UBC Swimming Team Cheer

VANCOUVER - A multi-generational gathering of past and present Thunderbirds swimmers united on Saturday afternoon to bid farewell to UBC's historic Old Aquatic Centre. The celebration marked the final T-Birds meet in the pool before the team makes the transition to a new, state of the art Aquatic Centre. While the move to the upgraded facilities is a welcome one, Alumni and current Thunderbirds were keen to give the building one final performance before its doors close.
With construction completed in 1978, the Old Aquatic Centre is just shy of forty years old. A lot of history can be backed into four decades, and Saturday's gathering was a testament to that. Swimmers ranging from age 18 to 72 competed against one another in the friendly meet, as the appropriately titled Blue and Gold teams battled through a series of races before closing out the afternoon with a final Thunderbird cheer.