I just wanted to share with you that Rod O’Donnell and I spoke to the Ohio Association Track and Cross Country Coaches executive board at their business meeting on Thursday evening. The executive board passed a resolution to write a letter to support keeping track and field at Ohio University and other universities. They will post their letter later on their web site (http://oatccc.com) and they are also encouraging their 1,500 plus members to get involved to help “Save Track & Field”. After the high school rules interpretation meetings on Friday; coach O’Donnell addressed the Division I coaches, I addressed the Division II coaches and OATCCC president Vern Kiehl addressed the Division III coaches. We asked the coaches to get involved to express their concerns to the university officials and Ohio elected officials.
The Ohio University Board of Trustless plans to vote on the recommendation of dropping Men’s Track & Field at their mid-February meeting.
What can YOU do?
1) Write the universities Presidents, Athletic Directors and Trustees members to
voice your concern, this is especially important if you graduated from the
university, recommend students to go to the university and if you or your
business donates money to the university. Link to OU Board of Trustees -
http://www.ohio.edu/president/trustees/index.cfm
2) Write a letter to your Ohio congress/senate members and voice your concern.
to find your representatives go to -
http://www.house.state.oh.us/jsps/Representatives.jsp
and
http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators
then type in your zip code.
3) Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper and voice your concern.
4) Pass this information on to as many friends as possible and ask them to do the
Same.
With YOUR Help We can Work to SAVE TRACK & FIELD !!
Matt McGowan, Editor/Publisher RUNOHIO
http://www.runohio.com