Yes, yes, I know... you all think that your pool is the worst (except those that train at UT or IUPUI). But before you vote, consider this:
- indoor 6-lane 25 yard pool, L-shaped
- built in 1969, with negligible upgrades since
- heated to at least 85 degrees
- operated by the city at a significant loss every year
- closes for three to four weeks every year (two for upgrades - aka cleaning - and two for "budgetary reasons")
- shared by the city, the high school, the local university and the swim club
- vacuumed once a week ("whether it needs it or not")
- lifeguards cannot be moved from their plastic chairs on the deck
- for lap swim, only two lane lines put in - not in lifeguards' job description to put in more
- patrons blatantly ignore the lane signs indicating "fast", "medium" and "slow"
- lifeguards do not enforce the above
- patrons of all types refuse to circle swim, and instead swim next to each other (again, with few or no lane lines)
- healthy mix of college girls in bikinis, college boys in board shorts, noodlers, and elementary backstrokers
Poll opens now.
My HS team practiced in was a local YMCA. It was a 4 lane pool with minimal windows. Pool temps were in the mid-80s. The lanes were extremely narrow, meaning that you smashed knuckles with swimmers going in the other direction on fly or freestyle. The lane lines were old-school ropes with 5 or 6 buoys spaced. I remember a few mornings arriving at the pool at 5:30 a.m. and the pool temp was 90 and the color of the pool water was kelly green. We warmed up and that was about it.
Even with the crappy pool, my HS swim team was still ranked #5 in the US in Swimming World my sophomore year and won the state championship handily.
Berkeley Aquatics Masters has a large and successful Masters team, and their pool is pretty lousy. One wall is a homemade bulkhead with no lip or gutter, making butterfly and breaststroke turns almost impossible. They are building a new facility nearby so there is hope!
My HS team practiced in was a local YMCA. It was a 4 lane pool with minimal windows. Pool temps were in the mid-80s. The lanes were extremely narrow, meaning that you smashed knuckles with swimmers going in the other direction on fly or freestyle. The lane lines were old-school ropes with 5 or 6 buoys spaced. I remember a few mornings arriving at the pool at 5:30 a.m. and the pool temp was 90 and the color of the pool water was kelly green. We warmed up and that was about it.
Even with the crappy pool, my HS swim team was still ranked #5 in the US in Swimming World my sophomore year and won the state championship handily.
Berkeley Aquatics Masters has a large and successful Masters team, and their pool is pretty lousy. One wall is a homemade bulkhead with no lip or gutter, making butterfly and breaststroke turns almost impossible. They are building a new facility nearby so there is hope!
