URI breaks ground on new track and field facility

URI breaks ground on new track and field facility

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The University of Rhode Island (URI) held a groundbreaking Thursday morning for a new outdoor track and field facility. The university said the new facility will have nine running lanes, multiple jump runways, sand pits, pole vault boxes and more. "It's not even going to be the best track in Rhode Island or New England, but it's really the best facility in the northeast," URI President Marc Parlange said during the…