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Dream of a New Athletics Facility Article by Rhonda Jessup | Photos Submitted
This issue of the MOC Today magazine has included information about the kick-off event for the College’s capital campaign initiatives. One of the priorities for the campaign is a new athletics facility which would be an important step toward fulfilling the College’s commitment to student-focused education. Intercollegiate athletics at Mount Olive College is all about performance and character – both on and off the field. And great performances are in part inspired by the character of the surroundings in which they take place. Currently MOC does not have an on-campus track and field facility; therefore, meets
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are held off campus. The new facility would serve our varsity track and field team; be used by our soccer, lacrosse, softball and baseball teams; and be beneficial for campus and general community use. The facility would place Mount Olive College at the top of Conference Carolinas in terms of facilities that serve the needs of its student-athletes. A couple of the current track team members weighed in on what they thought the new athletics facility would mean to students. Junior sports management major Alaytra Carswell, a sprinter from Waynesboro, Georgia, said, “A new track would mean a lot