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  2. Olympic-size swimming pool - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic-size swimming pool is a swimming pool which conforms to the regulations for length, breadth, and depth made by World Aquatics (formerly FINA) for swimming at the Summer Olympics and the swimming events at the World Aquatics Championships. Different size regulations apply for other pool-based events, such as diving, synchronized ...

  3. Etiwanda High School - Wikipedia

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    The Aquila. Website. ehs.cjuhsd.net. Etiwanda High School is a public high school in Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States. It is one of the twelve schools of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District [2] and serves students in the Etiwanda community on the northeast side of Rancho Cucamonga.

  4. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Common swimming pool dimensions are 25-yard, 25-meter, and 50-meter. The Olympic-size swimming pool is specified solely in meters. High schools and the NCAA conduct 25-yard competitions. USA Swimming (USA-S) swims in both metric and non-metric pools. [citation needed] In the game of Ultimate, the size and weight of flying discs used in ...

  5. Etiwanda School District - Wikipedia

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    The district formed on May 8, 1883, and began as a single room at the southwest corner of East Avenue and Baseline Road. Its first two-room school, which opened in 1890 on the southeast corner of Victoria and Etiwanda Avenues, grew into a four-room, two-story brick school in 1912. The next renovation came in 1938 when the 1912 brick building ...

  6. Swimming pool - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic-size swimming pool (first used at the 1924 Olympics) is a pool that meets FINA's additional standards for the Olympic Games and for world championship events. It must be 50 by 25 m (164 by 82 ft) wide, divided into eight lanes of 2.5 m (8.2 ft) each, plus two areas of 2.5 m (8.2 ft) at each side of the pool.

  7. Short course - Wikipedia

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    In competitive swimming, the term short course (abbreviated SC) is used to identify a swimming pool that is 25 metres (27.34 yd) in length. The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration currently recognized by World Aquatics and other swimming bodies ...

  8. Etiwanda, Rancho Cucamonga, California - Wikipedia

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    The Etiwanda Water Company, a mutual water company, and pipe system of irrigation designed by George Chaffey became the standard for water system management in southern California. Two other events are a further testament to the Chaffeys' innovation. The first long-distance telephone call in southern California was completed between San ...

  9. Rules of water polo - Wikipedia

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    The goals are 3 m (9 ft 10.11 in) wide & 0.9 m (2 ft 11.43 in) high. The middle of the pool is designated by a white line. Before 2005, the pool was divided by 7 and 4 meter lines (distance out from the goal line). This has been merged into one 5 meter line since the 2005–2006 season, and '6 meter' line since the 2019–2020 season.