Northside Swim Center

Coordinates: 29°33′53″N 98°39′12″W / 29.564589°N 98.653438°W / 29.564589; -98.653438
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Northside Swim Center
Building information
CitySan Antonio, Texas, United States,
Coordinates29°33′53″N 98°39′12″W / 29.564589°N 98.653438°W / 29.564589; -98.653438
Capacity2,400[1][2]
Opened2013
Pools

Northside Swim Center is a swimming pool complex located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The center opened in 2013 and serves the local community as well as hosting larger, national, and international scale events. In addition to outdoor swimming and diving facilities, the complex includes indoor swimming facilities in the Northside Independent School District (NISD) Natatorium.

Outdoor facilities[edit]

Northside Swim Center was built around the pre-existing Northside Independent School District (NISD) Natatorium, which is an indoor facility, and opened in 2013.[1][2] Funding for outdoor facilities came from a school bond passed in 2008.[3] An Olympic-sized swimming pool, 50-meters long and 25-meters wide, is flanked by covered seating areas running parallel to the lengths of the pool.[2][4] Automated electronic timing systems are wired to a large jumbotron-style screen to make timed results viewable during events.[1][2] Behind the seating area on one side of the competition pool is a 25-metre long diving well equipped for springboard and platform diving and used for some swimming competitions as a warm-up and cool-down pool.[1][2][5] Locker rooms have a 1,200 athlete capacity.[1][2] Outdoor and natatorium facilities occupy 202,000 square feet.[5]

NISD Natatorium[edit]

The NISD Natatorium preceded the Northside Swim Center outdoor facilities, opening to the public in 2006 and was funded by a local school bond.[5][6] The Natatorium was later incorporated into the Northside Swim Center when the center opened in 2013, though it retains the name NISD Natatorium. A 50-meter long, 25-yard wide pool is housed indoors and does not accommodate diving activities, neither springboard nor platform diving, as the pool ranges from four to seven feet deep.[6]

Records[edit]

The following records were set at Northside Swim Center.

Sport Event Format Date Time/Score Record Name Nationality Competition Ref
Swimming 100 meter breaststroke (women's) long course March 31, 2022 1:05.96 German record Anna Elendt German 2022 TYR Pro Swim Series [7][8]
Swimming 100 meter breaststroke (women's) long course March 31, 2022 1:05.58 German record Anna Elendt German 2022 TYR Pro Swim Series [8][9]
Swimming 200 meter breaststroke (women's) long course April 1, 2022 2:24.63 German record Anna Elendt German 2022 TYR Pro Swim Series [10]
Swimming 200 meter individual medley (men's) long course April 2, 2022 1:56.95 French record Léon Marchand French 2022 TYR Pro Swim Series [11][12]

Notable events[edit]

References[edit]

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