I guess the pool is getting old; I didn't think of myself as that old. I used to compete there back in the NCC days, and competed at UND the last year before that pool was finished (82/83 season in the old pool), and the old UND pool was probably built in the 20's or 30's and really was a dump, then when that 50m competition pool opened its was state of the art (it was open for the 83/84 season). In reality that pool still is as good feature wise as new pools being built, but the machinery may be getting a little tired and inefficient. My old highschool is still using a pool built in the 60's.
That 50m pool is overkill for a university without a swimming and diving program.