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Facilities and Programming

Facilities

  • Aquatic Center


    The Aquatic Center is a 50-meter by 25-yard indoor swimming pool, which features two 3-meter and two 1-meter diving boards. Open to students, faculty, staff and community members, the Aquatic Center provides activities including rec and lap swim, swim meets, learn-to-swim lessons and birthday parties. It is also home to the OHIO swimming and diving teams and a variety of club sport teams.

  • Bird Ice Arena


    Bird Ice Arena is a 1,200 spectator capacity indoor ice facility that serves as home ice for OHIO’s Ice Hockey Team, the four-time American Collegiate Hockey Association national champions. The venue offers skate rentals, skate sharpening, and a mezzanine. It supports a wide array of activities including recreational skating, recreation and sport science classes, recreational hockey leagues, figure skating and special events.

  • Challenge Course


    The Challenge Course is made up of several different features including a high ropes course suspended 40 feet in the air, 300-foot zipline, and a low ropes course. The Challenge Course supports the Challenge Program in bringing together individuals to focus on team development goals such as problem-solving, trust, a positive work environment, collaboration and effective communication.

  • Charles J. Ping Recreation Center


    The Ping Center is a 168,000 square foot recreation facility and serves as the primary recreation center on campus. The facility features a 36-foot high double-sided climbing wall, five basketball/volleyball courts, two multi-purpose gymnasiums, an elevated 4-lane indoor running track, four racquetball courts, two fitness studios, and a functional fitness and weight room.

  • Golf and Tennis Center


    The Golf and Tennis Center provides a scenic 9-hole, par 35 golf course along the Hocking River, four indoor, heated tennis courts, six outdoor tennis courts, one outdoor and one indoor Pickleball court, and a clubhouse. Activities hosted by this facility include general recreation, academic classes, private lessons, learn-to play golf classes, learn-to play tennis classes and tournaments. Additionally, a 300-yard illuminated driving range is located just off campus on West State Street.

  • Walter Fieldhouse


    Completed in 2014, Walter Fieldhouse is a 100-yard AstroTurf football field, a 4-lane, 316-meter practice track, long jump and pole vault pits, golf and hitting cages, two filming platforms and a netting system that can accommodate multiple and simultaneous events. Events at Walter Fieldhouse include academic classes, OHIO Athletics practices, Marching 110 practices, Army and Air Force ROTC training, Intramural and Club Sports and general open recreation.

Programming

  • Competitive Sports: Intramural


    The Competitive Sports program is made up of Club and Intramural Sports. Intramural Sports offer a diverse set of structured activities through seasonal leagues with 21 different sports and tournaments. These activities consist of individual, dual and team sports for men, women and coed leagues.

  • Competitive Sports: Club


    The Competitive Sports program is made up of Club and Intramural Sports. Club Sports offer the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of athletic events, while gaining friendships and developing valuable leadership skills. Each of the 31 clubs are student-managed, establish an organizational framework, leadership, and schedule to meet members’ needs. Many of OHIO’s Club Sports organizations attend regional and national championships each year.

  • Outdoor Pursuits


    Outdoor Pursuits is the adventure recreation and education program of University Well-Being & Recreation, providing healthy outdoor recreation, leadership development, experiential learning and environmental awareness. Outdoor Pursuits oversees two climbing facilities, a Rental Service Center, adventure trips and clinics, the Challenge Program, a team and leadership building program, and New Adventures, a freshman outdoor orientation experience.

  • Well-Being and Fitness


    The Well-Being and Fitness Program offers more than 25 F45 and group fitness classes each week, personal training services, student well-being coaching, and a variety of fitness programs and events.

  • Community Programs


    Youth programming at Campus Recreation includes a variety of offerings throughout our facilities and program areas. Our Learn To programs support the intellectual and physical development of youth through sports like hockey, figure skating, golf, tennis, and swimming. Campus Recreation supports an annual Summer Camp program for youth ages 6-12 and a Teen Adventure Camp for teens ages 13-16 looking to get outdoors.

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