A Sea Of Red

anybody know what this is about? Have something to do with prep for the new baseball complex?

libertyflames.com wrote:Due to unforeseen challenges resulting from renovations at the Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex, the 2012 Liberty Twilight Qualifier outdoor track & field meet has been cancelled. The annual one-day meet had been scheduled for May 3.

http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm? ... 17&TeamID=

I'll see what I can dig up.

the track is being re-surfaced/widened , quite a undertaking, and it has to be done by the time soccer comes back late in the summer, so construction is beginning in the next week or so. Much of the teams workouts/practices will be taking place across town at Randolph college.

- Steve

I thought it had been said the track life was over and instead of resurfacing they were going to build a new facility for track. They were then going to actually going to make Osborn a soccer only facility moving the field closer to the stands. This would create a new building pad once they moved some dirt and they did not know what they could put there. Is my memory that bad!

soccer7 wrote:I thought it had been said the track life was over and instead of resurfacing they were going to build a new facility for track. They were then going to actually going to make Osborn a soccer only facility moving the field closer to the stands. This would create a new building pad once they moved some dirt and they did not know what they could put there. Is my memory that bad!

I believe you are correct. now that you say it, that seems to be almost exactly how I remember it ...

they did announce that, but then they changed their minds, (that happens all the time around here) so the track will stay where it is for the foreseeable future... and is getting a makeover.

steve hoffman wrote:the track is being re-surfaced/widened , quite a undertaking, and it has to be done by the time soccer comes back late in the summer, so construction is beginning in the next week or so. Much of the teams workouts/practices will be taking place across town at Randolph college.

- Steve

PS: thx for the info.

hard to believe that we have to ship the teams to ANOTHER SCHOOL when the GAME field isnt available.

we have NO other facilities on the entire mountain on which DI programs could practice??? you gotta be kidding me.

last count there were 145 intramural and several indoor fields. Roughly.

Um, I took it to mean that the track team would be practicing at RC.

01LUGrad wrote:Um, I took it to mean that the track team would be practicing at RC.

in retrospect- i'm sure you're right- thx

there are other tracks in the area (EC Glass and Heritage come to mind) they could run at that are closer

BJWilliams wrote:there are other tracks in the area (EC Glass and Heritage come to mind) they could run at that are closer

Oh, but that RC track is really nice.

I figure youre being sarcastic but I have been over to RC to cover soccer for the News and Advance and its not a bad looking place. a tad out of the way but not bad

BJWilliams wrote:I figure youre being sarcastic but I have been over to RC to cover soccer for the News and Advance and its not a bad looking place. a tad out of the way but not bad

Not being sarcastic at all. That facility might be smaller than LU's or LC's, but not by much. Creatively designed venue, very nice track, and the newest facility in the region.

They did a very nice job with it. wish I knew where the pics I took when I went there to cover soccer were.