{"id":57928,"date":"2024-10-17T15:55:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=57928"},"modified":"2024-10-17T18:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T22:10:33","slug":"new-track-field-complex-dedicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/new-track-field-complex-dedicated\/","title":{"rendered":"New track &amp; field complex dedicated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alumni, faculty, staff, students and community members showed up in large numbers for the Track &amp; Field Complex Dedication on Saturday, Oct. 12 during EMU\u2019s 2024 Homecoming and Family Weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17151825\/20241012-EMU-Homecoming-Track-Field-Dedication_MM-053-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17151825\/20241012-EMU-Homecoming-Track-Field-Dedication_MM-053-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17151825\/20241012-EMU-Homecoming-Track-Field-Dedication_MM-053-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17151825\/20241012-EMU-Homecoming-Track-Field-Dedication_MM-053-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17151825\/20241012-EMU-Homecoming-Track-Field-Dedication_MM-053-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17151825\/20241012-EMU-Homecoming-Track-Field-Dedication_MM-053-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kirk Shisler \u201881<\/strong>, vice president for advancement, introduced alumni in attendance spanning eight decades. Among them were <strong>Bob Hostetler \u201859<\/strong> who \u201cstill runs the 100-meter dash like a jackrabbit,\u201d according to Shisler; <strong>Roland Landes<\/strong>, an EMU cross-country coach for nine seasons starting in the &#8217;60s and a <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/hall-of-honor-roland-landes\/\">2024 Hall of Honor inductee<\/a>; <strong>Hannah Chappell Dick \u201816<\/strong>, a five-time NCAA DIII All-American EMU runner <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/hannah-chappell-dick-honored-ncaa-women-year-nominees\/\">with countless awards<\/a> and seven school records; and <strong>Ryan Gehman \u201816<\/strong>, a star EMU runner, advocate, and <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2023\/alumni-stories-inspire-crowd-at-tentalks\/\">speaker at the 2023 EMU TenTalks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program also featured remarks from <strong>Carrie Bert \u201897<\/strong>, director of athletics; <strong>Ray Ray Taylor, MS \u201824, <\/strong>an All-American track and field athlete; and <strong>Jim \u201868 and Gloria Horst Rosenberger \u201870 <\/strong>who put forth an early gift of $600,000 and a recent $400,000 challenge fund to encourage support for the track and field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>It\u2019s not too late to give to the project! <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/campaign\/track-and-field\"><strong>Donate now.<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>More than $4 million has been raised toward the $6 million campaign goal. <strong>President Susan Schultz Huxman <\/strong>thanked the \u201csalt-of-the-earth, visionary supporters who stepped up with unwavering conviction going back nearly a decade.\u201d And with student-athletes making up 43 percent of the first-year student population, she said it has been a long time coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17154526\/20241012-Homecoming-for-social_JS-85-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17154526\/20241012-Homecoming-for-social_JS-85-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17154526\/20241012-Homecoming-for-social_JS-85-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17154526\/20241012-Homecoming-for-social_JS-85-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17154526\/20241012-Homecoming-for-social_JS-85-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/17154526\/20241012-Homecoming-for-social_JS-85-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before attendees could set foot on the new track, <strong>Laura Rosenberger \u201903<\/strong> (EMU pole vault record holder for 21 years) and sophomore<strong> Micah Mast <\/strong>did a symbolic run with a pole, followed by a ceremonial relay lap with alumni, donors, students, and faculty\/staff. 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