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O'Brien Field, home for Panther football and outdoor track, is a 10,000 seat stadium with Hellas Matrix Turf that was installed in 2012. The running surface includes a 400 meter 9-lane track while the rest of the stadium has long jump pits, space for high jump and pole vault and throwing area for shot put. The field was named after the late Maynard "Pat" O'Brien, fomer football, track and cross country coach and one of ten 'charter' members of EIU's Hall of Fame. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Brien_Field_(Charleston)