The Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center is an aquatics facility at the University of Texas at Austin in the USA. It is home to the university's swimming and diving teams, a variety of university-offered swimming and scuba-diving classes, as well as Longhorn Aquatics, a youth program. The facility also hosts the annual State high school championships in swimming and diving, run by the University Interscholastic League.
The building is named after UT graduate and longtime benefactor Joe Jamail and his wife Lee. Before the Jamail's name was placed on the facility in the mid-1990s, the building was known simply as the "Texas Swimming Center". The view of the Texas State Capitol from the building's terrace became one of the Capitol View Corridors protected under state and local law from obstruction by tall buildings in 1983.[1]
The main pool, used for competitive swimming, is 50 meters long by 25 yards wide and is 9 feet deep. Two retractable bulkheads, stored on cranes in recesses in the ceiling of the building, can be lowered and maneuvered, allowing the pool a variety of possible configurations. Some of these include: a long course practice setup, with ten 50m lanes; short course practice, with anywhere from 16 to 22 25-yard lanes; competition long course with eight 50m lanes; competition short course with eight 25 yard/meter competition lanes, and warm up/down lanes; competition short-course with sixteen 25-yard lanes (two courses of 8 lanes each); and competition center course with eight 25-yard lanes centered between several warm up/down lanes on either side.
The diving well is 25 yards long by 25 yards wide. The north end of the well houses 4 separate 1-meter springboards and two 3-meter springboards and is 15 feet deep. The south end of the well houses the platform tower with 1-, 3-, 5-, 7.5-, and 10-meter platforms, as well as four 3-meter springboards; this end is 18 feet deep. Both ends have a bubbler system, which creates bubbles in the water that can lessen the surface tension of the water. The diving well can also be arranged as a lap pool.
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The Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center is an aquatics facility at the University of Texas at Austin in the USA It is home to the university s swimming and diving teams a variety of university offered swimming and scuba diving classes as well as Longhorn Aquatics a youth program The facility also hosts the annual State high school championships in swimming and diving run by the University Interscholastic League Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming CenterExterior of the Jamail Texas Swimming CenterBuilding informationFull nameLee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming CenterCityAustin Texas United StatesCapacity2 600Opened1977Home club s Texas Longhorns NCAA Longhorn Aquatics The building is named after UT graduate and longtime benefactor Joe Jamail and his wife Lee Before the Jamail s name was placed on the facility in the mid 1990s the building was known simply as the Texas Swimming Center The view of the Texas State Capitol from the building s terrace became one of the Capitol View Corridors protected under state and local law from obstruction by tall buildings in 1983 1 Contents 1 Amenities 2 Pool Records 2 1 Men s Short Course Pool Records 2 2 Women s Short Course Pool Records 3 References 4 External linksAmenities editThe building houses two separate pools The main pool used for competitive swimming is 50 meters long by 25 yards wide and is 9 feet deep Two retractable bulkheads stored on cranes in recesses in the ceiling of the building can be lowered and maneuvered allowing the pool a variety of possible configurations Some of these include a long course practice setup with ten 50m lanes short course practice with anywhere from 16 to 22 25 yard lanes competition long course with eight 50m lanes competition short course with eight 25 yard meter competition lanes and warm up down lanes competition short course with sixteen 25 yard lanes two courses of 8 lanes each and competition center course with eight 25 yard lanes centered between several warm up down lanes on either side The diving well is 25 yards long by 25 yards wide The north end of the well houses 4 separate 1 meter springboards and two 3 meter springboards and is 15 feet deep The south end of the well houses the platform tower with 1 3 5 7 5 and 10 meter platforms as well as four 3 meter springboards this end is 18 feet deep Both ends have a bubbler system which creates bubbles in the water that can lessen the surface tension of the water The diving well can also be arranged as a lap pool Pool Records editMen s Short Course Pool Records edit As of September 21 2020 Event Time Name University Club Meet Date Notes 50 y freestyle 18 63 Ryan Hoffer California 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 28 March 2019 100 y freestyle 40 80 Dean Farris Harvard 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 30 March 2019 200 y freestyle 1 29 15 r Dean Farris Harvard 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 27 March 2019 NCAA American and U S Open record Relay leadoff 500 y freestyle 4 08 19 Townley Haas Texas 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 28 March 2019 1000 y freestyle 8 33 93 Clark Smith Texas Texas Hall of Fame Invitational 5 December 2015 NCAA American and U S Open record 1650 y freestyle 14 23 09 Felix Auboeck Michigan 