Northside Swim Center is a

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complex located in

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, United States. The center opened in 2013 and serves the local community as well as hosting larger, national, and international scale events. In addition to outdoor swimming and

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facilities, the complex includes indoor swimming facilities in the Northside Independent School District (NISD) Natatorium.

Outdoor facilities

Northside Swim Center was built around the pre-existing

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(NISD) Natatorium, which is an indoor facility, and opened in 2013. Stewart, Melvin (October 9, 2013)
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"2016 U.S. Olympic Team Training Camp To Take Place in San Antonio"
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''. Retrieved April 11, 2022. Funding for outdoor facilities came from a school bond passed in 2008."Northside ISD books 2015 national swim championship"
''CT Insider''. September 18, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2022. An Olympic-sized swimming pool, 50-meters long and 25-meters wide, is flanked by covered seating areas running parallel to the lengths of the pool."NS Swim Center"
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''. Retrieved April 11, 2022. Automated electronic timing systems are wired to a large

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-style screen to make timed results viewable during events. Behind the seating area on one side of the competition pool is a 25-metre long diving well equipped for

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and platform diving and used for some swimming competitions as a warm-up and cool-down pool.Dawson-Cook, Susan (January 11, 2022)
"2022 USMS Spring Nationals: Get Ready to Swim Fast in San Antonio"
'' U.S. Masters Swimming''. Retrieved April 11, 2022. Locker rooms have a 1,200 athlete capacity. Outdoor and natatorium facilities occupy 202,000 square feet.

NISD Natatorium

The NISD Natatorium preceded the Northside Swim Center outdoor facilities, opening to the public in 2006 and was funded by a local school bond."NISD Natatorium"
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''. Retrieved April 11, 2022. The Natatorium was later incorporated into the Northside Swim Center when the center opened in 2013, though it retains the name NISD Natatorium. A 50-meter long, 25-yard wide pool is housed indoors and does not accommodate diving activities, neither springboard nor platform diving, as the pool ranges from four to seven feet deep.

Records

The following records were set at Northside Swim Center.

Notable events

* 2013 AAU Diving National Championships * 2014

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Southern Zone Age Group Championships * 2015 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring (Short Course) National Championships * 2015 World Deaf Swimming Championships * 2015 USA Swimming Championships * 2015 USA Swimming Junior National Swimming Championships * 2016 US Olympic Swim Team training campGonzalez, Charles; Brooks, Dawn (March 5, 2015)
"2016 Olympic swimming team to hold training camp at Northside Swim Center"
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''. Retrieved April 11, 2022.Race, Retta (March 5, 2015)
"San Antonio's Northside Swim Center Selected As Site Of US Olympic Team's Domestic Staging Camp"
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''. Retrieved April 11, 2022.Levoy, Olivia (March 6, 2015)
"San Antonio to host USA Swimming training camp in 2016"
'' CBS 19''. Retrieved April 11, 2022.De Leon, Erin (June 6, 2016)
"2016 Olympic Swim Team Will Train at Northside ISD Swim Center"
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References

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