{"id":295675,"date":"2018-02-11T09:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T16:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=295675"},"modified":"2018-02-11T09:11:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T16:11:17","slug":"midland-university-fremont-community-celebrate-new-aquatic-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/midland-university-fremont-community-celebrate-new-aquatic-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Midland University, Fremont Community Celebrate New Aquatic Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds from the Fremont community joined Midland University swimmers\u00a0on Tuesday<\/span>, for the first big splash in the 700,000-gallon pool of the new $15.2 million Dillon Family YMCA Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n

Smiles beamed as the swimmers splashed in what will be their new home for practice and competition. The world-class facility at the Fremont Family YMCA features a Myrtha pool and diving well that can be configured for either twelve 25-yard lanes or six 50-meter lanes for competitive swimming.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0ribbon-cutting ceremony was another first in an inaugural season that has seen the Warriors collect a medal and exceed expectations at the Mid-South Conference Championships and improve on personal-best times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis right here is nicest pool, the No. 1 pool, in the state of Nebraska. It\u2019s one of the nicest in the region,\u201d said Midland Swimming Coach Ryan Bubb<\/strong>, a two-time Olympic trials qualifier. \u201cThere\u2019s no arguing that we\u2019re going to have some of the best practice facilities around. We\u2019re going to be able to train really hard. We\u2019re going to have a great team, a nice big team here, that\u2019s going allow us to compete for conference championships and hopefully down the road some national championships as well.\u201d<\/p>\n