A pair of managers from Manchester’s First Bank present a check to CHS track coach Nathan Wanuch. Pictured left to right are CHS track athletes Dillon Helms and Trace Bryant, CHS athletic director Rebecca Koger, First Bank Financial Center Manager Ryan Mabe, CHS track coach Nathan Wanuch, First Bank Financial Relationship Manager Ryan Gray and CHS track athlete Jacob Melton
Hoping to offer more high profile and prestigious track meets at Carden-Jarrell Field, Coffee County CHS track coach Nathan Wanuch saw a need for electronic timing for his program. Wanuch undertook a fundraising campaign to raise the $8,000 needed to purchase an electronic timing system that could be used by both the Cross Country and Track programs. That campaign reached its goal on Tuesday thanks to a huge donation by First Bank of Manchester.
Needing $8,000 for the Eagle Eye Fully Automatic Timing System and computer hardware, First Bank of Manchester presented a check for the final $5,000 needed to make the purchase. Ryan Mabe, financial center manager for the Manchester branch, stated that the contribution continues First Bank’s “mission to give back to the community. At First Bank we want to support local businesses and organizations.”
Coach Wanuch saw Tuesday’s donation as the culmination of fund raising efforts to continue the improvement of the track facilities. “After the school board made the investment in resurfacing and improving the track itself, we were in a perfect location to host regional and sectional meets. The one thing needed was an electronic timing system.” Wanuch plans on using the timing system this spring beginning with a jamboree meet on March 7th.
Wanuch will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the donation and the impact it will have on the school’s programs. The Coffee Coaches Show is heard live each Saturday at 10 AM. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln and in heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.
