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IU Natatorium
Built in 1982, the IU Natatorium is one of the marquee swimming & diving venues in the world. The Nat has hosted countless nationally recognized events, including USA Olympic trials, the 2003 Mega Zone Championships and the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships. The Natatorium is also home to the annual IHSAA boys and girls swimming championships, along with housing various swimming clubs from across the Midwest.
The IUPUI men's and women's swimming and diving teams have called the Natatorium home since their inception in 1998.
Greg Louganis, Michael Phelps and Jenny Thompson dot the list of those who have competed at the facility, known as one of the world's fastest pools.
The Main Competition Pool of the IU Natatorium is 50-meters with eight racing lanes. Two moveable Bulkheads allow for long or short course events as well as hosting water polo and synchronized swimming. The seating capacity of the Natatorium is 4,700 making it the largest indoor pool in the United States. There is also room for additional seating of 1,500 on deck.
The depth of the pool is 9 feet at the ends and 10 feet at center of pool. Water temperature is kept at 79 degrees. The main pool contains six underwater windows for television and coaching analysis. There are approximately one million gallons of water in the main pool. Currently there have been 90 American Records and 12 World Records set in the pool to date.
Among the amenities are a state of the art timing system and an LCD scoreboard, located high along the North wall.
Student-Athletes of the Month
 Chen Ni
Women's Swimming
The IUPUI Department of Athletics has announced that IUPUI sophomore diver Chen Ni has been named the IUPUI Student-Athlete of the Month for February.
Ni shattered The Summit League record on the 3-meter board during the conference championships en route to her second consecutive 3-meter title. In the preliminaries of the event, Ni recorded a score of 311.60 over six dives, erasing the previous conference mark of 282.70, set by Ni in last year's conference championship.
In the finals, Ni took the 3-meter crown with a score of 307.50, the second-best score in both IUPUI and Summit League history. The two scores above 300 were the first of Ni's career.
The sophomore was runner-up for The Summit League Diver of the Year title and was one of two Jaguars to earn All-Summit League honors.
The honor is the fifth of Ni's career, and second of the 2009-10 season.
Ni will compete on the platform at the Zone C Diving Championships March 12-14 at Purdue University in an effort to qualify for the NCAA Championships, which will also be held in West Lafayette, Ind., March 18-20.
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 Robert Glenn
Men's Basketball
Senior basketball standout Robert Glenn has earned his second straight IUPUI Male Student-Athlete of the Month honor after leading the Jaguars to a 6-1 record during the month of February. The 6-foot-7 forward averaged a team-high averaged a team-high 22.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game and earned two Summit League Player of the Week awards in four weeks.
He connected on 61 percent of his field goal attempts and 75 percent at the foul line while also averaging 2.6 assists a night.
He opened the month with five straight 20+ scoring games including a 27-point outburst at Western Illinois on Feb. 6 and a 28-point effort at Oral Roberts on Feb. 13. He had two straight monster performances on Feb. 18 and 20, recording 29 points and a career-high five assists in a win over UMKC. Two nights later, he had 28 points, six boards, four assists and three steals against Southern Utah.
He notched his third double-double of the season at North Dakota State on Feb. 25, finishing with 14 points and 11 rebounds in that victory.
He currently leads The Summit in scoring and ranks second in field goal percentage. He also ranks among the league's top 10 in rebounding, steals and blocked shots.
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