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Facilities 14 OF 20 University of Chicago students have access to a state-of-the-art athletic center, field house, Olympic-size swimming pool, outdoor track, artificial turf HOME OF THE VARSITY TEAMS fields, tennis courts, and green space all over campus for recreational activity. FIRST HEISMAN RANKED IN THE TROPHY TOP 25 OUT OF WINNER OVER 400 Ratner Athletics Center: • 150,000-square-foot facility • 1,658-seat gymnasium • Olympic-size swimming pool • Cardio and free weights • Fitness classes Henry Crown Field House: • Weight training equipment EXTERIOR OF RATNER ATHLETICS CENTER • Cardio hallway OVER 900 • 200-meter indoor track • 4 multi-purpose courts UChicago OVER 500 • Squash and racquetball courts INTRAMURAL VARSITY Stagg Field Complex: TEAMS Athletics ATHLETES • Eight tennis courts • Football/ Lacrosse Field • Outdoor track • Softball diamond RATNER ATHLETICS CENTER GYMNASIUM • Baseball diamond • Soccer field Other Venues: • Midway Plaisance playing fields and ice rink • Campus South Athletic Field FIRST MAJOR 30 RATNER ATHLETICS CENTER’S OLYMPIC-SIZE SWIMMING POOL UNIVERSITY WITH CONFERENCE COMPETITIVE FOR MORE INFORMATION TITLES IN THE The University of Chicago ATHLETICS FOR Athletics & Recreation Gerald Ratner Athletics Center LAST DECADE 5530 South Ellis Avenue WOMEN Chicago, IL 60637-1402 athletics.uchicago.edu STAGG FIELD COMPLEX uchicago A “ Winning isn’t worthwhile unless one has something ATHLETICS AT Intramurals & Club Sports finer and nobler UCHICAGO Clubs are led by students and funded by the University. There are nearly 40 different athletic clubs with hundreds of participants annually. Sport clubs are organized primarily to engage in competition with teams at other colleges and aims to enrich University of Chicago Athletics universities, while recreational clubs place emphasis on the acquisition of skills behind it.” the physical and intellectual lives of our students. and strategies with little or no intercollegiate competition. AMOS ALONZO STAGG (1862–1965) UChicago student-athletes achieve competitive The Intramural Sports Program at the University of Chicago offers opportunities Director of Physical Culture and Athletics at the excellence and develop into their best selves as teammates, students, and, ultimately, citizens for everyone to take an active role in sports by providing an arena in which College University of Chicago during its first 41 years Houses can compete against one another in a friendly environment. Intramural of the world. Through sport, we teach how to sports—more than 30 in all—are offered in each quarter of the academic year. work collaboratively, reach performance goals, embrace diversity of thought and culture, persevere through adversity with resilience, and B C compete with integrity. Intramurals Include Broomball (A) The UChicago Varsity Athlete Flag Football Men’s: Women’s: Basketball • Competes at the top tier of the NCAA Division III Varsity Floor Hockey across three nationally recognized conferences • Baseball • Basketball 12-inch Softball Kickball • Basketball • Cross-Country Teams Inner Tube Water Polo • Enjoys the benefits of a top liberal arts college • Cross-Country • Lacrosse Midnight Soccer (D) situated within a research university • Football • Soccer Table Tennis • Soccer • Softball • Chooses from over 50 majors • Swimming & • Swimming & D Diving Diving Club Sports • Embraces the life of the mind and the body • Tennis • Tennis Include • Accesses unparalleled career preparation—94% of • Track & Field • Track & Field Fencing (B) • Wrestling • Volleyball Rugby students are employed or have plans at graduation Lacrosse Ultimate Frisbee • Leads a driven, strong, focused, and Crew (C) Water Polo dedicated community Cycling Archery UCHICAGO WOMEN’S LACROSSE ADVANCED TO THE 2021 NCAA QUARTERFINALS Taekwondo IN ONLY THEIR THIRD YEAR AS A VARSITY PROGRAM. .