NEW: RMHS Athlete was Correct. RMHS Field is More Abrasive. Confirmed Again in July Test. #artificialturf #GrassIsSoftest

In the fall of 2018, a Richard Montgomery High School athlete complained to the Board of Education about the abrasiveness of the new RMHS artificial turf field.
ABC7 covered the story.

http://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2018/11/7-on-your-side-students-wounded-by.html

Now, in August of 2019, MCPS releases new abrasiveness test information that shows the RMHS artificial turf field is still the most abrasive surface of the fields tested.  For comparison, the first image shows the abrasiveness of Kentucky bluegrass and Tall fescue.

https://plantscience.psu.edu/research/centers/ssrc/research/infill/abrasion-indices-of-synthetic-and-natural-turf

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