ASBA Honors Distinguished Running Track Facilities for 2011, release courtesy of ASBA, note by Larry Eder

The
ASBA, founded in 1965, is a non-profit association focused on
professionalizing the process of developing, designing and building
sports facilities. Their Technical Meetings, which I have attended since
1991, are one of my favorite convention and trade shows each and every
year. These folks build the sports sanctuaries across the country.

Our
publication, American Track & Field, will not accept advertising
from non ASBA members, and we recommend all coaches, facility managers
and athletic directors check out the asba site as well as check with the
ASBA when looking to develop a new sports facility! Saving a few bucks when the facility is sub standard is not smart business.

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American
Sports Builders Association

8480 Baltimore National Pike Â· Suite 307

Ellicott City ,
MD 21043
Â·
866-501-ASBA Â·
410-730-9595 Â·
Fax: 410-730-8833

www.sportsbuilders.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: December 5, 2011

Contact: Fred Stringfellow, CAE

866-501-ASBA, Fax: 410-730-8833

fred@ksgroup.org

PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON
REQUEST (please specify facility and format).

ASBA Honors Distinguished
Running Track Facilities

Ellicott City, MD – The
American Sports Builders Association (ASBA), the national organization for
builders, designers and suppliers of materials for athletic facilities, has announced the
winners of its annual awards. Awards are presented each year to facilities
built by ASBA members, which best exemplify construction excellence.

Awards are presented in
various categories: Tennis Courts, Running Tracks, Sports Fields and Indoor
Multi-Purpose Facilities. Within each category there are divisions; for
example, the Tennis Court category recognizes facilities in Indoor, Residential
and Outdoor divisions; additional honors were given in the ‘Green’ competition,
for award-winning athletic facilities that used the most eco-friendly design, construction
and operating techniques.

Presentation of award
plaques was made at the Technical Meeting, recently held in Palm Desert,
California. Projects are scored individually based on considerations such as
layout and design, site work, drainage, base construction, surface, amenities,
innovation and overall impression. Winning entries are those whose cumulative
scores meet or exceed the standard. This year saw an unprecedented number of
entries in the competition.

Winning
projects are as
follows. Note: For a full listing of award-winning projects in all
categories, use the contact information above, or go to the website, www.sportsbuilders.org.

OUTDOOR RUNNING TRACK
FACILITIES

Barnstable High School

Barnstable, Massachusetts

Upgrade of Existing Facility:
Cape & Island Tennis & Track (Pocasset, Massachusetts)

Bishop Gorman High
School

Las Vegas, Nevada

New Construction: Renner
Sports Surfaces (Denver, Colorado)

Brandon High School
Outdoor Track Facility

Ortonville, Michigan

New Construction: Foresite
Design, Inc. (Berkley, Michigan)

Detroit Lakes High
School

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Upgrade of Existing
Facility: Fisher Tracks, Inc. (Boone, Iowa)

Elkins High School

Fort Bend, Texas

Upgrade of Existing
Facility: Fisher Tracks, Inc. (Boone, Iowa)

Harvard University –
McCurdy Running Track

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Upgrade of Existing
Facility: Cape & Island Tennis & Track (Pocasset, Massachusetts)

Ken Hall Stadium at
High Tower High School

Fort Bend, Texas

Upgrade of Existing
Facility: Fisher Tracks, Inc. (Boone, Iowa)

Leopard Stadium –
Outdoor Track

Gainesville, Texas

New Construction: Texas
Sport Builders (Burleson, Texas)

North Reading High
School

North Reading,
Massachusetts

New Construction: Cape
& Island Tennis & Track (Pocasset, Massachusetts)

Sisseton High School

Sisseton, South Dakota

New Construction: Fisher
Tracks, Inc. (Boone, Iowa)

Spire Institute-The
GaREAT Sports Complex Running Track

Geneva, Ohio

New Construction: Beynon
Sports Surfaces (Hunt Valley, Maryland)

Swenson Field Athletic
Complex, Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Upgrade of Existing
Facility: Gale Associates, Inc. (Weymouth, Massachusetts)

Tecumseh High School
Outdoor Track Facility

Tecumseh, Michigan

New Construction: Foresite
Design, Inc. (Berkley, Michigan)

Winnacunnet Regional
High School

Hampton, New Hampshire

Upgrade of Existing
Facility: Cape & Island Tennis (Pocassett, Massachusetts)

INDOOR TRACK FACILITY

Indoor Running Track at
SPIRE Institute

Geneva, Ohio

New Construction: Beynon
Sports Surfaces, Inc. (Hunt Valley, Maryland)

Within each category, one
facility was chosen from among all winning entries to represent the best of
athletic facility construction. The winners were as follows:

TRACK FACILITIES OF
THE YEAR:

OUTDOOR:

Spire Institute – The
GaREAT Sports Complex Running Track

Geneva, Ohio

New Construction: Beynon
Sports Surfaces (Hunt Valley, Maryland)

INDOOR:

Indoor Running Track at
SPIRE Institute

Geneva, Ohio

New Construction: Beynon
Sports Surfaces, Inc. (Hunt Valley, Maryland)

The ASBA is a non-profit
association helping designers, builders, owners, operators and users understand
quality sports facility construction. The ASBA sponsors informative meetings,
publishes newsletters, books and technical construction guidelines for both
tennis courts and running tracks, and keeps its members aware of the latest
developments in the industry. It also offers voluntary certification programs
in tennis court, running track and sports fields construction. Available at no
charge is a listing of all publications offered by the Association, as well as
the ASBA’s Membership Directory. For information on the ASBA, as well as on its
publications, activities and upcoming meetings, please contact the Association
at 8480 Baltimore National Pike, Suite 307, Ellicott City, MD 21043. The
toll-free phone number is 866-501-ASBA, the local number is 410-730-9595, and
the fax number is 410-730-8833. The ASBA also may be reached electronically via
its website: www.sportsbuilders.org, or
via e-mail at info@sportsbuilders.org.

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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