Is Coral Springs pool (SCY nationals) considered a fast pool? Anybody have any input

Jeff, I can tell I got under you skin with that comment. Let me first say that I had a chance to swim at Fort Lauderdale for the Region meet outdoors in the summer of 1983 and had a few very successful swims. I actually broke the meet record in the 200IM back then with a 2:08. Sounds ridiculously slow now, but I was happy with it back then being unshaved. I have good memories of that facility. Fort Lauderdale is one of the classic and historic swim locations for all American swimmers for several generations now. It is what it is........ a living museum...... I say that as a compliment. Now........ ignoring the fact that it has fallen into a relative sad state of repair, you can not dispute that the technology of the construction of this pool when it was completed is not on par with facilities in the recent decades. As for the world records you rattle off. Yes it is an impressive list owed partly to the longevity of the pool. I have a feeling that the Indy, the Texas swim center and other locations will catch up to these statistics given the time as well. Now I'm going to say something thats going to irritate you probably............ Sometimes great swims are possible in slower facilities due to the fact the athlete setting the record is not only extremely talented but way out ahead of the field in clear water. Take Jonty Skinnners 100 free decades ago for instance. He was a phenomenal swimmer that crushed the field in clear water in an average facility. The Woodlands Texas (Sippy) too... a very shallow end pool that Clay Brit scraped his back on the bottom of is site to a world record as well. She crushed the field in a phenomenal performance way out a head. I don't know that the majority of the world record swims at Fort Lauderdale have been done in the recent decade, and I'd like to know how many USS National swims (SCY) have been set there recently as well..... particulary in the short events where a fast pool really shines. I would never insult Fort Lauderdale's pool or history. My own swimming past landed there long ago and I am glad to have come back last year as an old man. My point was that it is a relic of a facility and Coral Springs is newer and hopefully faster. John Smith

Jeff, I can tell I got under you skin with that comment. Let me first say that I had a chance to swim at Fort Lauderdale for the Region meet outdoors in the summer of 1983 and had a few very successful swims. I actually broke the meet record in the 200IM back then with a 2:08. Sounds ridiculously slow now, but I was happy with it back then being unshaved. I have good memories of that facility. Fort Lauderdale is one of the classic and historic swim locations for all American swimmers for several generations now. It is what it is........ a living museum...... I say that as a compliment. Now........ ignoring the fact that it has fallen into a relative sad state of repair, you can not dispute that the technology of the construction of this pool when it was completed is not on par with facilities in the recent decades. As for the world records you rattle off. Yes it is an impressive list owed partly to the longevity of the pool. I have a feeling that the Indy, the Texas swim center and other locations will catch up to these statistics given the time as well. Now I'm going to say something thats going to irritate you probably............ Sometimes great swims are possible in slower facilities due to the fact the athlete setting the record is not only extremely talented but way out ahead of the field in clear water. Take Jonty Skinnners 100 free decades ago for instance. He was a phenomenal swimmer that crushed the field in clear water in an average facility. The Woodlands Texas (Sippy) too... a very shallow end pool that Clay Brit scraped his back on the bottom of is site to a world record as well. She crushed the field in a phenomenal performance way out a head. I don't know that the majority of the world record swims at Fort Lauderdale have been done in the recent decade, and I'd like to know how many USS National swims (SCY) have been set there recently as well..... particulary in the short events where a fast pool really shines. I would never insult Fort Lauderdale's pool or history. My own swimming past landed there long ago and I am glad to have come back last year as an old man. My point was that it is a relic of a facility and Coral Springs is newer and hopefully faster. John Smith