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Favorite Competition Pool

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Looking at all the discussion about where to host Nationals, I thought I would start a thread on your favorite or unusual pools that you have competed in. There was a 50 meter pool in San Antonio Texas at the Lone Star Brewery. I believe it was spring fed and was surrounded on three sides by a pond. The meets used to be a favorite with the parents, because brewery tours and samples were available. It did not have much shade around the deck, but was a fast pool. Unfortunately it was closed when Stroh's bought Lone Star and moved the brewing operations. The brewery is going to be redeveloped with with shopping, lofts, a health facility, and they are going to reopen the pool and beer garden area.
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  • I hated Belmont because while I was in high school, 1985-1987, we had to swim in the shallow end all the time because the bulkhead wasn't working or some such nonsense. I swam there in college 1988 Big West Championships, in the deep end, and it was okay, but I had a lot of negative energy towards the place built up. top 5 1. UT Austin 2. Mission Viejo (home pool) 3. Federal Way 4. University of Utah - not a great pool, but a spectacular view of the mountains out of the floor to ceiling windows. 5. Heritage Park, home of the Irvine Novas, the first place I made my CIF cuts and Jr. National cuts. East LA was a great pool, but that is no joke about the scary neighborhood!
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  • I hated Belmont because while I was in high school, 1985-1987, we had to swim in the shallow end all the time because the bulkhead wasn't working or some such nonsense. I swam there in college 1988 Big West Championships, in the deep end, and it was okay, but I had a lot of negative energy towards the place built up. top 5 1. UT Austin 2. Mission Viejo (home pool) 3. Federal Way 4. University of Utah - not a great pool, but a spectacular view of the mountains out of the floor to ceiling windows. 5. Heritage Park, home of the Irvine Novas, the first place I made my CIF cuts and Jr. National cuts. East LA was a great pool, but that is no joke about the scary neighborhood!
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