Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium - located in the Athletics & Events Center

  • Ithaca College’s Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium consists of a 9 lanes 50 meter by 21 lanes 25 yard pool. The pool has a variety of competition courses that can be configured with 2 separate Bulkheads, 6' wide and 4' wide. The facility is 8+ feet deep at both the starting and turning ends of the competition courses, with 5 lanes 14 feet deep at the diving end of the pool. The facility also has a 32' by 75' movable floor to accommodate swim lessons, academic classes, Aqua Zumba, PT or rehab training and a variety of other activities. The facility provides spectator gallery seating for approximately 1,000.
  • Diving consists of two 1 meter boards and two 3 meter boards on separate platforms, with warm water showers and a 19 person Hot Tub/Spa for the athletes.
  • Timing Systems are fully-automatic Colorado Time System with touch pad’s, relay judging platforms, a full color video board for swimming/diving/water polo and a separate electronic LED display board for diving.
Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium
Open swim hours are open to members of the IC community who are approved through the college's COVID 19 testing program.
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