NFL Selects Winner of Toro Super Bowl Sports Turf Training Program

Stephen Sayrs, onbord the equipment, will assist the grounds crew for Super Bowl 2005.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.-Stephen Sayrs, turf student at the University of Tennessee, is winner of the third annual Toro Super Bowl sports turf training program. In February 2005, Sayrs will travel to Jacksonville, Fla. to help the grounds crew maintain practice facilities and the game field of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Alltel Stadium, for Super Bowl 2005.

Sayrs is pursuing a master of science in plant sciences with a concentration in turfgrass management at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

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Toro equipment and representatives have been involved in preparing the stadium and practice fields since the first Super Bowl in 1967.