James E. Longnecker Competition Pool

First occupied for competition in January 1989, the James E. Longnecker Pool is home of the Men's and Women's Swimming and Water Polo Teams. One of the best and fastest small-college pools in the region, the facility is reserved solely for the use of the athletes on those teams.

Built as part of the 1989 addition to the Physical Learning Center, the 25-yard long by 56-foot wide pool features a seven foot deep shallow end, eight 25-yard competition lanes, two 1-meter diving boards and one 3-meter diving board. The balcony seating area has space for 300 spectators.

In the summer of 2015, a brand new Daktronics timing system, complete with new touch pads and a 14' x 9' video board, were installed, creating an improved environment for both swimmers and spectators. The video board's display can be custom programmed to show results for all eight lanes, provide a running leaderboard during prelims for the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships, display photo, graphic, and video content, and delineate individualized practice workouts.

Since the Longnecker Pool is an all deep facility it can be used to host many water polo events that are restricted from shallow-deep facilities. The facility served as host for the 2012 Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III Championships and is slated to host the same event again during the 2015 season.

Adjacent to Longnecker Pool, the College's Recreation Pool is used as a warm-up/cool-down pool during competitive events.

Longnecker Pool has been the home of the PAC Swimming and Diving Championships since 1990.

Known simply as the Grove City College Competition Pool until 2009, the facility was re-named for long-time men's swimming coach James E. Longnecker during the 2009 season.