Monday, August 17,1998

Back-To-Campus 98

Today

Recent Editions

Archives

Editorial

Letters

Blotter

EMail Us

Back To Campus '98 Campus Calendar '98 Sports & Activites '98 Dawg House Egyptian Dir Live DE View! Internet Personals Community Calendar E-Mail Us About the DE Advertising About SIU Other Links Colophon Best Price on Macs! The Daily Egyptian is published by the students of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and TWThF during the summer semester except during vacations and exam weeks. Daily Egyptian online is uploaded at noon. Information in the Daily Egyptian is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. This document may be distributed electronically for personal use only, provided it is distributed in its entirety and includes this notice. However, nothing from the Daily Egyptian can be reprinted without the express written permission of the Daily Egyptian.

SIUC gets a new track for the brand new season Brandon Lewis Daily Egyptian Reporter SIUC's track programs received a major boost this summer when a new track surface was installed at McAndrew Stadium. The new track, which was completed late this summer, is made of the same material that were used in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics. The $700,000 surface will replace the worn, 11-year-old surface that has hampered the SIUC track programs over the past decade. Men's head track coach Bill Cornell is happy to see the old surface replaced. "We were too embarrassed to even have a meet here last year," Cornell said. "We really couldn't even take our recruits to see the old track." Women's coach Don DeNoon said the program has already reaped the benefits of the new track. "We've been able to tell future recruits and prospects about this new track and it's impressed them," DeNoon said. "We've already got a roster of 68 athletes for next season and that's really phenomenal." Funding for the track was provided by the Saluki Futures campaign, which contributed $500,000 and the athletics facility fund, which provided $200,000. The new surface will enable SIUC have meets, including the Missouri Valley Conference Championships. DeNoon said the new track will be one of the best in the region. "This new track will give us the best facility in the MVC," DeNoon said. "It will also probably be one of the best tracks in the Midwest." Materials for the track were shipped from Canada. Work crews from Italy completed the task of laying the surface. Cornell said the old track never got the job done from the first day it was installed. "The old track was really poor and was put together with bad workmanship," Cornell said. "It also wasn't very safe for our athletes. It just wasn't something that you should be wearing running spikes on." DeNoon said the change will be a huge step up in quality for the track teams. "We're getting a Cadillac of a track," DeNoon said. "Where before, we had a Pinto." Next -->

100 Free ad exposures on 1for1.com

LinkExchange Member

SmartClicks: Target Advertising For Free

---

This page was last rendered with Frontier on a Macintosh OS on Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 1:19:01 PM. DE WebMaster

© 1997 Daily Egyptian
Information in the Daily Egyptian is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. This document may be distributed electronically for personal use only, provided it is distributed in its entirety and includes this notice. However, nothing from the Daily Egyptian can be reprinted without the express written permission of the Daily Egyptian.