NC State athletics temporarily suspends activities

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by Brian Geisinger Monday August 24, 2020

NC State athletics temporarily suspends activities

In this Jan. 31, 2019, file photo, North Carolina State chancellor Randy Woodson, left, laughs with Boo Corrigan after Corrigan was introduced as N.C. State's new athletic director, during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. Corrigan has spent the first two months in the job getting to know the Wolfpack coaches and sorting out priorities for facility upgrades. He’s also getting used to the extra attention that comes with running a power-conference program. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP, File)

According to a release from the university, NC State athletics has temporarily suspended activities due to an identified cluster of positive COVID-19 cases in its programs.

NC State Athletics temporarily pauses all athletic-related activities.https://t.co/dHPTkhncLN

— NC State Athletics (@PackAthletics) August 24, 2020

NC State Director of Athletics Boo Corrigan on the matter:

Based on the information available to us, we are making the necessary and swift decision to pause athletic-related activities until we have additional information. We will continue to work with all appropriate parties to evaluate the most responsible path moving forward and will provide further details when available.

Last week, UNC was forced to make a similar decision; on Wednesday (Aug. 19), the Tar Heels suspended activities for fall sports. Football returned to the practice field on Monday (Aug. 24). Other fall sports started back up on Sunday.