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All Courts Closing July 6 Nielsen Tennis Stadium tennis courts will be closed July 6 – August 7 for court resurfacing. This is a maintenance project scheduled every 5 years. While the courts will be closed, we still have several services and offerings available during this time. Stringing Services Our Member Services desk at Nielsen …
It has been an exciting year for Sport Clubs and we are so proud of their achievements. There were several regional and national appearances, tournament wins, and team bonding moments. We even added a few new clubs to the family. And despite having some seasons cut short this spring, Sport Club athletes remained positive and …
The Nick is going to be huge. 240,560 gross square feet to be exact. That’s about 50,000 more square feet more than the SERF was and includes more than three times the amount of usable fitness space. So yeah, it’s pretty huge. While designing a building that will be such a large addition to campus …
From intramural lacrosse to Olympic weight lifting, our facilities offer something for everyone—and every zodiac sign. Read on to find out which facility or fitness area you are based on your zodiac sign. 🔮 Aries (march 21 – april 19): near west fields Bold, competitive, and quick—an Aries is always first out of the gates …
It’s time to say goodbye to Rec Sports; we have officially become University Recreation & Wellbeing! (You can call us Rec Well for short.) You may be wondering why. Well, we took “sports” out of our name for a few reasons: We are more than just sports, and we want everyone to feel like they’re …
Jerod Keene is an athletic trainer who works with Sport Clubs and UHS. As an athletic trainer, I often come across patients with lower-body injuries who would like to continue endurance training while attempting to avoid exacerbating their injury. Indeed, this can be a difficult task considering that most methods of endurance exercise involve using …
Now that the ponds are freezing over, it’s the perfect time to become fluent in ice hockey, eh? To the uninformed, this may seem like a simple task of learning the rules behind penalties, offsides, and icing. If you’ve ever talked to a hockey player, though, you know that to understand the beautiful game, you …
As temperatures dipped below freezing at the Near West Fields last Wednesday night, the competition heated up. From Men’s Greek to CoRec, Women’s, and Men’s, Intramural Soccer Champ Night meant the culmination of a season’s worth of hard work and title dreams for 12 teams. The action didn’t take long to pick up, as Zeta …
Erin Clark, MS, LAT became coordinator of athletic training in August 2018. Prior to Rec Sports, she was employed as an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with Intercollegiate Athletics for 10 years. She completed her Masters of Science at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse while working as a graduate assistant athletic trainer …
Welcome to campus, new #ActiveBadgers! We hope your semester is off to a strong start. Now that you’ve found your lecture halls, bought your textbooks, and read your syllabi, it’s time to learn about another important part of college life: being physically active. Staying active on campus is not only essential to your physical health …