FIELD OF THE YEAR SCHOOLS AND PARKS SOCCER
Level and category of submission : Schools and Parks Soccer Field manager : Jonathan Waszak Title : Maintenance and operations supervisor Education : Bachelor ’ s degree in Parks and Recreation Management
Experience : Worked on a sod farm in high school . Attended Western Carolina University to play baseball and obtain a degree in Parks and Recreation Management . After graduation became a maintenance technician at Raleigh Country Club . Then became maintenance and operations technician at Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation . I have been with the Sportsplex for five and a half years , four of them as the maintenance supervisor .
Full-time staff : Tony Carpenter , Carl Lambert , Marcos Caballero , Matt Whirley and Preston Buckman Original construction : 2015 Turfgrass : Tifway 419 bermudagrass Rootzone : Sandy loam
Drainage : 4 ” lateral drain tile embedded in a gravel trench approximately 12 ” -16 ” deep with perpendicular sand silt drains above .
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