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10/15/01

NEWELL FIELD HOUSE AT SLU TO BE DEDICATED OCT. 20

CANTON - St. Lawrence University's Newell Field House and Fitness 
Center will be dedicated with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony on 
Saturday, October 20, at 1:30 p.m. The event is open to the public, 
as is a day-long open house at the facility.
	Events scheduled for the open house, from 1 to 4 p.m., 
include children's field day activities, demonstrations of the Munro 
Family Climbing Wall, demonstrations of fitness equipment, a 
three-on-three student basketball tournament and a dance class. The 
Frog Bridge Band will provide musical entertainment.
	The new facility, which opened this fall, is named for 
longtime friends of the University and of the North Country Allan 
and Catherine Newell of Hammond, New York. Allan Newell has been a 
trustee of St. Lawrence University since 1993; Catherine Newell 
received the North Country Citation from the University at Commencement 
in May. In addition to being supportive of athletic opportunities for 
students at St. Lawrence, the Newells have also established a 
scholarship benefiting North Country students at the University.
	A state-of-the-art fitness facility overlooking Leckonby Stadium, 
Weeks Field and North Country Field on campus, the Newell Field House 
and Fitness Center includes a variety of weight machines, treadmills, 
stationary bicycles and other aerobic fitness devices. A separate room 
houses a vast free-weight area for serious weight-lifting. It is 
available for St. Lawrence athletes, the University campus and community 
members of the fitness club. Included in the field house are a 
200-meter indoor track with throwing and jumping areas, five indoor 
tennis courts and basketball courts for intramural or recreational 
play. The infield surface can also be used for team practices.
	Rock-climbers can enjoy their sport year-round on the three-story 
Munro Family Climbing Wall, which is located in the field house. The 
climbing wall includes pullies for ropes and holes for pitons to make 
scaling the artificial rocks just like the real thing. The Littlejohn 
Athletic Training Room is a spacious area for the care and prevention 
of athletic injuries. Staffed by four certified athletic trainers plus 
trained student assistants, the Littlejohn Training Room facilities 
make possible the care of all University athletes and include rehabilitation 
equipment, taping tables and whirlpools.

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