USD Women's Swimming and Diving 2003

2003 Son Diego Swimming & Diving

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San Diego, California - America's Finest City

San Diego is truly "America' s Finest City." A modern metropolis (second largest in California) and a popular year-round resort, San Diego spreads from the coast to the desert, including c liffs, mesas, hills, canyons and valleys. San Diego also surrounds one of California' s greatest natural harbors which has been a dominant fa c tor in determining the city's history, economy and development. Meteorologists claim San Diego as the country 's only area w ith perfec t climate. This ideal year-round environ– ment posts an average d aytime temperature o f 70 degrees, w ith an annua l rainfa ll average of less than l 0 inc hes. Most days are sunny, w ith humid ity generally low, even in the summer. The c limate, attrac tive setting and rec reational fa c ilities make San Diego "America' s Finest City."

According to Sports Illustrated , "For sheer numbers of participants, diversity of pursuits of involvement, San Diego must rank as the sports fitness capital o f the U.S." Sports are a major fea ture o f the San Diego lifestyle. One can sail, swim, surf, scuba dive, snorkel, wind-surf on 70 miles of public beach or golf a t any of the over 80 golf courses throughout the coun ty. Balboa Park, a l ,158- acre recrea tion and c ultura l cen ter, o ffers 25 tennis courts, two gymnasiums, two munic ipal golf courses, and one o f the na tion' s finest zoos. Mission Bay Park is a 4,600-acre p layg round for jogging, fishing , b icycling, tennis, g ol f, jet skiing and kite flying.

Aswell as partic ipating in recreational activities, San Diego supports their professiona l teams - the NFL Chargers and the National League Padres play at Qualcomm Stadium. During college football bowl week, San Diego annually hosts the Holiday Bowl. Upcoming in 2003, Qualcomm Stadium is sla ted to host the Super Bowl, and just recen tly the 1998 World Series between the San Diego Padres and the New York Yankees was held in America's Finest City. Whatever sporting activity there is, it 's here in San Diego - the Sports Capital of the U.S.A.