{"id":180004,"date":"2014-09-24T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=180004"},"modified":"2014-09-24T04:00:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T18:00:03","slug":"oleai-track-oval-due-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/oleai-track-oval-due-renovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleai track oval due for renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_180007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180007\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a attid=\"180007\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NMA-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NMA-pix-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Oleai track facility will undergo minor repairs to prepare for a local tournament organized by a Saipan-based club made up of Chukese. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-180007\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oleai track facility will undergo minor repairs to prepare for a local tournament organized by a Saipan-based club made up of Chukese. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nNorthern Mariana Athletics head coach Elias Rangamar said the track at the Oleai Sports Complex is set for repairs to prepare the facility for a friendly tournament in November.<\/p>\n<p>Rangamar said the oval only needs minor repairs since some portions of the track have swelled or are already worn out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will only be some minor repair. Not the entire track needs to be fixed,\u201d said Rangamar.<\/p>\n<p>He added that a Saipan-based club made up of Chuukese would shoulder the cost of the repairs since they will be the ones using the track in November.<\/p>\n<p>The club will be hosting the goodwill games where they will also be inviting teams from Saipan and Guam to compete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey usually hold the tournament in February and we\u2019re just going to help them in officiating. The tournament is open to other teams,\u201d Rangamar said.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime Saipan sports official also added that the NMA would be hosting three remaining events in the final quarter of the calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>The NMA will start things off with first leg of the four-part All-Schools X-Country Series at 4pm on Oct. 4 at the Airport Road.<\/p>\n<p>The second part of the NMA and Public School System-organized race will be held on Oct. 18 at 7am at the Susupe Civic Center.<\/p>\n<p>The third and final legs will shift to the American Memorial Park on Oct. 25 and Nov. 15 both at 7am.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 27, the NMA will hold the 29th Annual Mt. Tapochao Turkey Trot that will start at Lower Base.<\/p>\n<p>The NMA\u2019s final event for the year is the 32nd Annual Christmas Island Relay on Dec. 29 at 6am that will start at the Pacific Islands Club in San Antonio and end in Marpi. (Jon Perez)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Mariana Athletics head coach Elias Rangamar said the track at the Oleai Sports Complex&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":180007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[187,490,159,135],"class_list":["post-180004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-lower-base","tag-oleai-sports-complex","tag-pacific-islands-club","tag-san-antonio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}