Constructed in 1999, the Highlander Aquatic Facility is the finest in Central Florida.  Half of the facility was the actual pool used in Atlanta for the 1996 Olympic Games. Atlanta hosted the water polo matches in this pre-fab pool. The pool was then taken down and shipped to Orlando. Weller Pools then sold the pool to Lake Highland. The pool was installed along with new matching panels to extend the facility to 50 meters.

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GAVIN ARROYO

HEAD COACH, LONG BEACH STATE UNIVERSITY

1996 & 2000 US OLYMPIC TEAM MEMBER

3-TIME NCAA CHAMPION

2-TIME NCAA ALL-AMERICAN

2007 MPSF CO-COACH OF THE YEAR

Gavin Arroyo, a two-time member of the U.S. Men’s Olympic Water Polo team (1996, 2000) is in his fourth year at the helm of Long Beach State. Hired in the spring of 2006 to take over the Long Beach State men's water polo program, he has already started to leave his mark as a premier coach at the Division I level.

Arroyo led Long Beach to a 17-15 mark in 2007 as the 49ers finished the season ranked No. 9 in country. In addition, four Long Beach State players were named to All-MPSF teams and three to All-American. For his efforts, Gavin was honored as 2007 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Men's Water Polo co-Coach of the Year.

Before coming to Long Beach, Arroyo served as an assistant coach (2005) for the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team, planning training schedules, aiding in game preparation, organizing fund-raising events and being responsible for fundamentals, tactic implementation and conditioning. He has also served as the head coach for the Olympic Club of San Francisco men’s team (2004-05) for two years.

A 1994 graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Political Science, Arroyo competed on the U.S. men’s team at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. He was a first team All-American at Cal in 1993 and was a part of three NCAA Championship squads in Berkeley (1990, 1991, 1992). Arroyo competed on the U.S. National Team for eight years (1993-2000) helping lead the U.S. squad to numerous championships. The U.S. men’s team won the World Championships in 1994 and 1998, the 1997 FINA Cup and the 1995 and 1999 Pan American Games championships. He competed for seven years overseas playing professional water polo in Greece and Spain with five different clubs (Vouliagmeni, Glyfada, CN Barcelona, Olympiakos and CN Barceloneta). He was a member of the 1998 Greek League championship team and was runner-up in 1997 and 1998 at the European Cup Winners’ Cup.

MARKO PINTARIC

HEAD ASST. COACH, USC TROJANS

5-TIME NCAA CHAMPION

1998 NCAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR

2-TIME NCAA ALL-AMERICAN

Former USC All-American Marko Pintaric is in his ninth season as head assistant coach of both the men's and women's water polo teams at USC.

Pintaric was a two-year starter for the Trojans in 1997 and 1998. He recorded 44 goals during the Trojans' 1998 national championship season and earned National Player of the Year and first team All-America honors. He also earned second team All-America honors in 1997. Pintaric was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team both years. He transferred to USC from the University of Zagreb in Croatia, where he was a member of the Croatian Junior National Team (1989-94).

Along with his current coaching experience, Pintaric served as the varsity coach at Loyola High in Los Angeles during the 1999-2000 school year. He continues to play for the New York Athletic Club, where he was a member of the 2001 summer national championship team and four consecutive winter national championship teams (1999-2002).

Pintaric graduated from USC in 2000 with a degree in communications and earned his master's degree in 2003 in communications management.