In the CRC Aquatics Plan, Ryan Pool is the only pool not part of a Community Center that will remain open. I'm not sure why that is. The pool sits in a large park, called Ryan Memorial Commons, and is in a nice residential area, across the street from St. Catherine's church and school. I saw councilmember Monzel there cheering his daughter but didn't think it was an appropriate time to lobby him about our pool.
Pool house, and six swimming lanes:
Diving board, deep end, and hillside dotted with teams and families:
Three boys from Otto Armledder Pool at Dunham, with marker tattoos:
Dunham Rubber Duckies:
Ryan Pool Marker:
Playing cards, a swim meet tradition:
I'm proud to report that Washington Park swimmers won two second place ribbons!!!
[Where: 3324 Meyer Place, Cincinnati, OH 45211]
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Why didn't they use the much larger pool at the Lincoln Center in the West End? It's a beautiful facility. Of course, it's not open to swimmers who want to do laps before or after work.
Or at Pleasant Ridge, which has the largest swim team? I think Ryan has lots of space around it for families and a large parking lot, and I think that played into the decision. The Pleasant Ridge Community Center parking lot fills up pretty quick.
And none of the pools offer morning swims and only a very few have selected evenings open. Even fewer are open on Sunday.
Lincoln Pool is beautiful and I wish it was more utilized but it is a 50 meter pool and can't accomodate swim meets. The 8 and under group only swim 25 meter events. Also all the relays are divided into 25 meter lengths so a 50 meter pool would not work.
^Thanks. I thought that might be the case but didn't want to assume.
Mike -
I keep hearing from several CRC folks that the Ziegler pool will remain. Not sure if this will ultimately be true or not, but I hear that's the latest plan.
I think it may remain as-is for a few years. The Aquatics Plan still calls for it's eventual removal. My hopes are that it will be significantly upgraded instead.
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