^{The Busbey Natatorium}

^{For over twenty years, Cleveland State’s Natatorium has earned its place among the elite swimming facilities in the United States and has enjoyed a rich history of championships and outstanding swimmers. A new chapter in that history was written in the fall of 1999 when the facility was officially dedicated as the Robert F. Busbey Natatorium after CSU’s long-time swimming coach and athletic director, Bob Busbey. Mr. Busbey was an Assistant U.S. Olympic Coach at the 1964 Tokyo Games and his Cleveland Swim Club won the 1961 U.S. National Swimming Championship.}

^{When it opened in 1973, then called the CSU Natatorium, it was considered special simply because it was one of only two indoor university pools in the state of Ohio that was 50 meters in length. However, there were other aspects of the pool that made it unusual. The one feature that immediately stood out was that the pool’s large gutters made it extremely fast compared to those of other schools.}

^{Since opening, the Busbey Natatorium has hosted four NCAA Division I Championships, eleven Eastern Intercollegiate Championships, seventeen Penn-Ohio Conference Championships, twenty National Aquatic Championship Events including the National Water Polo Championships, international diving meets, AAU and YMCA National Championships, Masters Nationals, the International Children’s Games of 2004, USA Swimming Junior National and Sectional Meets and even the World Swimming Games for the Deaf. It is the only 25-yard pool where an American/US Open Record was set in every swimming event in one single meet. This was during the 1977 NCAA Division I Championship Meet and has never been done since. That is where the Busbey Natatorium got the label “the fastest short course pool in the world”. Cleveland State University has had a swimming team since 1938 under the former name of the school, Fenn College. It is one of the oldest continuous running collegiate programs in the Midwest.}

^{The Busbey Natatorium is an indoor 9 lane, 50-meter by 25-yard wide pool (including 23 seven-foot wide competitive lanes) with lanes measuring 12 to 16.5 feet deep. The Natatorium has an elevated 1500 seat spectator area running the entire length of the competition course and on one end. It is accessible by participants via stairs and elevator. A separate 25-yard, six-lane instructional pool is located in an adjacent area. Locker room and shower access is immediately off the pool deck. It is not recommended that personal articles be left in the lockers. Handicap seating, elevator and public restrooms are available for spectators upstairs. New blocks have been installed. An automatic touch pad timing system will be in place.}

^{SHAVING DOWN ON SITE PROHIBITED. Concessions will be available at the CSU athlete-operated stand on the main concourse.}

^{Handicap access is available in the lower front entrance and behind the Natatorium at the rear loading dock. Spectator, participant, coach, official and bus or van parking is available across the street from the Natatorium. Spectators should enter through the upstairs main entrance.}