Overview

Home to the Texas A&M men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams since 1995, the Rec Center Natatorium is a championship-caliber facility conveniently located on Texas A&M University’s west campus. The facility showcases a 50-meter, eight-lane competition pool equipped with two movable bulkheads which allow for a conversion to either two 25-yard or 25-meter courses. The pool has graduated depths of seven to nine feet. Additional features include two underwater viewing windows and an electronic timing system with eight-lane display. Also featured is a 17-feet deep dive pool that contains one, three, five, seven-and-one-half, and 10-meter diving platforms, in addition to permanent and portable springboards and a bubbler and agitators. In addition, the diving well doubles as an eight-lane, 25 meter pool.
Other highlights are a swim meet operations room that can also be used as a classroom, staff offices for coaches, varsity and visiting team men's and women's locker rooms and showers and both 10-and 12-person heated Jacuzzi spas. In addition, a snack bar with hot and cold foods, seating and a large screen TV is located in the lobby near the building's entrance. The Center's second level encompasses permanent on-deck spectator seating for 1,100 with an additional 1,200 spaces available. The natatorium has hosted a variety of conference, national and even international swimming and diving events. The Rec hosted the men’s NCAA Championships in 2001, the women’s NCAAs in 2004 and hosted both NCAA Championships in back-to-back weeks in 2009. Additionally, the facility hosted the 2010 AT&T USA Diving Championships. It has hosted championships of three different conferences – the final Southwest Conference Championship in 1996, seven Big 12 Championships (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010) and three Southeastern Conference Championships (2013, 2018, 2023).