Clinics & Special Events

Tired of the same routine? Looking for something new to add to your workout? Then look no further than the pool. For decades physical therapists, doctors and personal trainers have praised swimming as a fantastic whole-body exercise. Swimming requires use of all the major muscle groups while water's buoyancy provides a low impact, high resistance environment. When immersed in waist deep water your body bears only 50 percent of its weight, thus relieving stress on joints and bones while improving fitness and range of motion. These factors combine to make swimming an excellent workout that improves cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength.

Join the swim coaches at University Recreation for swim clinics that focus on different techniques, or register for one of our  special events or incentive programs.  Various topics will be introduced throughout the year!

THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN SWIM THE PAC-12!

Swim the Pac-12 is a challenge to motivate swimmers of all levels to move to the pools for fitness. Participants can water walk, aqua-jog, or swim their way through the challenge - the main point is to get in the water and enjoy the benefits of
swimming!  You have twelve weeks (January 23 - April 20) to complete any of the routes through the Pac-12.  Distances have been calculated based on general distances from campus to campus.  Participants are responsible for logging their progress in the binders located at each pool.  There are three routes to choose from: Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced.

When participants register online by March 1 and track their distances on the sheets provided in each pool, they will receive a prize for each distance they complete.  Participants will get a water bottle for the Beginner Stage, a mesh swim bag for the Intermediate Stage, and a cool UREC beach towel for completing the Advanced Stage.  Advanced stage winners will also be entered into a drawing for a free semester session of Masters Swimming (value $90)!