The Mona Plummer Aquatic Center is the

aquatic Aquatic means relating to water; living in or near water or taking place in water; does not include groundwater, as "aquatic" implies an environment where plants and animals live. Aquatic(s) may also refer to: * Aquatic animal, either vertebrate ...

center used by the

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...

Sun Devils swim team. It opened in 1981, cost four million dollars to build, and is named after

Mona Plummer Ramona Miller Farish (1928-1985), known by her married name Mona Miller Farish Plummer after 1955, was an American swim coach for Arizona State University from 1957-1979, where she led the team to eight national championships. At Arizona, Plummer ...

. Plummer was a national championship winning coach who died in 1985; she coached from 1957-1979 at Arizona State. The complex consists of three pools, including an Olympic-size competition pool, and a

diving platform A diving platform or diving tower is a type of structure used for competitive diving. It consists of a vertical rigid "tower" with one or more horizontal platforms extending out over a deep pool of water. In platform diving, the diver jumps from ...

; it has seating for 2,000. It is located on the ASU campus in Tempe,

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. The facility hosted the 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1998 Pac-10 Diving Championships, as well as the 1981, 1991, and 1999 NCAA Zone E Diving Championships. The venue is regarded as one of the best collegiate aquatic centers in the nation. In October 2011, a former ASU swimmer drowned at the facility. MonaPlummer-pools

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