Policies

Facility Policies – Tootell Aquatics Complex

  • Accessing pool without lifeguard on duty is prohibited.
  • Proper swimming attire is required.
  • All swimmers must take a cleansing shower before entering the pool.
  • Shoulder length hair must be capped or tied back.
  • Street shoes and strollers are not allowed on the pool deck.
  • Running, boisterous, or rough play in the swimming pools and/or surrounding areas is prohibited.
  • Chewing gum, food, drinks, and glass containers are not allowed on the pool deck or in the pools.
  • Breath-holding exercises are not allowed. No prolonged underwater swimming for time or distance. 
  • Only U.S. Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices (PFD) are allowed in the TAC pools.
  • Animals, including those on leash, are prohibited within the facility. Exception: ADA Service Animals.
  • Any person with an infectious and/or communicable disease is prohibited from utilizing the swimming pools, including persons with open lesions, blisters and/or cuts or rashes.
  • Any person who currently has or has had diarrhea within the prior two weeks is prohibited from using the Tootell Aquatic Center.  
  • Spitting, spouting water or blowing of the nose is not allowed in the pools, gutters or on the deck.
  • All individuals not in control of bodily functions must wear plastic pants or swim diapers designed specifically for pool use. 
  • Pool personnel reserve the right to assign any swimmer(s) to a lane(s) or pool according to space availability.
  • Only Campus Recreation authorized personnel are allowed to provide lessons or coaching at TAC. Any participant observed or assumed to be providing lessons with a patron in the facility, is subject to being removed from the facility and suspension privileges.

Diving Boards and Diving Well Policies

  • Patrons must be able to swim 15 yards unassisted in deep water to use the diving well. 
  • PFDs are not permitted in the diving well.
  • Only one diver at a time is permitted on a diving board. 
  • Dive or jump straight ahead using only one bounce.
  • Divers using the boards are not permitted to wear a flotation device, googles or masks.
  • The diving board fulcrums are preset and may not be adjusted.

Youth/Minor Swim Policies

  • Inflatables (such as water-wings; Styrofoam bubbles or floats sewn into bathing suits) are not permitted.
  • Children 4 years and under: parent/guardian must be in the water on a one-to-one basis. Children using approved floatation devices must be supervised by an adult within one arms distance from the child. 
  • Children 5 years and under must be accompanied in the water by a parent or guardian.
  • Children 6 years and older must use the locker room appropriate to their gender or use the Family Changing Room with an adult.
  • Children under 7 years of age must be supervised on the deck or in the pool(s) by a parent or guardian who must be suited to swim.
  • Parents/guardians of children under 12 years of age must remain on the pool deck/spectator area while children are swimming.
  • Children under 12 years of age: parent/guardian must remain in the spectator area, 
  • Children under 7 years of age: parent or guardian must be suited to swim and on the pool deck.