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 30 March 2019 100 y backstroke 43 66 Dean Farris Harvard 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 29 March 2019 200 y backstroke 1 36 42 John Shebat Texas 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 30 March 2019 100 y breaststroke 49 85 Ian Finnerty Indiana 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 29 March 2019 200 y breaststroke 1 48 66 Kevin Cordes Arizona 2014 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 29 March 2014 100 y butterfly 44 06 Joseph Schooling Texas 2017 Big 12 Conference Championships 24 February 2017 200 y butterfly 1 38 57 Andreas Vazaios NC State 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 30 March 2019 200 y individual medley 1 38 14 Andrew Seliskar California 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 28 March 2019 400 y individual medley 3 34 50 Chase Kalisz Georgia 2014 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 28 March 2014 4 50 y freestyle relay 1 14 46 Pawel Sendyk 18 84 Ryan Hoffer 18 43 Michael Jensen 18 79 Andrew Seliskar 18 40 California 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 28 March 2019 4 100 y freestyle relay 2 45 12 Daniel Krueger 41 73 John Shebat 41 65 Tate Jackson 40 98 Townley Haas 40 76 Texas 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 30 March 2019 4 200 y freestyle relay 6 05 08 Drew Kibler 1 32 06 Austin Katz 1 31 45 Jeff Newkirk 1 31 91 Townley Haas 1 29 66 Texas 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 27 March 2019 NCAA American and U S Open record 4 50 y medley relay 1 22 26 Zane Waddell 20 41 Laurent Bams 23 24 Knox Auerbach 20 39 Robert Howard 18 22 Alabama 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 29 March 2019 4 100 y medley relay 2 59 70 Gabriel Fantoni 45 25 Ian Finnerty 49 60 Vini Lanza 44 21 Zach Apple 40 64 Indiana 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming and Diving Championships 28 March 2019 2 3 Women s Short Course Pool Records edit As of September 22 2020 Event Time Name University Club Meet Date Notes 50 y freestyle 21 02 Abbey Weitzeil California 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 21 March 2019 100 y freestyle 46 26 Mallory Comerford Louisville 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 23 March 2019 200 y freestyle 1 40 26 r Mallory Comerford Louisville 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 22 March 2019 500 y freestyle 4 31 34 Brooke Forde Stanford 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 21 March 2019 1000 y freestyle 9 21 00 Lotte Friis North Baltimore Aquatic Club American Short Course Championships 7 March 2015 1650 y freestyle 15 28 36 Katie Ledecky Nation s Capital Swim Club 2012 Winter National Championships 1 December 2012 100 y backstroke 49 18 Beata Nelson Wisconsin 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 22 March 2019 NCAA record 200 y backstroke 1 47 24 Beata Nelson Wisconsin 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 23 March 2019 NCAA record 100 y breaststroke 55 73 Lilly King Indiana 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 22 March 2019 NCAA American and U S Open record 200 y breaststroke 2 02 90 Lilly King Indiana 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 23 March 2019 100 y butterfly 49 26 Louise Hansson USC 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 22 March 2019 NCAA and U S Open record 200 y butterfly 1 50 28 Louise Hansson USC 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 23 March 2019 200 y individual medley 1 50 79 Beata Nelson Wisconsin 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 21 March 2019 400 y individual medley 3 57 03 Ella Eastin Stanford 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 22 March 2019 4 50 y freestyle relay 1 24 55 Maddie Murphy 21 82 Katie McLaughlin 21 37 Amy Bilquist 20 87 Abbey Weitzeil 20 49 California 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 21 March 2019 NCAA American and U S Open record 4 100 y freestyle relay 3 06 96 Isabel Ivey 47 79 Katie McLaughlin 46 62 Amy Bilquist 46 48 Abbey Weitzeil 46 07 California 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 23 March 2019 4 200 y freestyle relay 6 47 22 Katie Drabot 1 43 99 Ella Eastin 1 41 03 Taylor Ruck 1 39 83 Brooke Forde 1 42 37 Stanford 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 20 March 2019 4 50 y medley relay 1 34 10 Meghan Small 24 03 Nikol Popov 26 51 Maddy Banic 22 58 Erika Brown 20 98 Tennessee 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 22 March 2019 4 100 y medley relay 3 25 24 Amy Bilquist 50 84 Ema Rajic 58 53 Katie McLaughlin 50 00 Abbey Weitzeil 45 87 California 2019 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships 21 March 2019 4 5 6 References edit Downtown Development and Capitol View Corridors PDF Downtown Austin Commission June 27 2007 Retrieved November 10 2017 2019 NCAA Division I Men s Swimming amp Diving Sidearmstats Retrieved September 21 2020 Big 12 Record Book Men s Swimming amp Diving PDF Big12Sports com Retrieved September 21 2020 NCAA Division I Womens Championships CollegeSwimming com Retrieved September 22 2020 Lotte Friis Vaults To 5th All Time in 1650 Free SwimmingWorldMagazine com Retrieved September 22 2020 2012 AT amp T Winter National Championships swmeets com Retrieved September 22 2020 External links editJamail Texas Swimming Center at UT Recreational Sports Lee and Joe Jamail 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