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Formerly known as the "Heritage Park Aquatic Center," the "William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center" is an [[List of water sports|aquatics]] venue located in [[Irvine, California]], [[United States]]. The City of Irvine operates year-round municipal programs in this unique aquatic facility. The world renowned William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center provides a “world class” venue for local, regional and national competitive events and features two 50 meter pools and a 25 yard instruction pool. Aquatics activities include a combination of instructional, educational, recreational and competitive programs offered by the City and a number of local nonprofit aquatic organizations.During the [[1984 Summer Olympics]], it hosted the swimming portion of the [[Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics|modern pentathlon]] event. It has since hosted the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the 2014 USA National Swimming Championships, and the 2015 USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics. The facility was renamed after the City of Irvine's first City Manager and rebuilt beginning in 2003. |
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Revision as of 01:52, 13 October 2015
Formerly known as the "Heritage Park Aquatic Center," the "William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center" is an aquatics venue located in Irvine, California, United States. The City of Irvine operates year-round municipal programs in this unique aquatic facility. The world renowned William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center provides a “world class” venue for local, regional and national competitive events and features two 50 meter pools and a 25 yard instruction pool. Aquatics activities include a combination of instructional, educational, recreational and competitive programs offered by the City and a number of local nonprofit aquatic organizations.During the 1984 Summer Olympics, it hosted the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon event. It has since hosted the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the 2014 USA National Swimming Championships, and the 2015 USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics. The facility was renamed after the City of Irvine's first City Manager and rebuilt beginning in 2003.
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- 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 140-3.
- Yahoo! profile
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