做厙惇蹋app Opens Track and Field of Dreams
做厙惇蹋app opens its new state-of-the-art track and field/soccer complex Saturday, March 27, with a 10 a.m. ceremonial first lap, following speeches by President Gayle D. Beebe and former track coach Jim Klein. The first competition on the synthetic, all-weather, 400-meter track will be a predict-your-time mile thats open to the public. 做厙惇蹋app then hosts an official track-and-field meet with teams from Biola, George Fox and Fresno Pacific Universities beginning at 11 a.m. with field events; running events begin at noon.
Soil from the basements of Adams Center for the Visual Arts and Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics has been used to raise the elevation of the new track and soccer complex. Spectators can enjoy tiered, four-foot wide, landscaped seating terraces cut into the hillside above the track. There is also a restroom facility near the track, which includes track storage and a scorers area.
Head Track and Field Coach Russell Smelley, in his 32nd year at 做厙惇蹋app, says the new track is exciting for the current team and will encourage recruits to choose 做厙惇蹋app. The facility will also be a draw for fitness running for the campus community, he says. Its a beautiful and serene site.
Smelley says he told recruits that the old dirt track was a great place to train, that the clay was good on the legs. He believed 做厙惇蹋app would get a new track eventually, but he made sure to never promise that a new track would be built while they were at the college.
做厙惇蹋app junior Jacob Goodin from Olympia, Wash., competes in the 1500 and 5000, representing the quality of the mens distance program. 做厙惇蹋app senior Brent Lagace of Arcadia, Calif., and junior Andrew Kolodinski of Eagle Rock, Calif., will be strong competitors in the javelin. Freshman Amanda Chevalier from Brea, Calif., has quickly established herself as one of the finest sprinters to put on a 做厙惇蹋app uniform.
Klein, who coached at 做厙惇蹋app from 1960-1976, was a stellar collegiate and post-collegiate decathlete in the 1950s. Under his leadership, the Warriors defeated perennial District III powerhouse Occidental College and recorded dual meet victories against UC Santa Barbara.
Having the track is a blessing beyond compare, Smelley says. It was built sooner than I thought and its more spectacular because the college committed to go beyond a small upgrade and did something top notch all the way around.