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for the football side during the Fall consists of: Monday, mow or power fl ow, clean up the stadium, divot repair, repair other areas as needed (PAT spots mainly); Tuesday, slice or cross tine aerate or liquid fertilizer application; Wednesday, mow and paint; Thursday, bi-weekly broadcast seed between the hashes, mow the additional 9 acres of turf and game prep; and Friday, mow the fi eld, clean up, blow down the stands and game prep. All this happens in addition to keeping up with the ongoing and fl uid soccer fi eld needs. Summer and winter are our chances to do extra projects or improvements that we decide on throughout the year. We work together very well, sometimes as a team, sometimes taking on a project independently but all with the same end product in mind. With all of our responsibilities, we each have our individual likes and dislikes of certain projects; luckily none of our dislikes are the same! SportsTurf: How do you communicate with coaches or user groups? Is there a set channel of communication? Sun & Christi: Every game day, after our daily tasks are completed, we change roles to become event managers. Whichever stadium manager is scheduled to work the event will greet each coach as they arrive at the stadium and go over the district-wide stadium policies. We do not allow warm-ups on the fi eld to begin more than 1 hour before game time. This is consistent at all the Jeffco District Stadiums. We get all the logistics organized, and let the coaches know if there is anything other than their game to worry about. Football double headers are tough since we only have one set of locker rooms, so the fi rst team has to clear their belongings out after their halftime so the next teams can get prepared when they arrive. The fi rst teams also have to move their post-game talk to the track or other area so the second teams can begin their warm ups. We do not allow spectators on the fi eld level at any time. Each school has at least one administrator (principal, athletic director, or assistant principal) to cover every game. They check in with one of us, and help with crowd control or any student issues that might arise. We touch base with athletic trainers Maintenance plan JANUARY Humates (10#/1000 sq. ft.), Ammonium Sulfate (5#/1000 sq. ft.) FEBRUARY Nothing, we covered the fi eld back up with grow covers MARCH Nitrex (19-3-3) 1.1#N/1000 sq. ft. APRIL Protesyn (7.6oz/1000 sq. ft.), Per 4 Max (3oz/1000 sq. ft.) MAY 18-18-18 (5#/1000), Adams Earth (6oz/1000), 12 Iron (5.3oz/1000), Ca (240oz), Radicular (128oz) JUNE 24-2-10 (350#), Protesyn (360oz), Per 4 Max (180oz) JULY Adams Earth (6oz/1000), 12 Iron (5.3oz/1000), Ca (240oz), Radicular (128oz), 24-2-10 (350#) AUGUST SIFI (225#), Adams Earth (6oz/1000), 12 Iron (5.3oz/1000), Ca (240oz), Radicular (128oz), 24-2-10 (350#) SEPTEMBER 24-2-10 (350#), Protesyn (360oz), Per 4 Max (180oz) OCTOBER SeaQuential (180oz), Essential Plus (240oz), Organic Iron (twice this month 240oz), True Foliar (320 oz.), 24-0-10 (350#) NOVEMBER Retain Pro (540oz) DECEMBER Nothing the fi eld was covered 44 SportsTurf | September 2016 www.sportsturfonline.com FIELD OF THE YEAR