courses of instruction - Lafayette College

ATHLETICS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
ATHLETICS AND PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
Professor Atkinson, Head; Instructors Fisher,
Gold, Lawson, Piazza, Russo, Shaffner, Tavani,
Young. (For a complete listing of administra
tors and head coaches, see pp. 191-192.
There's no doubt that Lafayette students
get enough brain exercise in the classroom.
The Department of Athletics and Physical
Education, under the direction of Dr. Eve
Atkinson, encourages the student body to
exercise its collective body through a vast
array of physical fitness programs ranging
from intercollegiate athletic teams to recre
ation and intramural activities to physical
education seminars.
OUTSTANDING FACILITIES
The majority of the outdoor teams com
pete at Metzgar Fields, an 80-acre facility
three miles north of campus. The football
team competes in the tradition-rich
13,750-seat Fisher Field. The indoor
teams compete in the greatly expanded
and renovated Allan P. Kirby Sports Cen
ter, located on the main campus, which
houses a 3,500-seat basketball facility, a
200-yard flat track, and a six-lane racing
pool and separate diving well. The new
addition of 110,000 square feet adds an
athletic training room, additional coaches
and administrative offices and expanded
recreational space. The new recreational
spaces include a I/10th mile jogging
track, three 50-by-84-foot multi-purpose
courts, six racquet courts, a 35-foot climb
ing wall, a 6,600-square-foot fitness cen
ter, and two group exercise rooms total
ing roughly 4,300 square feet for aerobics
and instructional programming.
WELL-BALANCED PROGRAM
Nearly one-fourth of the students partic
ipate on at least one of the College's 23
nationally recognized intercollegiate
teams. During the fall, Lafayette fields
teams in football, men's and women's
soccer, crosscountry, and tennis, and
women's field hockey and volleyball.
Men's and women's basketball, swim
ming and diving, and track and field,
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in addition to coed fencing, take center
stage in the winter. When the warm
spring weather rolls around, Lafayette
sponsors teams in baseball, softball, golf,
men's and women's tennis, lacrosse, and
track and field.
For students not involved in intercol
legiate athletics, the department offers a
vast number of recreational and intra
mural activities. Instructional programs
include cross-country skiing, country
line and swing dancing, golf, scuba div
ing, weight training, yoga, CPR certifica
tion, kayaking, and fly fishing. Recre
ational facilities, such as basketball and
racquet courts are available for "open"
recreation from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on
weekdays. These activity spaces are also
capable of hosting badminton, walley-
ball, volleyball, roller hockey, indoor
soccer, and team handball.
For those who want a quick workout
on their own time, the 6,600-square-foot
fitness center includes a full selectorized
strength training circuit, a spacious free
weight area and more than 30 cardio
vascular machines. Individual and
group instructional sessions are avail
able by appointment. Students interested
in group exercise classes have ample
opportunity with a spacious aerobics
room and a dividable multipurpose
room in which regularly scheduled pro
grams are held throughout the week.
INTRAMURALS
The College's highly successful intramu
ral program offers more than 35 competi
tive events for males and females. Teams
can be created from living units, social
units, or individual registration. Intra
mural offerings include field hockey,
punt-pass-kick, grass volleyball, bowling,
ping pong, biathlons, billiards, flag foot
ball, tennis, basketball, super shooter
contest, floor hockey, racquetball, swim
relays, badminton, softball, fall relays,
squash, tug of war, wrestling, golf, horse
shoes, home run derby, soccer, spades,
backgammon, wiffleball, kickball,
scavenger hunt, and first flake contest.