Reinstate 50 meters on Sunday at Wilson Pool Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/reinstate-50-meters-on-sunday-at-wilson-pool.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:45 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition mr Timotheus Engberts [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22188481?utm_medium=rss Angel Care

]]> Tue, 8 May 2018 10:51:42 UTC 22188481 Ms Jessica Lee [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18678772?utm_medium=rss The short course and diving configuration on Sundays does not meet the demand for lane time. The pool is extremely crowded and swimmers end up fighting over the scarce lanes. It is really a disaster. No one using the diving area so 1/3 of the pool's area is wasted. Better to have divers go to Takoma on Sundays as that pool is not crowded.

]]> Fri, 20 Mar 2015 02:13:28 UTC 18678772 Jeff Lunin [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18627869?utm_medium=rss Why cut a 50m pool in half? There are 25m pools all over the city. The Wilson facility is fantastic...when you can utilize it at 50m...a rare treat in this city.

]]> Fri, 6 Mar 2015 08:20:36 UTC 18627869 Gaylea Shultz [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18627851?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Mar 2015 08:13:13 UTC 18627851 dr Lauren Cohhn [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18504901?utm_medium=rss Time to do the right thing and reinstate by popular demand. No interest in diving as shown any Sunday since Oct.

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2015 01:17:20 UTC 18504901 Ms Kim Tomadjoglou [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18292671?utm_medium=rss Wilson Aquatic Center is the only facility which offers 50 meter length lanes which services many different levels of swimming, as well as age groups.

The Weekend are especially busy at this facility and on Saturdays, 3 to 4 lanes are reserved for the Wave Swim Team which occupies these lanes for close to 2 hours give or take.

That limits the time people can use those lanes and from 11am til 2pm the pool is heavily used. By 3 or 4 the second wave of swimmers comes in.
That leaves Sun as a day for many lap swimmers to use as an alternative (weekend) swim day and while Sundays were also crowded, the flow was more steady.
Without Sunday available the lanes are very full at times as its harder to service different levels of swimmers in the short lane and many people have given up coming entirely.
On a Sunday two months ago I observed 3 young children using the diving boards over the course of 2 hours. I think that is not sufficient reason to close down the 50m on Sunday. If anything, diving should be offered on the days or evenings when the lanes are already at 25m that is Tue, Thurs.

]]> Sun, 4 Jan 2015 09:06:58 UTC 18292671 Mr Stuart Spencer [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18259434?utm_medium=rss This is a no brainer-- the diving boards are not in use on Sunday.

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 02:07:30 UTC 18259434 Natalia Siniavskaia [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18255217?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:43:24 UTC 18255217 Charles Marquardt [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18235796?utm_medium=rss A good compromise would be to reconfigure the pool to accommodate at least three (3) 50 meter lanes in tandem two or three additional lanes in a zone surrounding the 1 meter board. The 3 meter board poses a huge liability risk--it is outdated and lacks essential safety updates.

]]> Wed, 3 Dec 2014 02:19:33 UTC 18235796 Lawrence Hughes [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18200652?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Nov 2014 05:38:52 UTC 18200652 Alexandra Fields Collin [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18200406?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Nov 2014 04:34:58 UTC 18200406 Mr Paul Hirsh [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18148832?utm_medium=rss I support 50 meters on Sundays

]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:41:49 UTC 18148832 Dr. Anonymous [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18147451?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:48:40 UTC 18147451 Ms Laura Willumsen [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18143977?utm_medium=rss I've stopped coming on Sunday because it's too unpleasant to swim laps now that so many lanes are closed off.

]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2014 04:21:52 UTC 18143977 Mr. Daniel Sigelman [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18143966?utm_medium=rss Unbelievably, history repeats itself. Years ago DPR was forced to retreat from its program of configuring Wilson at 25 yards three days a week because of Wilsons' patrons' overwhelming preference for 50 meters ALL THE TIME. (70 percent of DC residents voted for 50 meters all the time in a DPR-commissioned survey.) It is unacceptable to go backwards and impose 25 yards on Wilsons' users three days a week to accommodate the relatively small number of people who may want to jump off the diving boards on Sundays. To make matters worse, the diving boards require many lap lanes to be taken out of services, with the result that today (a Sunday), for example, four swimmers were crammed into each available swimming lane.

