Intramurals & Recreation | The University of Louisville Card Book ...

Looking to stay in shape? Need to blow off some steam on the basketball court? Maybe find some enthusiasts who share your passion for ultimate frisbee? Check the Intramural And Recreational Sports program. UofL?s Intramural and Recreational Sports Office offers more than 50 activities each year?including kickball, tennis, dodgeball and flag football. If you?re interested, you can form your own team to participate or join a ?free agent? list and get picked up by a team looking for a few extra members. Like getting involved in other student groups, students who make a connection with different activities often have higher rates of academic success because they enjoy the feeling of belonging they share with the university. So don?t just play?get engaged. Check out Intramurals action at louisville.edu/intramurals.

Annual Events

Here are some of our annual intramurals events. Even if you?re not participating, they?re worth checking out.

Turkey Trot

The annual Turkey Trot cross country race is the oldest, consecutively run road race in the state of Kentucky. The race, which winds its way through campus, was first run in 1954 and has been held every year since.

Canoe Regatta

UofL never sends you up a creek ?without a paddle, or at least not without your friends on board. The annual ?Canoe Regatta has been held for more than 30 years.

Track & Field

Track and field intramurals aren?t exactly found on every college campus. But thanks to our new track complex, UofL?s has grown into a signature event. Every year up to 150 students run, jump and throw in our meet. Times are displayed on an electronic board along with results and any new records that are established.

Things to know and love about Intramurals

Keeping It Clean

Prior to every contest in the intramurals program, officials for that event read a sportsmanship statement to all participants. Keeping it clean is always important to UofL Intramurals, emphasizing the priority for behavior that creates a positive atmosphere for all participants. Some participants have gotten to the point where they can recite the statement from memory.

Making the Mendy

The competition winners aren?t the only recipients of awards in UofL Intramurals. For the past 23 years at its awards luncheon, the Intramurals Department has recognized achievement in areas such as sportsmanship and leadership along with the winners of the competitions. Officials and intramurals chairs who have done an outstanding job over the just-completed year are honored. The highest award bestowed by the department is the Mendy Award. Named after former director Ellis J. Mendelsohn, the award is given to male and female participants who embody the qualities that Mendelsohn valued the most.

Wall of Fame

All winning participants in every intramural program since the 1960s have had their pictures included on that year?s Wall of Fame, on display in Crawford ?Gym, Humana Gym and the SAC. Many alumni bring their families to look up their pictures and share the memories.

Beyond Intramurals

Intramurals just not cutting it for you? Sports clubs are student organizations that allow you to participate in a sport at a higher level than traditional intramurals programs. Clubs practice weekly and often compete against other clubs. Our sports club program has been in existence since the 1950s when the fencing club began. The program now has 22 clubs ranging from martial arts to ballroom dance.

Facilities

Offering all types of activities from the very active, such as basketball and weight lifting, to the passive, such as billiards, our informal recreation program has made facilities available to students for more than 60 years. The combination of activities and facilities attracts more than 400,000 users every year.

Cardinal Corner Game Room

Shoot some pool, play ping-pong or just lounge around with friends in this room found on the SAC?s third floor.

Gym

A lot of Intramurals action goes down in the SAC gym. With racquetball courts, workout areas and multiple basketball courts, it?s fully equipped to suit whatever athletic need you might have. You?ll need your student ID for free admission.

Intramural Fields

Out past the Old Eastern Parkway overpass are two intramural fields, site of many of the outdoor intramural sports.

Coming Soon

Certain to make an immediate impact on the quality of life for our entire UofL community, a new, 128,000 square-foot Student Recreation Center is under construction and scheduled to open during the 2013 fall semester. In addition to greatly enhancing the availability of courts and fitness areas, the new center will feature assets never before available on our campus such as an indoor multi-use MAC court and an outdoor turf field. You can follow progress of the new center ?by visiting louisville.edu/reccenter.

Source: http://uoflcardbook.com/campus-life/intramurals-recreation

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