Venema Aquatic Center

The Venema Aquatic Center has 50-meter pool length with a moveable bulkhead. The 50-meter distance is used during summer long course swim competitions for age group athletes. The bulkhead allows for multiple configurations: water polo, competitive 25 meter or 25 yard, youth swimming instruction, long course – 50 meter. A soft-water diving bubbler system allows a 50/50 air-water mix for softer and safer landings in diving practice from either of the 1-meter or 3-meter diving boards. For instruction there is a “wet” classroom for easy movement to and from the pool and classroom. The Venema Aquatic Center seats roughly 500 spectators. It is home to the MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships on an every-other year basis. It has also hosted NCAA III Diving Regional competition on multiple occasions as well as the MHSAA Boys and Girls State Swimming and Diving Championship Finals.

Facility Highlights

• Olympic-sized, 50-meter pool with moveable bulkheads accommodates multiple events at the same time
• Pool accommodates 22 lanes at 25 yards each for laps or racing
• Pool has 850,000 gallon capacity
• High-tech pool filtration system
• Spectator seating capacity is 500
• Pool is 15 feet at diving end, four feet deep in the middle for swimming lessons and instruction and seven feet deep at the starting blocks
• Pool has four diving boards: two at one meter and two at three meter