18 months after announcing a new $130 million student recreation and aquatic center, San Jose State has broken ground on the pool.
Woohoooo!!!! Ground is broken for our new pool!!! @swimswamnews #spartanup #spartanstrong #LetsGo pic.twitter.com/o1NKDU5zt0
— SJSU Swimming&Diving (@SJSUSwim) May 25, 2018
The entire facility will measure 128,000 square feet and will include a new outdoor 50-meter pool with diving platforms, plus a separate, large recreational pool. The facility will serve both the women’s swimming & diving team, the men’s and women’s water polo teams, and the general use of the student body of 32,000+ students.
The facility is expected to open in the spring of 2019.
The team currently practices in an off-campus aquatic center that is a 20-minute drive from campus. The women’s swimming team last had a home meet in 2016.
The facility was covered by a mandatory student fee that was presented and approved in 2006 to fund three projects: the Student Union renovation and expansion, the Student Wellness Center that was completed and 2015, and the new rec center.
The San Jose State women’s swimming & diving team finished 10th out of 10 teams at last year’s Mountain West Championships. The women’s water polo team finished their season with a 13-15 record last season, while the men’s team went 9-19.
See a video about the new recreation and aquatic center below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=EGPEDD6hTe8
Video and picture look really good. One minor nit on the picture though, the 50 meter pools looks to me to be wider than 25 yards to my eye. Is the plan for a 50 meter by 25 yard pool?
I see diving boards, but no towers.
I didn’t see the diving pool
The old pool was death! rec swimmers on the shallow end and the temperature during the Girls’ swim season was way too high. Like 84-85 plus a really hot pool deck in that Cali sun. No one could swim hard. This new pool is exciting!
That appears to be a water polo regulation-size pool, not a long course pool. It seems like that was a missed opportunity.
The story says it’s a 50 meter pool.
Men’s team on the horizon?