New track brings relief to Buchanan High School runners

BUCHANAN, Mich. (WNDU) – The Buchanan High School track and field team has a new track after years of running on a deteriorating surface that was last renovated in the early 1990s. Athletes dealt with injuries and shin splints. When the school tried to host a meet a few years ago, some other school’s athletes refused to run on the old surface. “You could literally peel it,” sophomore runner Lira Myers said. “If you stepped in a pothole, that’s your ankle right there.” $300,000 project resurfaces track, courts The resurfacing and painting project costed more than $300,000. The district used…