<p>Which schools have the latest and greatest, with preferably 50 meter pools? I know that both Kenyon and Middlebury have superb facilities. Any others come to mind? Conversely, which LACs have the worst aquatics facilities?</p>
<p>Wesleyan:
[Wesleyan</a> University - Athletics](<a href=“Wesleyan University - Official Athletics Website”>Wesleyan University - Official Athletics Website)</p>
<p>johnwesley, Wesleyan has a nice facility there, thanks! Any Midwestern local knowledge in this regard?</p>
<p>all my swimmer friends agree that wesleyan is great</p>
<p>UMiami is supposed to be really good.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen the pool, but I know that their swim teams are top-notch, so I’d imagine that the facilities are nice.</p>
<p>Grinnell has always had a very strong swimming team and I believe their aquatics facilities have been upgraded recently.</p>
<p>Hmm…the Claremont colleges have nice outdoor pools. :D</p>
<p>ill throw bucknell out for consideration:
[Bucknell</a> University || Official Athletic Site || Facilities](<a href=“http://bucknellbison.cstv.com/facilities/buck-arthur-kinney-natatorium.html]Bucknell”>http://bucknellbison.cstv.com/facilities/buck-arthur-kinney-natatorium.html)</p>
<p>Whitman college has a brand-new 25-yd competition pool with electronic timing and a rec pool. I heard that the swim team participated in the design and upon their request, nice windows were added.</p>
<p>Oxy has a horrible pool which they were suposed to renovate… Claremonts do have several pools, some are 50-m, but not “full Olympic” size.</p>
<p>But the prize for the ugliest, most horrid little pool goes to … drum roll… the University of Washington! Not a LAC, but it is pretty shameful for a D1 powerhouse to have a pool which has not been renovated since WWII. I heard that UW swim team practices somewhere else. I have seen the pool and I do not blame them.</p>
<p>hendrix college</p>
<p>Claremont colleges, definitely.</p>
<p>Franklin and Marshall</p>
<p>For the Midwest, I have heard sporty things about Gustavus Adolphus. [Athletic</a> Facilities - Gustavus Adolphus College](<a href=“Gustavus Adolphus College - Official Athletics Website”>Gustavus Adolphus College - Official Athletics Website)</p>
<p>Definitely Kenyon. [Kenyon</a> College - Facilities](<a href=“http://athletics.kenyon.edu/x95.xml#x23414]Kenyon”>http://athletics.kenyon.edu/x95.xml#x23414)
28 years in a row men’s D III champs, 21 out of last 24 years women’s D III champs.</p>
<p>Bowdoin, Colgate, Colby, Williams, Amherst</p>
<p>Not only are the Claremont pools gorgeous, well-maintained, and sometimes have the best views, they are also HEATED (abnormal for outdoor facility)</p>
<p>Forgot to add UChicago and Davidson</p>
<p>Colgate, Grinnell, Middlebury, Kenyon, and Whitman all have nice swimming facilities. I remember doing some college visits and remembering that Colgate’s and Whitman’s swimming facilities were particularly nice.</p>