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The Robert J. Kane Athletic Center and Berman Field is a dual-use facility utilized by track and field and soccer. View full image
The Robert J. Kane Athletic Center and Berman Field is a dual-use facility utilized by track and field and soccer. View full image
The Robert J. Kane Athletic Center and Berman Field is a dual-use facility utilized by track and field and soccer. View full image
The Robert J. Kane Athletic Center and Berman Field is a dual-use facility utilized by track and field and soccer. View full image
The Robert J. Kane Athletic Center and Berman Field is a dual-use facility utilized by track and field and soccer. View full image
The Robert J. Kane Athletic Center and Berman Field is a dual-use facility utilized by track and field and soccer. View full image
The scoreboard at the Kane Athletic Complex is utilized for track and field and soccer. View full image
The Kane throwing pit is located adjacent to the Kane Athletic Complex. View full image
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Kane Sports Complex

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Completed in the fall of 1996 and dedicated in the spring of ’97, the Robert J. Kane Sports Complex contains the William E. Simon Track and the Carl A. Kroch Throwing Fields.

The Simon Track boasts a state of the art eight-lane, 400-meter synthetic track oval, consisting of eight 42-inch lanes. As required for record-setting performances, the track has a raised portable curb on the inside lane. In addition there are two chute extensions so that the dashes can be run in either direction. The track, which encircles a first-class soccer pitch (Berman Field), is already being touted as one of the premier facilities of its kind.

The Kroch Throwing Fields are located immediately east of the track and feature dual discus and hammer circles with a shared protective cage, a shot put circle and a javelin runway. The facility also includes a fully-integrated underground timing system and scoreboard, along with four long jump and four pole vault pits.

The Kane Sports Complex is named for Robert J. Kane ’34, a leader of national and international influence who capped three decades in the Olympic movement as president of the United States Olympic Committee from 1977-80. A world-class sprinter at Cornell, Kane went on to become Dean of Physical Education and Athletics before his retirement in June 1976.