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The Spieker Aquatics Center is a 2,500-capacity stadium in Los Angeles, California used by UCLA water polo, swimming, and diving teams. The $14-million center was built in 2009 and is named for Tod and Catherine Spieker. Tod was a student-athlete at UCLA, competing from 1968 to 1971 in swimming. [1]
Walter Baker was first known as South Nepean Centre. It was built for the former City of Nepean, Ontario in 1980 and was officially opened on October 4, 1980 by Ben Franklin , then the mayor . It wasn't until November 24, 1983 that the centre was named in memory of Walter Baker , the local Member of Parliament for Nepean-Carleton.
This is usually the last feature of an athletics complex required for training and competition in the full program of Olympic swimming and diving. In the United States, a 10-meter platform is required for full NCAA competition, [ 1 ] although two schools may hold a dual NCAA meet at a facility lacking one if both schools agree.
The 28th Street YMCA, also sometimes referred to as the "Colored YMCA", was a milestone for the city's African American community. Many recreational facilities, including public swimming pools, were racially segregated in the 1920s, and the 28th Street YMCA provided a gymnasium, swimming pool, and 52 dormitory rooms on the upper floors. [3] [4] [5]
Olympic swimming will move back to the second week of competition to accommodate the change in venue to SoFi Stadium.
The LA Current is a professional swimming club and one of the original eight clubs of the International Swimming League. The team is based in Los Angeles led by general manager Lenny Krayzelburg [2] and head coach David Marsh. [3] During the inaugural season in 2019 they earned their spot in the final as one of the top two teams in their ...
Californians are looking for love in a new place -- near-freezing ice baths. Just outside Los Angeles in the coastal city of Santa Monica, single people have stripped down to swim trunks and ...
Los Angeles, California (women's) men: August 30–September 3 women: August 24–28: 1972: Chicago, Illinois: Portage Park: August 2–6: 1976: Long Beach, California: June 16–21: 1980: Irvine, California: July 29–August 2: Olympic trials canceled due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott Event rescheduled for after the actual Olympic ...