Over 90% of students participate in recreational sports and outdoor programs at UMD, taking advantage of the Sports & Health Center (SpHC’s) many offerings.
SpHC is home to the Recreational Sports Outdoor Program (RSOP) and Intercollegiate Athletics, and features an indoor ice rink/turf field, fitness center, indoor track, six-lane pool, two indoor climbing walls, gymnasium and group fitness classes. If you want to take your fitness or activity outdoors, you can rent all types of equipment at the RSOP Rental Center, such as canoes, bikes, ice skates, and more. Outside, Griggs Field/ Malosky Stadium is home to Bulldog football, soccer, track and field, and numerous intramural sports.
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The Sports and Health Center was originally named The Health and Physical Education Building. It was the second building on the current campus site. The ROTC building was demolished to accommodate the 2005 Sports and Health Center Addition and the program was moved to the Darland Administration Building from the original site east of the Sports & Health Center. Completed in 2006, the Sports and Health Center Addition included many energy efficiencies.