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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 aquatic facility. The center provides a venue for local, regional and national competitive events and features two 50 meter pools and a 25 |
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 aquatic facility. The center provides a 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 [[United States Swimming National Championships]] in 2005, 2006, 2010, 2014, and [[2018 USA Swimming Championships|2018]], and the 2015 USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics. The facility, originally named the Heritage Park Aquatics Center, was renamed after the City of Irvine's first City Manager and rebuilt beginning in 2003. |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101102235952/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v1pt1.pdf 1984 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101102235952/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v1pt1.pdf 1984 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 140–3. |
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*[http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2812740-heritage_park_aquatics_complex_los_angeles-i Yahoo! profile] |
*[http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2812740-heritage_park_aquatics_complex_los_angeles-i Yahoo! profile] |
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Revision as of 19:30, 23 March 2020
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 aquatic facility. The center provides a 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 United States Swimming National Championships in 2005, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018, and the 2015 USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics. The facility, originally named the Heritage Park Aquatics Center, was renamed after the City of Irvine's first City Manager and rebuilt beginning in 2003.
References
- 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 140–3.
- Yahoo! profile