Toledo Area Sports

Toledo Area Sports Turf Internship Program Brief about the Facility: Sylvania Recreation Corporation (SRC) facilities and maintenance department is responsible for maintaining many facilities used by SRC throughout the city of Sylvania. Sylvania is a suburb of Toledo and located only 20 min away from 5/3 Field

Pacesetter Park is the home base of the facilities under the care of SRC and is the jewel of the park system. The facility has 8 lit baseball/softball fields and 98 acres of premium sports turf that houses soccer, lacrosse, flag football. Pacesetter Park is also home to Lourdes College softball team. The total facility sits on 138 acres.

SRC and Pacesetter Park serves the community of Sylvania providing a place to participate in all outdoor activates. Along with serving the community Pacesetter Park will host numerous sporting events throughout the year.

What you will learn from Sylvania Recreation: Interns will learn how to manage a multiuse facility. Will work closely with management staff and be expected to interact and attend all weekly Management meetings.

Interns will have the opportunity to train on and operate a vast fleet of equipment, learn strategies and cultural practices for proper turf maintenance on native soils and have the opportunity to work on various construction projects done each year to improve certain aspects of the facilities. The Toledo Area sports Turf Internship Program has been developed to ensure  Internships can start as early as March interns will have a memorable and and run into November. educational experience. The program is  Interns will be scheduled to work at both designed to cater to each intern’s venues throughout the internship and individual needs and interns will work will be given, but not limited to, 40 to 60 closely with both management staffs to hrs per week. accomplish their goals.  Seasonal Interns are expected to be in good physical shape to withstand long Brief About the Facility: hours. All seasonal staff must be able The Toledo Mud Hens are the Triple A affiliate of to lift at least 60 lbs. the Detroit Tigers located only 45 minutes south from Comerica Park. The home of the Mud Hens  Interns will have the unique opportunity is Fifth Third Field located in the heart of to learn different aspects of managing downtown Toledo, OH and only 20 min away and maintaining, not only a detailed from Pacesetter Park. The Inaugural season at professional stadium, but also a well the new stadium was in 2002 and was maintained recreational sports complex, completely renovated in 2005. The team was thus experiencing two internships in well recognized by the TV star, Jamie Farr one. (Klinger) on the hit show M*A*S*H. To add to the success of the franchise, the Mud Hens are also Learn from two facilities that have a history coming off a back to back championship from of success in Athletic Field Maintenance. 2005 and 2006. Fifth Third Field has a seating capacity of 10,300 and last year 560,080 fans All qualified attended Mud Hens games. Fifth Third Field’s applicants can send playing surface consists of Kentucky bluegrass- resume’s to: Sylvania Rye mix and the skin portion is made of 65% Recreation sand and 35% clay/silt. Toledo Mud Hens Chris Casper Jake Tyler 8801 Sylvania What you will learn from the Mud Hens: Fifth Third Field Metamora Rd. On game days Interns will be assisting staff in all 406 Washington St. Sylvania, OH 43560 routine maintenance which will include but not Toledo, OH 4368 Phone: 419-885- limited to: mowing outfield and infield, raking Phone: 419-725- 1982 warning tracks, assisting head grounds keeper 4383 Fax: 419-882-2398 with all infield skin maintenance, patching The Toledo Mud Hens at 5/3 Field and Sylvania Recreation at Pacesetter Park Fax: 419-725-4368 ccasper@buckeye- bullpen mounds and home plates, edging of all [email protected] access.co turf areas, pulling tarp, cleaning dugouts, and have joined hands with the objective of m setting up batting practice. offering the most diversely qualified internship program offered today. On non-game day’s interns will get acquainted with: Aerating and collecting of cores, top Toledo Area Sports Turf Internship Program dressing, rebuilding of mounds, maintaining infield skin.  We are currently seeking qualified interns for the upcoming season.