While Aberdeen Roncalli features many familiar names this track and field season, the Cavaliers have something new to help them carry on their rich tradition in the sport. For the first time in program history, Roncalli has its own practice facility where the team can workout without having to travel across town. Roncalli coach Mark Stone cannot be more grateful. "People with an all-weather surface wouldn’t necessarily envy us, but for us ... it’s just such a blessing for us to have what we have," Stone said. "We’re just so appreciative to anyone and all people who helped make that happen." Time will tell if that practice complex, located right behind the school, will translate into faster times and farther distances, but it certainly has changed the way the team approaches things. "It saves transportation time every day, so we’re getting more opportunities to get work done," Stone said. "From a coaching standpoint it makes practice management and use of time ju