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New Olympic-sized pool already having issues
Bryant Marcia
Issue date: 9/13/07 Section: Sports
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After just completing renovations to two of Chabot's athletic facilities, concerns and speculations have not been slow to follow.
The concerns have been drawn on the recent installation of the new artificial football turf and the reconstruction of the school's swimming pool and deck.
With close to $3 million being spent on both of these projects, attention -whether unwanted or not- has been placed on the outcome, quality and performance of these two facilities.
Recently, questions were raised about the new artificial turf, specifically whether it has met the expectations of faculty and students alike.
The main concern was whether the new turf was going to create a problem for the football team because of the artificial turf's tendency to trap ambient heat, making it feel much hotter than it actually is.
The question whether the team would be affected was posed to Danny Calcagno, who is in his fourth year as head coach for the Chabot College football team.
Calcagno said, "No, that's not a problem. A little while back with the heat wave we just practiced on our practice field which is natural grass, now we're back to the other one."
He went on to add, "If this was Texas, or the Valley, maybe [it would be a problem] but not here."
Coach Calcagno was reassuring on the fact that he was pleased with the outcome of the field and that there were no plans for any modifications or repairs to be performed.
The same meanwhile, cannot be said about the school's new swimming pool deck.
With the pool being just a few months old, very little if anything, was expected to be wrong with it.
But students and faculty are already aware of the cracks that have showing up on the new cement pool deck.
When prompted for comment on the issue, swimming coach Greg Kubicki simply stated, "I mean you can see them [the cracks] yourself."
"The pool is fine, we've held meets already, and it's fine," Kubicki said after being asked if this affected the pool or the swimmer's performance.
He also pointed out a possible problem with one of the panels of the scoreboard.
"It's just new equipment problems that have to be worked out," Kubicki said.
Whether the complications that arise from these building projects are a serious problem or simply part of the school's growing pains is still to be determined. With lots of money being spent, it is definite that close attention will be paid to any further developments.
The concerns have been drawn on the recent installation of the new artificial football turf and the reconstruction of the school's swimming pool and deck.
With close to $3 million being spent on both of these projects, attention -whether unwanted or not- has been placed on the outcome, quality and performance of these two facilities.
Recently, questions were raised about the new artificial turf, specifically whether it has met the expectations of faculty and students alike.
The main concern was whether the new turf was going to create a problem for the football team because of the artificial turf's tendency to trap ambient heat, making it feel much hotter than it actually is.
The question whether the team would be affected was posed to Danny Calcagno, who is in his fourth year as head coach for the Chabot College football team.
Calcagno said, "No, that's not a problem. A little while back with the heat wave we just practiced on our practice field which is natural grass, now we're back to the other one."
He went on to add, "If this was Texas, or the Valley, maybe [it would be a problem] but not here."
Coach Calcagno was reassuring on the fact that he was pleased with the outcome of the field and that there were no plans for any modifications or repairs to be performed.
The same meanwhile, cannot be said about the school's new swimming pool deck.
With the pool being just a few months old, very little if anything, was expected to be wrong with it.
But students and faculty are already aware of the cracks that have showing up on the new cement pool deck.
When prompted for comment on the issue, swimming coach Greg Kubicki simply stated, "I mean you can see them [the cracks] yourself."
"The pool is fine, we've held meets already, and it's fine," Kubicki said after being asked if this affected the pool or the swimmer's performance.
He also pointed out a possible problem with one of the panels of the scoreboard.
"It's just new equipment problems that have to be worked out," Kubicki said.
Whether the complications that arise from these building projects are a serious problem or simply part of the school's growing pains is still to be determined. With lots of money being spent, it is definite that close attention will be paid to any further developments.
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