Jumbos Rule!
Success in college - as in life - is predicated on learning how to strike that delicate balance between the life of the mind and the life of the body. There's nothing like a workout to off-set the intellectual exercise of classroom discussion, laboratory research, and hours of study in the library. When it comes to learning how to manage ones time for work and everything else, the student-athlete experience is probably the best preparation there is.
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Mascot Trivia
Jumbo is Tufts' mascot because owner P.T. Barnum was an original Tufts trustee.
Tufts Athletics
Varsity, Intramural, and Club Sports
Division III Athletics
Tufts fields 29 teams in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), one of the proudest and most competitive conferences in the NCAA Division III. Over the years, Tufts athletes have gone on to play professional sports for numerous organizations.
Visit the official homepage of Tufts Athletics for further details.
Intramurals
The most popular of the twenty or more intramural and student organized intercollegiate club sports include flag football, dodgeball, ultimate Frisbee, water polo, rugby, even Wiffleball. Intramural sports vary yearly based on the level of student interest.
Club Sports
Club sports offer a full competitive schedule against regional and national teams including cycling, equestrian, fencing, Men's and Women's rugby, skiing, table tennis, Men's and Women's ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, and water polo.
Sports & Recreation Facilities
Tufts athletes train and compete in a complex of facilities that are also open for use by the campus community at large. Facilities include:
- A 70,000-square-foot indoor sports center, including a 200-meter indoor track, four tennis courts, and an 8,000-square-foot fitness center.
- One of New England’s best outdoor track and field facilities
- A boathouse on the Malden River with indoor training and meeting rooms for Tufts’ crew teams
- Indoor basketball, volleyball, tennis, and squash courts
- A yacht club on Medford’s Upper Mystic Lake
- A six-lane indoor pool and sauna
- Several well-groomed playing fields located across the Medford/Somerville campus
- Free weights, strength-training equipment by Cybex, Body Master, Samson, and Hammer Strength, and a team of full-time strength and conditioning specialists and sports medicine experts.
The Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center is scheduled to open Fall, 2012. The project will include a renovated gymnasium, a reconfigured fitness and weight-training area, and multi-purpose teaching and activity rooms.