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Work has begun on the construction of outdoor athletics facilities at Wabash College. In the first phase, workers are tearing the turf off the field at Byron P. Hollett Little Giant Stadium so that the underlayment for Field Turf can be installed. The football field and new scoreboard will be in place for the 2010 season. Work will soon begin on the new baseball stadium and in preparing Mud Hollow to become the home of a new soccer stadium and intramural complex. The baseball and soccer facilities will be ready for competition for the 2011 seasons.

Former football players had mixed emotions when they saw the massive machinery taking up the sod at Hollett Little Giant Stadium. "There are a lot of wins in that dirt," some said.

On day one of construction, workers got about one-fourth of the turf torn up and piled in the middle of the field.

All of the sod and irrigation pipes must be removed before the underlayment for the Field Turf can be installed.

Wabash won't need to water the football stadium again thanks to the installation of Field Turf, which is the same surface the Indianapolis Colts play on at Lucas Oil Stadium. These irrigation pipes will be removed with the sod.

The endzone view of the massive pile of dirt and sod after the first day of deconstruction.

In spite of temperatures near 90 and high humidity, workers got a lot done on the first day of the project.

"A View of a Bridge" — workers first had to install concrete footings and a bridge that would span the Huntsman track so that heavy equipment wouldn't damage the track surface.

The bridge that spans the Huntsman track and allows heavy equipment needed for the Field Turf installation to cross without damaging the surface.

The bridge to Wabash's new Field Turf football field. The Little Giants will play all 10 of their games in the 2010 season on synthetic playing fields.