Meramec campus offers free gym, weight room and swimming pool hours to students

Campus facilities are available to students every day of the week at various times

By: ANDREW AMEER
Staff Writer

 

Need a free place to exercise that is nearby and convenient for you? STLCC-Meramec offers open gymnasium, weight room and swimming pool hours for students to use. Students can use the facilities during open campus hours.

Campus Gymnasium

The Meramec gymnasium features a 2,200 seating capacity with a 17,300 sq. ft. floor, six glass basketball backboards and two volleyball courts available for students to use. Students must supply their own balls.

Students can run indoors during snow or cold weather [13 miles equals one lap]. The gymnasium is available for use when during no classes or team practices.

Swimming Pool

The Meramec swimming pool feature six swimming lanes, seven feet wide each, and has six starting blocks and a spring board.

It is 25 total yards in length and 42 feet wide. Students are open for lap swimming Monday-Thursday at 8-8:50 a.m and Monday-Friday from noon-12:50 p.m.

Weight Room

The weight room has an assortment of equipment including a bench press, squat rack, incline press and full sets of dumbells.

The weight room is open Mondays and Wednesdays from 9-11 a.m. and 3-6 p.m.

It is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-4 p.m. and open each Friday from 10am-11am and 1-5 p.m.