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Grant for complex
By Joan Sterk
UNCA’s athletic depart
ment received a $350,000
state grant this past sunr-
mer and is making plans to
use this money to build a
baseball coiq>lex and to
upgrade the existing soc
cer field and track.
This new facility will
include a baseball field,
an area the size of a
football field for rec
reational use or soccer
practice, and another
area the size of a
field-hockey field, said
Ed Harris, athletic di
rector.
Although all this is on
ly on paper for the pre
sent, Harris has in his
mind a "very good looking
baseball complex with
seating."
Harris said the athletic
department is aiming for a
Spring 85-86 completion
date.
The complex will have
bleachers, fencing, a ser
vice building for sports,
and perhaps a press box,
said Harris.
"The stadium will not
have li^ts when it first
opens, but we hope to get
the wiring in now so we
can get lights in the
future," said Harris.
The athletic department
will also allocate some
money from this grant to
repair the track to "bring
it up to college stand
ards," and to work on the
soccer field, said Harris.
"The soccer field has
taken a lot of abuse over
the years and it needs to
be repaired. It is used
the soccer team, sun bath
ers , flag football and
frisbee throwers. It is in
need of repair," Harris
said.
With all these renova
tions and repairs, the
track area and the new
conq>lex should be more
than enough to accomodate
the outdoor sports for
next spring.
The new baseball team
coached by Ken Bagwell, is
using McCormick Field for
the upcoming spring sea
son, but Harris hopes that
by next season the complex
will be ready for them to
use.
The men's soccer team
will practice on one of
the fields in the cooq>lex,
using the present field
only for games.
Harris said, "This will
give the main field a bet
ter appearance since it
won*t be used so much."
Intranurals will also
benefit from this addi
tion» Harris said flag
football and softball
will use one of the
fields. Recreational ac
tivities, sun bathing,
and frisbee throwing,
will take place on the
new fields as well.
By Joan Sterk
UNGA weight lifters may
have a welcome-back pre
sent when they return from
Christmas break in Janu
ary. And behind this gift
is a luclqr break, not San
ta Claus.
Keith Ray, UNCA»s di
rector of student de
velopment, recently owned
Horizon Gym, a local
work-out center. The gym
closed and UNCA capita
lized on the close out,
by buying the gym's
equipment for about one-
third of the original
cost, according to Helen
Carroll, UNCA director of
recreation and intramur
als.
Now the athletic depart
ment is trying to find
space for all the equip
ment. They are considering
two options.
Carroll said they could
either move some of the
equiiment into the dance
studio or build an exten
sion of the wall already
dividing the weight room
from the studio.
"We are leaning tow^ds
the second option," Car
roll said. "This way we
won't be taking away rocxn,
but really adding to the
gym.
Ed Harris, athletic di
rector, said finding space
is a problem, but "it was
just too good a deal to
pass up."
Harris is still weighing
the options, feeling the
department "will go with
the least expensive way."
Harris said, "The ideal
choice is to get the
weights in the dance stu
dio."
This choice would move
the classes held in the
studio out to the mini
gym. The problem with this
move is the poor acoustics
in the mini-gym.
"We are going to see if
we get something done
that would help the ac-
coustics in the big room
so we can move the classes
out there and have the
studio for the weights,"
Harris said.
With either option, the
athletic department has a
"hopeful deadline" set for
Jan. 16 when classes begin
for the spring semester.
"If we get it done by
then, it will be a great
small miracle. But then
again. I'm a believer in
miracles," said Carroll,
last year's coach of the
national chaiqpion women's
basketball team.
The future plans for
the weight room will in
clude carpeting and a new
checkout center at the
door leading to the park
ing lot behind the gym.
Carroll said the weight
room, when completed, will
be "one of the nicest ones
in this area."
The school also bought
three mirror from Ray,
each about 6 feet high and
10 feet wide, which they
will put along the wall if
they choose the optidn of
building an extension.
Currently the new equip
ment is in the old weight
room with the exception of
three machines, including
a nautilus. "These ma
chines are out of comnis-
sion now due to lack of
space," said Carroll.
There are also two exer
cise bikes and a scale
that are in the dance
studio. The free weights
and benches acquired from
Horizon are presently
crammed in the weight
room.
Carroll said if the
weight lifters would put
the weights back after
using them, there would be
more room to walk around
the weight room. This
would also help the people
vbo clean up.
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