Track groundbreaking ceremony Friday

Friday, CSC will break ground on an outdoor track and field facility, which CSC Sports Information says marks the beginning of phase two of the college’s sports complex project. 

The groundbreaking is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., Friday. 

A release from CSC Sports Informations states the event in open to the public and will take place in the open field to the south of the Chicoine Center. A gravel driveway at the southeast corner of the parking lot will provide the easiest access to the ceremony. 

The college says Nebraska State College System Board of Trustees Chairman Gary Bieganski will speak at the ceremony, along with NSCS Vice Chancellor Steve Hotovy. 

Head Track and Field Coach Riley Northrup is also scheduled to speak, as well as former CSC athletes Frank Ferguson, Steve Nelson, and John Sides. 

CSC Sports Information says a timetable of roughly six months was approved at a November 2018 Board of Trustees meeting and at that time the project was estimated to cost $1.8 million dollars. The 400 meter track will include a 20-foot by 10-foot press box.