The Uytengsu Aquatics Center (originally the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium) is a 2,500-seat outdoor aquatics venue located on the campus of the

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. The facility features two pools: a

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pool (50x25 meters), and a diving well (25x25 yards) with towers.McDondald's Olympic Swim Stadium page
of the Los Angeles Sports Council's website (www.lasports.org); retrieved 2008-08-24. The facility is the home pool for the USC Trojans swimming and diving teams. The facility was originally constructed for the

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, and opened in July 1983. Financial assistance for the construction of the facility came from

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, and for the first 29 years of its existence, the stadium bore the name McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium. At the time of the '84 Games, it was called the "Olympic Swim Stadium", and was the main aquatics venue at the Games, hosting competitions in

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, diving, and

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. (

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was held at

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.) For the Games, the facility featured temporary bleacher seating around the two pools, which was removed after the Games. In 1989, the

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was built on a portion of the land where the Games stands were. The pool has hosted several high-level national meets since 1984, including the 1989 U.S. Swimming Nationals, the Swimming competitions at the 1991

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, and the 1993 U.S. Diving Nationals. It hosted the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship in 2002 and is slated to host again in 2014. It also hosted the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship in 2012. The pool was closed in 2013, was rebuilt, and reopened in 2014 with its current name, a homage to USC alumnus, Filipino businessman Fred Uytengsu, who donated $8 million for the renovations. The pool is named for former USC swim coach

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, while the diving tower was dedicated to Olympian diver Sammy Lee.

Gallery

Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center SC Trojan Aquatics.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center SC Trojan Aquatics Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center Trojan.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center Trojan Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center Competition and Dive Pool.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center Peter Daland Pool and Dive Well Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center Grandstand.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center Grandstand Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center Dive Pool.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center Dive Well Image:Uscswimstadium.jpg, McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium (1983–2013)

References

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