 points and finished sixth of 31 teams at the New England Indoor Track Championship at Boston University in Boston, Mass. on Saturday, February 26.

Freshman Chris Livesey (Preston, England) led the Friars, capturing the mile in a time of 4:03.81 and qualifying for the NCAA Championship. Sophomore Paul Reilly (Loughrea, Ireland) also had a first-place finish for PC, winning the 3,000 meters in a time of 8:16.19 and qualifying for the IC4A Championship.

The Friars also got strong performances from sophomore Hamish Thorpe (Auckland, New Zealand), freshman Adam Sutton (Preston, England) and junior Ciaran Lynch (Limerick, Ireland). Thorpe finished second in the mile (4:05.42) and Sutton placed third in the 3,000 (8:18.25), while Lynch earned a third-place finish in the 5,000 (14:44.88). All three runners qualified for the IC4A Championship.

TEAM RESULTS -TOP 10 of 31: 1. UConn 136, 2. Northeastern 53, 3. Rhode Island 50, 4. UMass-Amherst 44, 5. Southern Connecticut 43, 6. PROVIDENCE 41, 7. Boston College 35, 8. Wheaton College 31, 9. New Hampshire 23, 10. UMass-Lowell 22

Providence Finishers


EVENT	PLACE	ATHLETE	TIME


500 meters	-	Kevin Cashman	1:06.85


1,000 meters	-	Mark Ryan	2:35.79


Mile	1st	Chris Livesey	4:03.81


	2nd	Hamish Thorpe	4:05.42


	6th	Dermot Galvin	4:10.44


	-	Larry Morrissey	4:15.70


	-	Tim Morris	4:23.66


3,000 meters	1st	Paul Reilly	8:16.19


	3rd	Adam Sutton	8:18.25


5,000 meters	3rd	Ciaran Lynch	14:44.88


	-	Tyler McCabe	14:59.12


	-	Pat Conway	15:04.73