Though the College of Charleston will officially end its swimming & diving programs this year, the Charleston, South Carolina area does have some good news on the swimming front.
The city of North Charleston and the Dorchester 2 School District will join forces to build a new Olympic-sized aquatics complex, according to local newspaper The Post and Courier.
The aquatics center is set go up near the Fort Dorchester High School in North Charleston. The plan is for the pool to be a 50-meter-by-25-yard tank, with a separate 25-yard pool and competition seating for up to 800 spectators.
The school district originally agreed to build a 25-yard pool in a joint effort with the local YMCA. But that project stalled, and the district eventually accepted a proposal from the city that would increase the scope of the project.
Good. I lived in Goose Creek for a couple years and struggled finding a good pool to swim in. The one on base was summer-only*, the MUSC pool is kept at about 87 degrees at all times so you can’t do a 200 warm up without overheating. The MLK pool was perfectly fine, if old, but the lap hours and membership options sucked for my schedule.
Glad to know there will be another option, I just wish this happened when I was stationed there so I could have benefited. It’s a shame a great college team had to go under before this became an issue anyone would care about.
*If that pool had been built as an air force base… Read more »
Yea @BOOSTBOYZ, It’s gonna be rad.
The Boost Boys of CofC need these things:
1. A weight room in the pool
2. For the pool to have a retractable roof
3. For there to be a sauna in the pool
4. For there to be at least 150 chairs for me and all the girls to tan
5. Underwater speakers and clocks
6. Unlimited Vitamin D
7. Protein/Snack bar
8. Chipotle
That is all, CofC swimmers love all the swimmers in the world, help us out
Huh. You don’t see that every day… the plan for a 25 yard pool stalls but the 50m, two tank plan gets by… awesome!
This is a really big deal for us in the Charleston area! Hooray! Can’t wait for this facility to open!