U.S. Olympic Training Center - Chula Vista
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Through programs developed by the national governing bodies of each sport, and estimated 4,000 athletes each year will receive the coaching, support and facilities necessary to be their best. These numbers are increasing each year.
The Center, which officially opened in June 1995, not only benefits thousands of Olympic hopefuls, but serves local youth and citizens nationwide. The Training Center has been designed to accommodate thousands of daily visitors with escorted tours of our nation's state-of-the-art national Training Center at no charge.
Thousands of student athletes and coaches also gain access to the Center for clinics and competitions when venues are not being utilized by Olympic athletes-in-training.
Facilities
Copley Visitor Center
Visitors start their experience at the Copley Visitor Center, complete with theater and an Olympic Spirit Store, featuring an extensive line of official USOC and Olympic merchandise and memorabilia. On the tour they see, first-hand, athletes in training from an elevated visitor promenade known as the Conrad N. Hilton Olympic Path.
Free guided tours are offered Tuesday through Saturday at 1:30PM. Group and educational tours are also available with a reservation. To make a reservation, please call (619) 482-6215. Complimentary self-guided tours are available from 9:00AM to 5:00PM, seven days a week. For more information call the Copley Center at (619) 482-6222
Athlete Center
When athletes arrive at the Training Center, they register at the Athlete Check-In building, which also houses the Center's administrative offices. In the Sharp Health Care Performance Services facility, athletes receive medical care, partake in sport science evaluation and psychology exercises. Meals are provided in the architecturally distinctive Boswell Dining Hall, where athletes are offered a wide selection of nutritious, performance-based meals. At the end of a long day of training, athletes make one of 34 two-bedroom suites their home-away-from-home.
The Easton Aluminum Archery Range
The 50-lane archery complex has movable targets allowing for training at distances up to 90 meters. The largest outdoor archery range in North America, the complex includes a support building which, like all of the Center's venue support structures, includes a coaching office, apparatus storage and athlete restrooms.
Emily Hunt Black Athletics Complex
With the Otay Mountains as its backdrop, and under the watchful eye of "the Winged Runner" statue, sits the 400-meter, eight-lane running track with a 12-lane, 100-meter-straight-away and a separate six-acre throwing area for field events. The site includes a large support building and an observation tower.
Alex G. Spanos Field Hockey Complex
Field hockey athlete's train on an artificial surface (pitch) complete with watering system to meet world standards. The ability to add a second pitch will complete an ideal training facility for an increasingly popular Olympic sport. A support building and observation tower put the finishing touches on this venue. 
The Kyocera Soccer Complex
Soccer athlete's train on four-grass soccer fields measuring 115 x 75 meters. In addition to providing training for elite athletes, the soccer fields have also been the site of action-packed competition and clinics for community youth. Two support buildings complete with meeting space and athlete locker rooms are available at this venue.
Lane/Kuhn Tennis Complex
Four hard-surfaced tennis courts are available to athletes and also present an area for cross training and recreation. The potential exists to add eight courts to enhance the venue. A support building and an observation tower provide extra benefits for enhancing the experience.
Douglas F. Manchester Family Cycling Criterium
Cyclists must meet the challenge of a criterium course nine-tenths of a mile in distance. The course features views of the soccer fields, archery range, Lower Otay Lake and the future site of softball. The course provides cyclists with a training venue for speed work, which opens onto the country roadways adjacent to the Center for scenic and demanding training.
The Boathouse
The award-winning designed boathouse was one of the first projects completed at the Center. A 3,000-meter rowing course with submersible lane markers is laid out on the Lower Otay Lake to accommodate athletes training in sweeps and sculls. Rowers use three of the bays of the Center's boathouse.
Canoers and Kayakers also train within 13 shoreline miles of the lake, and utilize the floating dock the remaining three bays of the Center's boathouse. The boatouse includes locker rooms and showers for Rowing and Canoe/Kayak athletes.
Softball
The softball venue includes a main playing field, practice infield, batting and pitching cages and an equipment storage unit. The facility regularly accommodates the three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Women's Softball Team. The U.S. Men's National Softball Team also utilizes the fields at the Olympic Training Center. The softball facilities were built with the help of the City of Chula Vista and the James G. Boswell Foundation.
Directions:
From I-5, take 54 East to I-805 into Chula Vista
Exit Olympic Parkway
Drive approximately eight miles and turn right into the Copley Visitor Center.
Contact Information
U.S. Olympic Training Center
2800 Olympic Parkway
Chula Vista, CA 91915-6000
TEL: (619) 656-1500
FAX: (619) 482-6200
