(6-24-24) Recently the Olympic Swim Trials were held in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium.

  • Setting up a specially designed, world-class competition pool inside the stadium for the Olympic Trials
  • Celebrating 100 years since the 1924 Indy to Paris Olympic Trials
  • It was the largest indoor swim meet ever held

After the Olympic Trials, the competition pool was being disassembled and will soon be relocated to its permanent home in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

  • Ft. Wayne Swim and Wellness has secured the funding to purchase the world class pool
  • Ft. Wayne Swim and Wellness is presently working to secure additional funding for a new facility that will house the competition pool, as well as partnering with other local organizations to bring a complete aquatic wellness complex to Fort Wayne

John Gibson with the Fort Wayne Board of Swim and Wellness Alliance told WANE TV –

”We have one indoor 50-meter pool in Fort Wayne and it is shared by nine or ten or eleven high school teams, a couple of club teams. There are two other high school pools in Fort Wayne and that’s it. So really limiting growth of competitive swimming, competitive diving, not near enough space for swim lessons and just other aquatic programming. We’re turning hundreds of people away every month for swim lessons.”

The pool is a part of a new $50 million dollar project.

Myrtha Pools is built the temporary pool for the trials, making it the first time the trials will be held in a football stadium.

Mike Mintenko(Myrtha Pools USA -Director of Sales) says,:

“Myrtha Pools USA is extremely proud to play a role in the success of aquatics & wellness in the Fort Wayne region by announcing that the Fort Wayne Swim & Wellness Alliance, Inc. has secured the rights to purchase the 2024 Olympic Trials Competition pool upon conclusion of the competition at Lucas Oil Stadium in June. State of the art facilities are a key pillar in the positive outcomes associated with all facets of aquatics. The legacy of the Olympic Trials event will live on in the swimming community in Fort Wayne, and its impact will be felt for decades to come. We have seen a positive community & economic impact in other towns that have purchased past Olympic Trials pools over the past 20 years, and we see great potential for Fort Wayne. This facility will be a tremendous asset for Fort Wayne and Northeast Indiana.”

The pool will be in storage until the new facility is ready.