]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2014 04:17:29 UTC 18143966 Ms Christine WOrley [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18135577?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:03:07 UTC 18135577 Jeremy Klass [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18134890?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:17:13 UTC 18134890 Gita van Heerden [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18127782?utm_medium=rss I love to swim in the Wilson Pool, and find the 50 yard configuration to be ideal. Many people feel strongly about this, whereas the option of diving seems not of interest to most everyone I've talked to. It's a serious swimming pool, not a fun diving pool. There are other venues for that.

]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:12:14 UTC 18127782 Anonymous [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18109098?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 06:33:23 UTC 18109098 Stephanie Zimmeck [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18109090?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 06:29:25 UTC 18109090 Stephanie bechtold [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18108227?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 02:07:01 UTC 18108227 Mrs. Maura Fitzpatrick [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18108192?utm_medium=rss The Wilson Aquatic Pool was built and deisgned to house a 50meter pool. It is unfair in mid stream to change the rules, which Parks and Rec. have done. I don't mind having somedays 25 meter, but 50 meters should be the norm. Anything other than this is unfair especially to those who have committed themselves to a 50 meter pool!

]]> Wed, 5 Nov 2014 01:51:08 UTC 18108192 Michael Chaney [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18108130?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 01:28:48 UTC 18108130 Andrea Fava [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18108098?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 01:22:02 UTC 18108098 Anonymous [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18107995?utm_medium=rss The pool is crowded enough on Sunday in the winter. There are far more swimmers than divers and the swimmers should be given priority.

]]> Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:50:33 UTC 18107995 ms lisa sherman [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18107854?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:08:02 UTC 18107854 MS Eilene Cohhn [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18107763?utm_medium=rss The numbers show & support going back to 50 meters on Sundays especially in view of the turn out of divers. A visit on Sundays speaks to that. There's also the ability to configure the pool to accommodate All as in the past using the already purchased dividing portable bulkheads (floats/ropes) creating your 25 yards, an opportunity for divers & two 50 meters on each end. Especially in light of the activity since eliminating 50 meters on Sundays. Minimal, this would be fair to all.

]]> Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:44:37 UTC 18107763 Bethany Aquilina Brez [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18107756?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:42:08 UTC 18107756 Mr Mychael Cohn [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18107724?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:30:56 UTC 18107724 Ms Shirley Westcott [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18107659?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:13:14 UTC 18107659 Alan Pollin [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18107570?utm_medium=rss You have to be kidding

There are far more swimmers who want to take advantage of the opportunity to swim in a 50 meter pool than there are divers

]]> Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:50:13 UTC 18107570 Ed Moser [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18104565?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Nov 2014 06:26:37 UTC 18104565 Mrs Maureen Williams [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18103326?utm_medium=rss No one really likes 25yd lanes. Plus there are plenty of other pools in the area for 25yd and 25m, but not a choice of pools for 50m.

]]> Tue, 4 Nov 2014 02:22:00 UTC 18103326 Mr Octavio Mesner [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18102064?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Nov 2014 11:21:45 UTC 18102064 MS Sarah Ellis [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18101897?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:58:52 UTC 18101897 Mr. David Eng [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18101750?utm_medium=rss I agree that reinstating the pool to 50m would be a tremendous boon to the District residents and taxpayer like me. Thanks.

]]> Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:37:24 UTC 18101750 Kristen Arbuckle [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18100704?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Nov 2014 08:05:07 UTC 18100704 Rachel Gottfried [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18100506?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Nov 2014 07:19:05 UTC 18100506 Mr Kenn Merriam [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18100382?utm_medium=rss Far more swimmers use the pool than divers, please listen to the people!

]]> Tue, 4 Nov 2014 06:49:43 UTC 18100382 Ms. Jeanne Cohn-Connor [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18098670?utm_medium=rss Please keep the 50 meter configuration. Otherwise, unless you are swimming in the first few lanes, you cannot stand at all in the lane. I love swimming in the 50 meter lanes and I want to be able to stand every now and then, which is next to impossible with the 25 meter lanes unless you're close in.

