STRATEGIC VISION
GOAL 5
SPACE
Develop and repurpose space to serve the changing needs of the Penn Charter program and mission.
Photo: Mindy Bernstein, Class Record
Touchdown PC!
The fall sports season kicked off with a spectacular addition to Penn Charter’s athletic facilities: a new stadium field with a multipurpose, synthetic turf, and a new eight-lane track. The new field was complete in time for Inter-Ac League play and the 129th PC/GA Day football game.
Titan, manufactured by A-Turf. PC
and the field was completed in time
used a high-grade crumb rubber
for various girls and boys teams to
and sand mix, making the field more
practice on the new surface during
The new facility includes an expanded, eight-lane track so that PC can serve as a location for invitational track meets, which require eight lanes. The bleachers and press box were disassembled and then reassembled on the opposite side of the field.
resilient as well as a more consistent
For the track, PC selected a Beynon 1,000 surface, a product preferred by many colleges and high schools because its softer surface is more forgiving and, therefore, safer for young athletes to train on. The grass stadium field was replaced by an allpurpose, all-weather synthetic surface,
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and safer surface.
preseason. “In a 10-week period, we were able to begin and complete
Director of Athletics and Athletic
installation of a multipurpose field
Planning John Thiel said the project
that will have a tremendous positive
began on the Monday after Color Day
impact on PC athletics.” PC
Penn Charter’s girls varsity soccer team – led by co-captains Jlon Flippens and Dominique DeMarco – enjoyed the honor of playing the first official game on the new field, a nonleague contest that ended in a tie. The girls are two-time state and Inter-Ac champions and looking strong again this year. And, they’ve got that new turf under their feet!
2014-15 Annual Report of Gifts