Terry:
Brown unveiled a state of the art pool in 1973 that hosted the NCAA's a couple of years later. The pool complex had a beautiful wooden roof/ceiling. Last year the entire complex had to be torn out as no dehumidification system was built into the complex. As such, thirty years of excessive and (probably) chlorinated humidity rotted out the roof/ceiling creating a dangerous hazard. A temp pool is currently being built until a new complex can be built next year.
They also had National Masters there at least once, I believe. I didn't swim, but reports were that it was a great pool. Shame about the design!!!
Terry:
"Now that we are in agreement that Dartmouth is a great place..."
I went to Brown. One of my most vivid memories of my college years is going to a Brown vs. Dartmouth hockey game in Hanover. Between the game's periods, the fine young gentlemen of the Dartmouth fraternities would reach over the glass as the zamboni went by to scoop up ice shaved from the rink which they would then fashion into ice balls that they subsequently used to pelt the Brown Marching Band (skating band actually) as it skated onto the ice to perform. Being in that band was treacherous!
Brown unveiled a state of the art pool in 1973 that hosted the NCAA's a couple of years later. The pool complex had a beautiful wooden roof/ceiling. Last year the entire complex had to be torn out as no dehumidification system was built into the complex. As such, thirty years of excessive and (probably) chlorinated humidity rotted out the roof/ceiling creating a dangerous hazard. A temp pool is currently being built until a new complex can be built next year.
I remember swimming there for YMCA New England Championships in the late 70's. It was a fast pool then.
Here in Savannah we are having the roof replaced, the old bubble is gone and a wooden roof is being installed. We hope to have the pool open in the next month or two. I hope we don't end up with this problem in 30 years.:doh:
Here in Savannah we are having the roof replaced, the old bubble is gone and a wooden roof is being installed. We hope to have the pool open in the next month or two. I hope we don't end up with this problem in 30 years.:doh:
Good riddance bubble! Wooden roof probably won't blow off in Hurricanes during nationals either :joker:
Attended Carnegie Mellon University, got a dual BS in electrical and computer engineering, and physics.
I skipped the main swimming years of high school and college to focus more on my studies. It would have been a good experience to swim in college though, CMU has a pretty good guys team (d3), couple national champions over the last few years.
I'm getting a phd now at CMU in the same field, and instead of swimming with the team, I get to swim with the coach in the lap swim times occasionally. he's an off-and-on masters swimmer himself (Matthew Kinney, competed at LCM 99 nats). I can't keep up, but I'm getting there.
Terry:
"Now that we are in agreement that Dartmouth is a great place..."
I went to Brown. One of my most vivid memories of my college years is going to a Brown vs. Dartmouth hockey game in Hanover. Between the game's periods, the fine young gentlemen of the Dartmouth fraternities would reach over the glass as the zamboni went by to scoop up ice shaved from the rink which they would then fashion into ice balls that they subsequently used to pelt the Brown Marching Band (skating band actually) as it skated onto the ice to perform. Being in that band was treacherous!
Brown unveiled a state of the art pool in 1973 that hosted the NCAA's a couple of years later. The pool complex had a beautiful wooden roof/ceiling. Last year the entire complex had to be torn out as no dehumidification system was built into the complex. As such, thirty years of excessive and (probably) chlorinated humidity rotted out the roof/ceiling creating a dangerous hazard. A temp pool is currently being built until a new complex can be built next year.
Undergraduate at Oklahoma State, graduate at Arizona State. OSU didn't have a swim team when I went, their football was too important (even if they had graduates majoring in football who couldn't read), and by the time I went to ASU I ran out my eligibility, even though I hadn't played in any sports. Majored in graphic design and printmaking.
'nother smilie :party2:
Cal '84-'88. And we trained at Hearst Gymnasium's pool on occasion (33 1/3 yards). Tiny lanes and a really dark bottom. Made for interesting practices to say the least :-)
Go Bears!
NJ Inst of Tech.
BSME '81
I didn't swim much but I took a Red Cross LifeSaving Class that was offered. I was doing nicely rescuing people, doing first aid and CPR and I passed all the parts until the end when we had to swim something like 200 yards. Nobody told me about that part. It turned out I couldn't swim more than a couple of pool lengths. Who knew?
They started a diving team and I tried out for it but didn't make it. There was absolutely no instruction or drills. The practices consisted of the coach telling us to do some kind of dive. You either knew how to do it or figured it out. Eventually some guys did. I didn't.
Here in Savannah we are having the roof replaced, the old bubble is gone and a wooden roof is being installed...
Why are they getting rid of the bubble? I'm curious because I swim under a bubble in the winter.
Anna Lea