]]> Mon, 3 Nov 2014 08:11:07 UTC 18098670 Adam Stolzberg [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18098014?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Nov 2014 05:25:04 UTC 18098014 ELIZABETH ARMINGTON [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18095134?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Nov 2014 08:41:44 UTC 18095134 Nina Kraut [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18091797?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Nov 2014 12:08:22 UTC 18091797 Ms Cathy Rutherford [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18087728?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Nov 2014 06:51:01 UTC 18087728 Stuart Cameron [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18086508?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 04:41:03 UTC 18086508 DIANA BERUFF [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18086256?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 01:45:20 UTC 18086256 Mr Collin Harris [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18086210?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 01:12:44 UTC 18086210 Anonymous [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18086142?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:30:46 UTC 18086142 Mr Paul Krzych [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18086042?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:37:08 UTC 18086042 Mr Al Madison [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18086017?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:29:05 UTC 18086017 Dr. Alison Simon [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085812?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:15:49 UTC 18085812 Ms Maryann Sewell [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085744?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:53:58 UTC 18085744 Anonymous [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085699?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:35:26 UTC 18085699 Ms Kathleen Crowley [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085648?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:21:15 UTC 18085648 Michael Raibman [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085541?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:53:32 UTC 18085541 Daniel Solomon [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085537?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:51:54 UTC 18085537 Mr Fred Davidson [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085529?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:50:09 UTC 18085529 Renee Brachfeld [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085413?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:04:40 UTC 18085413 Mr. Kawin Wilairat [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085408?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:03:27 UTC 18085408 Ms Anonymous [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085321?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:37:36 UTC 18085321 Mr. Simon Jackson [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085311?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:35:11 UTC 18085311 Ms. Janet Hughes [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085192?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:04:02 UTC 18085192 Ms Julia Reed [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085152?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:53:24 UTC 18085152 Mr David Ramos [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085124?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:44:41 UTC 18085124 Ms. Lisa Levine [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085060?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:30:53 UTC 18085060 Anonymous [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085027?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:21:56 UTC 18085027 Margaret O'Connor [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18084988?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:13:25 UTC 18084988 Dr. David Adamson [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18084974?utm_medium=rss Let's give priority to swimmers on weekends. That's the best way to bolster public health and fitness.

]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:09:32 UTC 18084974 Dr Malen Link [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18084775?utm_medium=rss As stated above, there is clearly a greater public demand for 50 meter swimming options than access to diving boards. 50 meter swim options should not be decreased if access to diving boards can be accommodated elsewhere, as 50 meter swimming cannot.

]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:19:14 UTC 18084775 Christine Dooley [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18083432?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:05:05 UTC 18083432 dr Dinesh Nair [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18083180?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 06:25:23 UTC 18083180 Anonymous [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18083093?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 05:49:15 UTC 18083093 Ms Emily Pomeranz [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082959?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 05:02:17 UTC 18082959 Ms Jane Wholey [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082760?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 03:26:53 UTC 18082760 Deborah Matties [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082665?utm_medium=rss There's no reason that people who want to use diving boards can't come another time or go to Takoma.

]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:47:59 UTC 18082665 Anonymous [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082633?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:31:42 UTC 18082633 Anonymous [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082620?utm_medium=rss Maybe someday DPR will understand that people love Wilson because of the 50 meters. Yes, there are 25 meter swimmers, but they have other choices all over the city. People come from all over DC to swim 50 meters at Wilson. It's a pool for the entire city, not just a few locals.

]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:28:20 UTC 18082620 Joshua Lopez [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082586?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:19:11 UTC 18082586 Aras Holden [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082536?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:55:20 UTC 18082536 Ms Katherine Steadwell [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082469?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:28:35 UTC 18082469 Cory Cabot [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082453?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:22:49 UTC 18082453 Ms. Christine Swearingen [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082450?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:19:36 UTC 18082450 Suzanne Legault [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082425?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:07:54 UTC 18082425 Anonymous [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082402?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:59:27 UTC 18082402 Mrs. Sarah Campbell [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082393?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:55:40 UTC 18082393 Charles Meade [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082293?utm_medium=rss 50 m is by far the preferred configuration at Wilson Pool

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