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Natatorium

Located adjacent to Ahearn Field House, the Natatorium is handicapped accessible and includes two 25-yard pools, diving well with 3-meter and 1-meter boards, and sunning deck.

Familiarize yourself with the building! Handicap parking is available on the north side of Ahearn on College Heights Road. Click here to see a Natatorium map.

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Recreational swimming

The eight-lane swimming pool has lane lines for lap swimming. Swimmers swim in a counter-clockwise circle, always staying to the right to accommodate sharing lanes.

The six-lane recreation pool provides for all aquatic activities: water basketball, family swim, water jogging, swimming, and water aerobics.

The diving pool has 1-meter and 3-meter boards.

Diving pool schedule

To best accommodate all users of the diving pool, the following schedule will be observed:

Deep water jogging / Monday-Friday at 6-7:30 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Diving board / Monday-Friday 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.; 8:30 p.m.-10 p.m.

All other times, including Saturday and Sunday, are on a first-come, first-served basis.

Water polo club

The K-State Water Polo sport club has reserved the pools for practice during the following times:
Sunday 3 - 5
Tuesday, 8 - 10 pm

Pool temperature

Water and air temperatures are established in the best interest of the majority of users. Approximate temperatures are:

8-lane pool: 81 degrees
6-lane pool: 86 degrees
Diving well: 84 degrees
Air temperature: 88 degrees

Lifeguard certification

Rec Services does not offer lifeguard certification classes. Contact University For Mankind (tryufm.org) for a list of classes available during the school year.

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