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Athletic & Recreational Field Drainage

ACO Sport®

Athletic & Sports Field Systems
ACO Sport® is designed to rapidly remove stormwater that can damage surfaces without disrupting the performance of the athletes or players. Products were first used at the 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium and most Olympic games since then. ACO Sport® systems are available to meet the requirements of any athletic arena from high school fields to Olympic Stadiums via slotted drains, grates, radiused channels, and padded edges for added athlete safety.

Product Lines

  • Track & Field Drainage

    Sport Trench Drains

    Track & Field Drains

    Polymer concrete trench drains built with track & field in mind. Options include slotted or grated channels, rubber safety edges, and radiused slotted channels.

  • Long Jump Sand Pits

    Jump Pits

    Long Jump Sand Pits

    Complete modular jump pits built with integrated drainage to keep sand competition-ready. Builds available to meet high school, NCAA, and IAAF specifications.

  • Field Curbing

    Safety Curbs

    Field Curbing

    Polymer concrete curbing to create boundaries for fields, sandboxes, jump pits, and other applications. Rubber safety edge included to minimize contact injury.

  • Sand Collection Basins

    Sand Traps

    Sand Basins

    Polymer concrete basins with rubber matting designed to capture displaced sand, keeping adjacent areas cleaner and easier to maintain.

FAQ

When the track consists of two straightaways of 100 meters each and the two curves of 100 meters each.

A permeable track surface allows surface water to pass through to the base asphalt. A non-permeable surface prevents surface water to pass through.

A double bend track has a compound radius curve (usually two small curves and large curve formed by three different radii forming one complex curve) at each end. This type of layout provides for a much wider playing field than an IAAF track.

A 494D or 495D longitudinal plastic grate.

Point of curve, which is located where the straightaway transitions to the curve.

8 inline catch basins.

6 inches.

Yes, it’s the only way System 4000 channels can be used on the entire 400 meter track.

No, the System 2000 or System 3000 radius channels can be used in the curves.

System 4020

The length of the straightaways. When the total of the two straightaways are subtracted from 400 meters you have determined the total number of meters in the curves.

The measurement from the inside of each painted lane line.

20 cm

The three non-sloping channel numbers recommended are 4002, 2010 and 4020.

To prevent the slot from closing or collapsing from pressure created by freeze thaw or by other means.

EPDM rubber (ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber) is a type of synthetic rubber that is used for the ACO Sport safety edge on channels and elastic curbing.

Edging or containment curbs for play areas.

Modular jump pits.

High School, NCAA, and IAAF

Yes, hundreds of tennis courts use the System 4000 trench drain system.

Yes. In fact, the ACO Sport trench drain system has been used every year of the Olympic Games (except 1980, which was boycotted by numerous countries).

The semi-circles at each end of the running track.

System 2000, System 3000, System 4000 and elastic curbing.