LADY VOL FACILITIES
IN THIS SECTION
• The Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94-95
• The Student Aquatic Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
• The Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inside Back Cover
THE ALLAN JONES INTERCOLLEGIATE AQUATIC CENTER
The Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center gives Tennessee’s swimming and diving
programs one of the nation’s
finest facilities. Construction on
the state-of-the-art facility began in the fall of 2005 and was
completed in April 2008.
The AJIAC is highlighted by
an eight-lane 50-meter by 25yard competition pool. With a
depth of eight feet from end
to end, it is one of the fastest
collegiate pools in the country.
A separate competition diving well features five platforms
with heights varying from one
to ten meters. Other amenities include permanent seating for 1,800 spectators with a
spacious deck area to accommodate up to 2,000 additional
individuals, teams and other
personnel comfortably during
Construction of the AJIAC began in October 2005 and was completed in April 2008. The state-of-the-art swimming and diving
meets.
facility is named in honor of Allan Jones who made a $4 million challenge gift as part of Tennessee’s STEP UP Capital Campaign
Unique to the AJIAC is a for athletic facilities.
scoreboard with three different
The facility is named in honor of Allan Jones, who made
screens that can also be
converted into one screen to show replays. An elevated a $4 million challenge gift as part of Tennessee’s STEP UP
timing booth and press box is built into the wall at the finish Capital Campaign for athletic facilities.
Also included in the new facility is a weight room, training
line of the 50-meter by 25-yard competition pool. For the
fans, the 1,800-seat grandstand was built to amplify the room, and the University of Tennessee Swimming and Divcrowd noise and has air conditioning to keep the spectators ing Hall of Fame. The complex is clearly one of the finest
cool. A large open-deck concession area looks out over the collegiate swimming and diving facilities in the country.
The AJIAC was first formally used for competition in the
competition pool.
The Allan Jones Aquatic Center, located adjacent to the summer of 2008 as USA Diving held its Olympic selection
existing Student Aquatic Center, is a first-class complex ca- camp at the new state-of-the-art facility from July 2-6.
The University of Tennessee Athletics Department hosted
pable of hosting the Southeastern Conference and NCAA
Championships, as well as national and international events. an official dedication ceremony for the AJIAC on Saturday,
The location of the new aquatic center will give the Tennes- Aug. 16, 2008.
Past and present athletes and coaches as well as consee swimmers and divers the luxury of training at one of the
few universities in the country that has three full-size 50- tributors attended the formal affair.
The dedication featured a spectacular diving exhibition,
meter pools within 200 feet of each other.
fireworks, a performance by the “Pride of the Southland”
Marching Band and the announcement of a the Dave Parrington Diving Scholarship by the Fulmer family.
In addition, Jones gave a speech and capped it by fullfilling
a promise he made to the team during his intitial pledge by
leaping off of the five-meter board and doing a can-opener
into the diving well.
The AJIAC will host seven events this season, beginning
with separate dual meets against the University of the Cumberlands and Louisville on Oct. 16.
The double-header will be followed by a tri-meet against
SEC foes Arkansas and Vanderbilt on Oct. 17.
On Nov. 20-22, the inaugural Allan Jones Invitational will
be held and on Jan 3-5, the Tennessee Diving Invitational
will take place.
On Jan. 24, the AJIAC hosts Georgia in an SEC dual
match-up. Finally, the AJIAC will host the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships from March 13-15.
The AJIAC is highlighted by an eight-lane 50-meter by 25-yard competition pool. With
a depth of eight feet from end to end, it is one of the fastest pools in the country.
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THE ALLAN JONES INTERCOLLEGIATE AQUATIC CENTER
“This facility is without a doubt one of the premier swimming and diving facilities in the country. We can not express
our gratitude to Allan and Janie (Jones) enough for making
this a reality for our student-athletes and generations of UT
swimmers and divers to come.”
- Tennessee women’s head coach Matt Kredich
“It is a dream come
true. I’ve always swum
in pools that are in office buildings or pools
with tin roofs. I feel
extremely spoiled. It’s
so surreal swimming
in such a fantastic facility.”
- Junior Jamie Saffer
“I’m thrilled! I have
been watching them
build that pool for a
long time, and it’s incredible to finally get to
use it. I’m really excited
about having our first
meets there.”
- Sophomore Morgan Farrell
“I absolutely love the new AJIAC. It’s great to have one
of the best and most advanced pools in the nation. To
be able to have all aspects of our training regimen,
from swimming to weightlifting to land training, in the
same area is a great and convenient feature that will
only aid the Lady Vol swimming and diving team to
achieve that much more.”
- Senior Katie Gehring
“Being from Knoxville, I have watched this dream become a reality over the
past six years. It is going to be an amazing experience as a senior to watch the
level of competition and amazing recruiting class we can bring in due to the
new facility.”
- Senior Sarah McCall
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FAREWELL TO THE STUDENT AQUATIC CENTER
The Student Aquatic Center has been adorned with orange and white since its completion in 1967. On the 40th anniversary of the facility, the University of Tennessee opened the Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
The University of Tennessee men’s
and women’s swimming and diving
teams said goodbye to their home for
the past 40 years, the Student Aquatic
Center in the 2007-08 season.
Upon the completion of the new
Allan Jones Aquatic Center, it seems
appropriate to recognize the rich, long
history of the Student Aquatic Center.
The SAC gained a reputation as one
of the nation’s most comprehensive
training facilities. In fact, the Aquatic
Center played host to no fewer than
seven major regional or national events
since its completion in 1967.
The
Aquatic
Center
hosted
seven
Southeastern
Conference
Championships,
including
the
successful 2006 SEC Swimming &
Diving Championships, as well as the
1973 NCAA Championships and the
groundbreaking dual meet between the
United States and the Soviet Union in
1982.
