University of Tennessee Athletics
ALLAN JONES INTERCOLLEGIATE AQUATIC CENTER
March 13, 2007 | Women's Swimming & Diving
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| The Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center will give Tennessee's swimming and diving programs one of the nation's finest facilities. |
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In order to better serve its student-athletes, the University of Tennessee Men's and Women's Athletics Departments have joined forces to construct a new facility for the use of the swimming and diving teams. Ground breaking for the state-of-the-art Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center will begin in Fall 2005. The Jones Aquatic Center, which will be located adjacent to the existing Student Aquatic Center, will be a first-class complex capable of hosting the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Championships, as well as national and international events. The location of the new aquatic center will give the Tennessee swimmers and divers the luxury of training at one of the few universities in the country that has three full-size 50-meter pools within 200 feet of each other. "To have one complex that includes one outdoor 50-meter pool, an indoor 50-meter pool and the new 50-meter competition pool will, in our opinion, give Tennessee the leading aquatic facility in America," said Tennessee men's head coach John Trembley. This in itself is spectacular. But the real measure is the amount of support the athletic department and the community are giving to Tennessee's swimming and diving programs." The facility is named in honor of Allan Jones, who recently made a $4 million challege gift as part of Tennessee's STEP UP Capital Campaign for athletic facilities. The proposed facility will be highlighted by an eight-lane 50-meter by 25-yard competition pool. With a depth of 10 feet from end to end, the competition pool will be one of the fastest collegiate pools in the country. A separate competition diving well is slated to feature five platforms with heights varying from one to ten meters. Also, there are plans for three one-and three-meter springboards. Other amenities include permanent seating for 1,800 spectators with a spacious deck area to accommodate up to 2,000 additional individuals, teams and other personnel comfortably during meets. Also included in the new facility will be a weight room, training room, and the University of Tennessee Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame. The complex will clearly be one of the finest collegiate swimming and diving facilities in the country. |
