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Podcast: The Runners Reunion Podcast
Episode: Janice Cataldo discusses Title Nine and the early days of Women's X-Country and Track at Providence College
Description: When Title 9 was signed into law in 1972 little did Janice Cataldo know how it would impact her life and the contributions she would make to one of the storied women’s track and cross country teams in the country. Growing up with five sisters in a traditional italian family learning to be a good homemaker was the order of the day in the early 1970’s. As fate would have it, a gym teacher at St. Xavier High School in Providence spotted her running talent in class during her junior year. Janice took his advice to join the track team and qui...