In addition, the SAC housed U.S.
Olympic training in 1972, 1980 and
1996.
The final stage in a three-phase
facelift for the Aquatic Center was
completed in 1993.
A 10-meter platform was one of the
The Student Aquatic Center features an outdoor pool,
which is heated year-round, one of only a handful like
it in the country.
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final pieces added in the indoor facility.
In 1992, workers literally raised the roof
over the diving well in order to make
room for the new addition.
That platform was christened during
the meet with Georgia and Alabama
on Jan. 23, 1993, with the entire diving
team, including Head Diving Coach
Dave Parrington, taking a plunge from
its lofty heights.
With the completion of the 10-meter
indoor platform, Tennessee became
the only Division I program with sideby-side indoor and outdoor regulation
50-meter swimming pools and sideby-side indoor and outdoor 10-meter
platforms.
Completed in 1967 at a cost of $1.7
million, the Student Aquatic Center
was paid for entirely by money from
student activities and service fees. In
addition to being the former home of
UT’s swimming and diving teams, the
center serves as a recreational area for
students and faculty of the University.
The Student Aquatic Center consists
of two Olympic-size pools, one indoor
and one outdoor. Both are regulation
size, 50 meters long and 25 yards wide,
with separate areas for diving.
The indoor facility features a separate
diving well with a five- and 10-meter
tower, two three-meter boards and
three one-meter boards. The indoor
pool is named the Ray A. Bussard
Intercollegiate Swimming Pool in honor
of the legendary coach who brought
swimming back to UT in 1968.
The outdoor facility, which hosted
the 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials, has a
tower with platforms at five, seven and
one-half, and ten meters, along with
two one-meter and two three-meter
boards.
In addition to its service as a center of
competitive swimming and training, the
Student Aquatic Center also functions
as the recreational hub of the campus.
Surrounding the SAC are the intramural
fields as well as tennis, basketball and
handball courts. UT’s new Student
Recreation Center is located adjacent
to the outdoor pool. In addition, Tom
Black Track, host of the 2003 SEC
Championships and the 1995 NCAA
Track and Field Championships, is
only a few steps away from the Student
Aquatic Center.
STUDENT AQUATIC CENTER RECORDS
EVENT
50 freestyle
100 freestyle
200 freestyle
500/400 freestyle
1000/800 freestyle
1650/1500 freestyle
TIME
21.70
47.67
1:43.54
4:41.46
9:37.79
15:53.90
SHORT COURSE YARDS
Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia
Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia
Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia
Laura Conway, Georgia
Hayley Peirsol, Auburn
Hayley Peirsol, Auburn
DATE
02/16/06
02/18/06
02/15/06
02/16/06
02/18/06
02/18/06
50 backstroke
100 backstroke
200 backstroke
26.90r
53.25
1:55.56
Lorraine Perkins, Florida
Rachel Goh, Auburn
Jeri Moss, Auburn
02/25/88
02/17/06
02/18/96
1:10.52r
2:22.89
---- never contested
Erin Swenson, Northwestern
Catherine Byrne, Tennessee
50 breaststroke
100 breaststroke
200 breaststroke
29.98
1:00.85
2:12.74
Angela Knipping, Alabama
Vipa Bernhardt, Florida
Alicia Jensen, Georgia
02/19/83
02/17/06
02/18/06
2:40.43
---- never contested
---- never contested
Katie Simmons, Northwestern 01/10/04
50 butterfly
100 butterfly
200 butterfly
26.49
51.74
1:54.23
Linda Valerio, Alabama
Mary DeScenza, Georgia
Mary DeScenza, Georgia
02/19/83
02/17/06
02/18/06
2:24.38
---- never contested
---- never contested
Sarah Weis, Tennessee
11/16/91
100 individual medley
200 individual medley
400 individual medley
59.18
1:57.96
4:09.30
Lisa McClain, Alabama
Mary DeScenza, Georgia
Julie Stupp, Auburn
02/19/83
02/16/06
02/17/06
2:27.52
5:05.04
---- never contested
Sheri Burns, South Carolina
Erica Rose, Northwestern
11/16/91
01/10/04
200 freestyle relay
1:30.18
2:03.22
3:15.67
Georgia
(Joyce, Harm, Guilkey, Cole)
Georgia
(DeScenza, Cole, Miller, Joyce)
Georgia
(DeScenza, Miller, Cole,Joyce)
Georgia
(Harm, Poewe, DeScenza, Joyce)
Auburn
(Goh, Stupp, Bethune, Kukors)
02/16/06
400 freestyle relay
02/18/06
4:03.27
800 freestyle relay
7:03.84
200 medley relay
1:37.78
400 medley relay
3:36.33
r- denotes relay split
TIME
27.81
58.58
2:07.70
4:33.92
9:12.83
02/15/06
02/15/06
2:05.28
02/17/06
4:30.68
LONG COURSE METERS
Raquel James, Tennessee
Megan Tomes, Tennessee
Andrea Wentzel, Tennessee
Misty Cain, Tennessee
Kathy Hoffman, Tennessee
---- never contested
DATE
01/03/92
01/10/04
1/16/91
01/10/04
11/16/91
01/10/04
11/16/91
Cincinnati
01/03/92
(Shotwell, Hoffman, Zak, Nordeman)
Tennessee 01/10/04
(Terveer, Tomes, Keefer, Ternent)
---- never contested
Cincinnati
01/03/92
(Goettsch, Brown, Andrews, Pheasant)
Tennessee 11/16/91
(Byrne, Lewis, Weis, James)