Sports and Recreation

Outdoor facilities include the 3,000-seat Dill Field Stadium for football and track, an eight-lane all-weather running track; 22 playing and practice fields, a five-mile cross country course, 12 tennis courts, a softball field, and a 1.25 mile fitness trail. Training and competition in track, soccer, and lacrosse take place in the newly completed Robert Kahn Track and Fred Shults Field.

Located in the Philips Center, Oberlin's pool facility was the site of two NCAA swimming and diving championships and 10 consecutive NCAC championship meets. The pool has six 25-yard lanes, plus a diving well with one- and three-meter springboards. In addition to varsity events, the pool hosts learn-to-swim programs, lifeguard and water safety certification, and deep-water aerobics classes. The facility is named for Oberlin's ninth president, Robert Kenneth Carr, a distinguished scholar of law and political science who served from 1960-1970. Under his leadership, the College's physical plant saw substantial growth and modernization, with the construction of 15 new buildings, including the physical education complex, and the renovation of older ones.

Within the Philips Physical Education Center are studios for strength training and free weights. The weight rooms in Philips have been reconfigured and supplemented with a platform, more weight trees, new dumbbell racks for safety, and access to lower weighted dumbbells. The East Room, contains all the Hammer Strength equipment and free weights stations. In the West Room, the Cybex Selectorized equipment encircles the universal machine at the south end of the room.

Williams Field House officially opened in April 2009 and is the college's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certified building, a designation by the U.S. Green Building Council that verifies the building incorporates materials and systems that save energy and water, reduces carbon emissions, and is environmentally friendly. It is available for use by all varsity and club sports, although the primary users are the baseball, softball, and men's and women's lacrosse teams.