ECAC Announces 2012 Swimming and Diving Open Championship Information Available

CENTERVILLE, Mass.-- The Eastern College Athletic Conference has released information on the ECAC 2012 Swimming and Diving Open Championships, which will be hosted by the United States Naval Academy at Lejeune Hall on Friday-Sunday, February 24-26. In addition, the ECAC and Navy Athletics this year have added the Long Course Meter (LCM) Invitational to be held on Thursday, February 23, for the benefit of ECAC student-athletes during an Olympic qualifying year.

Click on the following link that takes you to the swimming and diving championships page, which includes the declaration form, operations manual, meet schedule, qualifying standards, declared teams and other information on the LCM Invitational:

http://www.ecac.org/championships/ind/swimdive/index

Lejeune Hall houses a large pool that is 25-by-50 meters with an eight-foot depth. A movable bulkhead enables a team to train at any distance. The bulkhead may be moved to the end of the pool and hoisted out of the water to storage in the ceiling for 50-meter competition. The pool provides 23 25-meter short course lanes or 10 50-meter long course lanes.

Deep water, wide lanes and the latest gutter technology available makes the Lejeune pool one of the fastest, competitive facilities in existence.

Lejeune Hall underwent extensive renovations following the conclusion of the 2009 season as the building's original diving tower was torn down and replaced by a new one. The $1 million-plus project featured new 1- and 3-meter springboard areas put in place, as well as the construction of new 5-, 7.5- and 10-meter platform areas. Over 100 yards of concrete form the new cantilevered tower, with glass handrails connecting walkways to each of the diving sections. The diving pool is 60-by-52-feet with depths varying from 14-17 feet. There is a powerful bubbler system under each level and a trampoline-dry land board port-a-pit apparatus located on the pool deck to assist in training. In addition, the diving wall has three underwater observation windows.