Almost all high school and college competition is in a 25 yard pool, and that is not going to change any time soon. So, any new high school or college pool should be 25 yards long. While it would be nice if that new pool was 25 yards times 25 meters or, even better, 25 yards times 50 meters, that's going to cost a lot more to build and maintain. Given financial realities for a lot of schools, there is a good chance that a decent portion of any new construction is going to be of the 6 to 8 lane, 25 yard variety of pool.
Agree completely with this. Even the newer pools in the city where I live, those opened 3-5 years ago, are shared with high schools, and are 8-lane 25 yard pools.
Even here in the desert, where the majority of pools are outside, 25m pools are much more the exception than the rule. There are 50m pools with bulkheads that can make them 25m.
Off the top of my head, I can only think of 1 local pool (other than gym pools) that is 25m, and that one has a 1/2 lane in the long course direction so it is still 8 lanes 25 yards + 8 lanes 25m.
Almost all high school and college competition is in a 25 yard pool, and that is not going to change any time soon. So, any new high school or college pool should be 25 yards long. While it would be nice if that new pool was 25 yards times 25 meters or, even better, 25 yards times 50 meters, that's going to cost a lot more to build and maintain. Given financial realities for a lot of schools, there is a good chance that a decent portion of any new construction is going to be of the 6 to 8 lane, 25 yard variety of pool.
Agree completely with this. Even the newer pools in the city where I live, those opened 3-5 years ago, are shared with high schools, and are 8-lane 25 yard pools.
Even here in the desert, where the majority of pools are outside, 25m pools are much more the exception than the rule. There are 50m pools with bulkheads that can make them 25m.
Off the top of my head, I can only think of 1 local pool (other than gym pools) that is 25m, and that one has a 1/2 lane in the long course direction so it is still 8 lanes 25 yards + 8 lanes 25m.
