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The
Brownsville Independent School District Margaret M. Clark Aquatic Center is
one of South Texas' premier state-of-the-art venues for aquatic
activity The pool has the versatility to be configured
for Interscholastic, Intercollegiate, Olympic, and
International competitions.
This
facility has hosted several top aquatic competitions including:
The United States South Texas Swimming Championships, Southern
Regional Swimming & Diving Championships for Texas Association
of Private and Parochial Schools, U.I.L. 32-4A and 5A District
Swimming & Diving Championships and now the U.I.L. Regional 8
Swimming & Diving Championships.
The depth of the venue, lane lines, and water removal-return
allows the center to be one of the fastest pools in the state.
Our main pool is a
50-meter stretch facility and is separated by a movable
bulkhead by STARK industries. The venue is a deep water
facility that features: Three (3) swim areas: Two
(2) 25-yard pools: the East pool has ten (10) lanes,
seven (7) foot-wide with six (6) lanes on a 500 square foot
movable floor and the West pool has eight (8) lanes,
seven (7) foot-wide. The final area, the dive well
features four (4) Dura-flex 1-meter and one (1) Dura-flex
3-meter diving series (B) "cheeseboards" which are located at
the West end of the pool with a depth of 12.7 feet. The
1-meter Dry-board and trampoline complete the competitive
diving area. Pool temperature is kept at eighty-three
(83) degrees.
The Aquatic Center's dual
numeric scoreboards and OmniSport 2000 scoring and timing systems
by Daktronics provides 16 lanes of electronic timing giving the
Aquatic Center
versatility to host large competitions. This together with
a permanent stadium seating capacity of 850 and portable seating
for 500 competitors
makes the Margaret Clark Aquatic Center one of South Texas
premier venue for aquatic
activity.
Our adapted pool is a
20 yard stretch facility. The venue is an adaptive
aquatic shallow water
facility that features: A wheel chair access ramp,
chair-lift, and descending stairs. The pool has four
(4) lanes and water depth varies from three (3) feet six (6)
inches to a center depth of four (4) feet. Pool
temperature is kept between eighty-six (86) to eighty-eight
(88) degrees.
The Aquatic Center's
educational classroom seats 60 persons and features computer, and internet access.
The Aquatic Center also maintains a complete
video and text book library for aquatic education and recertification
courses.
The Aquatic Center training room
features Bowflex, Vasa trainers, and Nautilus fitness training equipment
providing strength training and low impact exercise opportunities
to its shareholders.
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