(10-31-2021 08:30 PM)TexasTerror Wrote: (10-31-2021 07:10 PM)RobtheAggie Wrote: Adams St has traditionally been really strong. Western St. as well. The combination of elevation, plus open space is huge. NAU is an amazing example of this. I would love for WAC schools to really go all in on Cross Country. It is not an expensive sport to have.
No.
Sam has always focused a bit more on track and field particularly the sprints and field events.
In Texas, this is what you do. When we were in Southland, Corpus and Lamar focused a bit more on distance, XC. Corpus seemed to load up on internationals in particular but both schools also could use upgraded facilities for track
Can you elaborate?
TAMU-CC - Unless something changed, I thought TAMU-CC had one of the best track facilities in the Southland Conference. The running track may need resurfacing. The soccer/track stadium was built in 2013.
Image source:
https://goislanders.com/news/2018/7/17/s...edule.aspx
Lamar - The stadium could probably use some "spiffing up". Ty Terrell Track and Field Complex doesn't have anywhere close to the look of something like TAMU-CC's stadium, but the track, jumping pits, and throwing areas were renovated in 2015 with Tarkoff BSS300 surface. As I recall the track meets NCAA requirements (or at least did at time of resurfacing). Cost of the work was $396,000. Looking at proposals for other Tarkoff BSS300 installations, it looks like the surface and work would have been warranted 5 years. So we're a little over 1 year past the warranty period. I couldn't find a useful life for the surface, but if useful life is similar to consumer products, the useful life is usually well beyond a warrantied period. Maybe someone involved in Track and Field would have some information.
Note: The information on Lamar Athletic's website is grossly out of date. It still references the Monsanto running surface from 2001.
Here's a pic I took shortly after the resurfacing project for a Wikipedia article.
By LUSportsFan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.ph...d=42968527
Here's a look at the track before the 2015 resurfacing.
By LUSportsFan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.ph...d=36420369