USF Athletic Training Facility Ribbon Cutting

[Guest HowieP1]

Man...I wish I could be there....

can someone take some pics and post them?

I took some and will send to Brad to post.

ET. I was told you have your donation on the Eric Thomas Locker.

Eric Soncrant gave us the grand tour and the facility is really awesome.

[RJWGoBulls]

USF unveils shiny new $15-million facility for student-athletes

an ABC Action News report 10/15/04

TAMPA - Friday was the start of Homecoming Weekend at the University of South Florida, and the school used the festivities as a backdrop to open an expansive new facility for its student athletes.

"It's all smiles today. It's a great day for USF and USF athletics," said former Buccaneers star and former USF athletics director Lee Roy Selmon.

The 100,000-square-foot, $15-million facility is on par with anything in Conference USA or the Bulls' future home, the Big East.

"Everybody knows that the lifeblood of success you have in college athletics is recruiting. What this does is help to level the playing field for all of our coaches to be able to recruit the kind of student-athletes we need to have success at the Big East level and at the national level," athletic director Doug Woolard explained.

The weight room in the new building is a whopping 70 yards long. The football team's locker room is 50 yards long, with more lockers than Kansas State and one more television than the locker room at Oklahoma.

In addition to the athletic facilities, there are extensive medical treatment and rehab facilities in the new building, along with a state-of-the-art academic center with computers and study centers.

USF trainer Ron McKeefery explained that the all-in-one approach will help the busy students manage their time better.

"It used to take about two hours for a workout to do. Now it takes an hour and 15 minutes. So we're giving 45 minutes back to the athlete to sleep, to study, to eat, and that's huge for the demands put on the student-athlete these days," he added.

http://www.abcactionnews.com/stories/2004/10/041015usf.shtml

There are also a couple of videos of the facility on that link

[tbbulls]

thanks for the link

[Brad]

Howie's Pictures can be found here:

HowiePs Athletic Facility Tour Pictures

Thanks for thinking of us Howie!!!

[Apis Bull]

Great pictures.  Whose the blond?

[Guest HowieP1]

Great pictures.  Whose the blond?

Alexis McGaffagan

http://gobulls.usf.edu/Sports/Athlete.asp?s=Track+and+Field&i=323

She was surprised that I knew we were recruiting her brother.  ;D

http://usf.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=28463