New to the world of aquatics? Looking for direction on proper use of equipment? Proper form? These nights are designed specifically for you. Come learn how to get the most out of the aquatics portion of the NDSU Wellness Center!
| Event | Date | Time | Cost | Location |
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| Intro to Aquatics | September 17 | 6-7 pm | FREE | Wet Classroom |
| Front Stroke | October 15 | 6-7 pm | FREE | Lap Pool |
| Back Stroke | November 19 | 6-7 pm | FREE | Lap Pool |
More information here.
Find out about fitness Learn To Nights!
Fargo, N.D. - Red Cross Learn-to-Swim courses offered through the NDSU Swim Academy this fall are designed to provide children and young teens with a positive, developmentally appropriate aquatic learning experience. Each class is filled with fun, engaging and challenging activities that motivate participants to want to perform and learn how to swim. All sessions run for 5 weeks on Saturday mornings. Preschool and parent/child levels, along with levels 1 and 2 are 30 minutes; levels 3-5 are 40 minutes and level 6 is 50 minutes. All instructors are WSI certified and each class has a student to teacher ratio of 6:1. (parent/child, preschool and levels 1 and 2 have a ratio of 4:1)
For detailed descriptions of each level and all available session times, refer to the Swim Academy Page.
To register, please click here. Questions? Contact Ryan.MacMaster@ndsu.edu or 701.231.5216.
The registration deadline for each five-week session is one week prior to first class of the session
Saturday, Aug. 18th - Thursday, Dec. 13th 2018
Aquatics Hours
| Leisure Pool | Lap Pool | ||
| Mon | 6-8 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:30 pm | Mon | 6-9 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:30 pm |
| Tue | 6-8 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:30 pm | Tue | 6-9 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:30 pm |
| Wed | 6-8 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:30 pm | Wed | 6-9 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:30 pm |
| Thur | 6-8 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:30 pm | Thur | 6-9 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:3 0pm |
| Fri | 6-8 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:30 pm | Fri | 6-9 am 11 am-1:30 pm 4-10:30 pm |
| Sat | 12-8 pm | Sat | 9 am-8 pm |
| Sun | 12-10:30 pm | Sun | 12-10:30 pm |
Holiday hours and specialty closures can be viewed here:
https://www.ndsu.edu/wellness/hours_of_operation/
*Sauna is open when leisure or lap pool is open.
*Hot tub is open only when leisure pool is open.
*Hours are subject to change.
Aquatic Facility
Aquatics at the NDSU Wellness Center opened in the fall of 2016. Students voted for the project in 2013, adding $29.16/semester to the wellness fee for construction. An additional $27.12 was added to the wellness fee in 2016 to support the operations of the facility. Aquatics has a wide variety of aquatic, fitness and intramural programming planned for the fall 2017 semester - check it out at wellnessportal.ndsu.edu. Amenities of the facility include:
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Policies
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Contact
Ryan MacMaster
Assistant Director of Operations and Aquatics
Ryan.MacMaster@ndsu.edu
701.231.5216
Take a walk back to aquatics and get ready to do some laps! The 50 Mile Swim is open to all swim strokes and you have all semester to reach the finish line. This stage in the Wellness Center Challenge will have you swimming 1,760 laps total, can you do it? All distances will be recorded on the 50 Mile Swim log sheet located on the bulletin board in the lap pool area. Refer to the Wellness Center Challenge page to see more.
*Challenge resets every semester. Miles do not carry over
Swim Masters is a FREE program for anyone looking for a swim-team-style training sessions and looking for advanced stroke technique. Workouts will be varied based on the level of the group of swimmers that show up to each session.
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 6-7 p.m.
More information found here.
