The Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion
1847 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From the North – Take I-71 South to I-270 West to SR 315 South. Exit at Lane Avenue and turn left. Turn right on to Fyffe Road. Turn left on Woody Hayes Drive. Turn right on to Tuttle Park Place. Tuttle Park Place merges left into W. 17th Avenue. Once on W. 17th Avenue, McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion will be on your right.
From the South – Take I-71 North to SR 315 North to Worthington. Follow to Lane Avenue exit and turn right. Turn right on to Fyffe Road. Turn left on Woody Hayes Drive. Turn right on to Tuttle Park Place. Tuttle Park Place merges left into W. 17th Avenue. Once on W. 17th Avenue, McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion will be on your right.
From the East (Airport) – Take I-70 East to SR 315 North to Worthington. Follow to Lane Avenue exit and turn right.Turn right on to Fyffe Road. Turn left on Woody Hayes Drive. Turn right on to Tuttle Park Place. Tuttle Park Place merges left into W. 17th Avenue. Once on W. 17th Avenue, McCorkle Aquatics Pavilionl will be on your right.
From the West – Take I-70 East to SR 315 North to Worthington. Follow to the Lane Avenue exit and turn right. Turn right on to Fyffe Road. Turn left on Woody Hayes Drive. Turn right on to Tuttle Park Place. Tuttle Park Place merges left into W. 17th Avenue. Once on W. 17th Avenue, McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion will be on your right.

Considered one of the finest competition pools and diving wells in the nation, the Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion’s new technology provides a venue for some of the fastest times and best diving in the country.

The facility, in the heart of campus and adjacent to three other world-class facilities – Ohio Stadium, Thompson Library and the Recreation and Physical Activity Center – has earned a reputation for fast water in its five years. In fact, that’s what the Columbus Dispatch wrote about the facility in an in-depth article titled “Built for Speed.”

The article stated that “it’s not one thing that makes this pool fast, but a collection of things – the depth, number and width of lanes, deep gutters, and water inlets at the bottom of the pool – that reduce waves.”

And the July 2007 issue of Aquatics International magazine stated this about McCorkle:

“… a state-of-the-art competition pool loaded with the latest technology sets a university apart from the competition.”

Dedicated October 14, 2005, the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion is the newest addition to Ohio State’s top-notch athletics facilities. The Pavilion consists of the Mike Peppe Natatorium and the Ron O’Brien Diving Well. Holding nearly 1.56 million gallons of water in the entire facility, the Pavilion is part of Ohio State’s new Recreation and Physical Activity Center (RPAC).

The McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion has already hosted numerous championship competitions. Here is a look at the championship slate to date:

At the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion …
• 2010 Men’s NCAA Championships
• 2010 Men’s Big Ten Championships
• 2010 USA Diving Winter Nationals and World Cup Team Trials
• 2008 Toyota Grand Prix at The Ohio State University
• 2008 Women’s NCAA Championships
• 2008 NCAA Zone C Diving Competition
• 2008 Women’s Big Ten Championships
• 2008 USA Diving World Cup Selection Camp
• 2007 Men’s Big Ten Championships
• 2006 Women’s Big Ten Championships
• 2006 NCAA Zone C Diving Competition
• 2006 McCorkle Long Course Classic
• 2006 Peppe/Bruce Invitational
• 2006 International Diving Invitational