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#BIGEASTtrack Minute: BIG EAST Boasts Four Top 10 Finishes On Final Two Days of NCAA Track & Field Championship

EUGENE, Ore. – The final two days of competition at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., brought four top 10 finishes among five BIG EAST runners at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The track & field meet welcomed 12,947 fans to watch the most elite collegiate competition.

Friday night featured the men’s outdoor championship finals where the BIG EAST had two top five finishes and a ninth place finish.

In the men’s 5,000-meter run, Villanova senior distance runner Patrick Tiernan medaled with a third place finish time of 13:27.07, his second-fastest career time in the 5K.