Turner Track

Completed in the summer of 2006, Turner Track is a modern facility for intercollegiate athletics, allowing Knox to once again host home meets, including the Midwest Conference Championship. The renovation:

• Showcases a purple track located in the heart of the Knox campus
• Expands the track from six to eight lanes
• Adds a steeplechase pit to the west end of the track
• Relocates and enhances the spaces dedicated for field events, including high jump, long jump/triple jump, javelin, shot put, pole vault, and discus/hammer throw

The total cost of the project was $800,000. The College kicked off the renovation with an investment of $300,000. To recognize Coach Harold Turner, whose teams won four Midwest Conference Championships (track and field-1952; swimming-1957; football-1939 and 1950), Robert J. "Sam" Malley '47 and Leroy Lutz '47 spearheaded an effort to raise $200,000 to name the newly renovated outdoor track in "Coach" Turner's honor. Alumni gifts and pledges of $300,000 raised the final balance to fully fund the project.

Construction Photos:

Week 1 The first step in the Trevor Field renovation process was digging up the old track. E. & L. Andrew Fitness Center, dedicated in February 2006, is in the background.	Week 2 The renovation begins with the removal of the old track and field event sites.
Week 4 Surveyors work on the long jump/triple jump area of the track. This area is located on the north side of the track, close to the tennis courts.	Week 5 Tractors line the south side of the outdoor track, as construction workers work on the pole vault venue.
Week 6 Old Main overlooks construction on the north side of the track as concrete is poured into the long jump/triple jump venue.	Week 7 Construction begins on the new shot put venue, located west of the track and south of the tennis courts.
Week 9 Blacktopping of the new track begins.	Week 11 Installation of the cage and gate around the discuss/hammer throw area nears completion.
Week 13 Workers lay black top (right of photo) followed by a rubber coating.	Week 14 A worker sprays the top, purple layer of rubber onto the track.