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George Frederick Haines (March 9, 1924 – May 1, 2006) was a competitive swimmer and coach who for twenty-three years coached the highly successful Santa Clara Swim Club which he founded in 1951.
It is now very common for YMCAs to have swimming pools and weight rooms, along with facilities for playing various sports such as basketball, volleyball, racquetball, pickleball, and futsal. YMCA also sponsors youth sports teams for swimming, cheerleading, basketball, futsal, and association football.
The first YMCA indoor pool in the United States was built in 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. [41]: 154 Male nudity was required at YMCA pools in both the US and Canada until they became mixed-gender in the 1970s. [55] The downtown Miami YMCA, built in 1918 and demolished in 1978, featured what was considered a modern swimming pool at the time.
Two 1-year-old girls drowned in a backyard swimming pool at a day care facility in San Jose, California, on Monday.
Camp Jones Gulch is a YMCA summer camp in La Honda, California, in the Santa Cruz Mountains of the San Francisco Bay Area.It was founded in 1934 and encompasses 927 acres (375 ha) of redwood forests and meadows.
There are 7 pools at educational facilities. The USF Koret Center has the only Olympic-size swimming pool in SF. [8] A 2nd pool at SFSU is being built in the new wellness center. [9] The Academy of Art University is buying the Concordia-Argonaut Club building and plans to renovate the pool and facilities. [10]
The 28th Street YMCA, also sometimes referred to as the "Colored YMCA", was a milestone for the city's African American community. Many recreational facilities, including public swimming pools, were racially segregated in the 1920s, and the 28th Street YMCA provided a gymnasium, swimming pool, and 52 dormitory rooms on the upper floors. [3] [4] [5]
Peter Neal Hovland (August 17, 1954-) was a competitive swimmer for Chico State, and an Assistant and Head coach for Michigan's Oakland University from 1979-2023, where he led the men's team to four consecutive NCAA national titles from 1994-1997, and an exceptional forty-four consecutive conference championships from 1979-2023.