Athletics and Recreational Services provides the opportunity for students to participate in a variety of intercollegiate athletic programs as well as recreational, intramural, and club sport activities. The college competes as a member of the NCAA Division III within the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). Currently, 12 intercollegiate sports, 6 men and 6 women, are offered. The men`s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and track and field. The women`s sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. Men`s and women`s crews, which presently compete as club sports, will be elevated to intercollegiate status in 2004.

The Scarlet Raptors Gymnasium and the Rutgers-Camden Community Park are the focal points for the offerings of recreational services. The gymnasium is equipped with a main and auxiliary gym. It also houses a weight room, four handball/racquet courts, four squash courts, and a six-lane Olympic-sized swimming pool. The Rutgers-Camden Community Park consists of soccer and softball fields constructed with field turf playing surfaces.

Recreational Services programs offer recreational time, intramural activities, noncredit instructional courses, and club sports in the gymnasium and community park. Intramural activities include basketball, flag football, racquetball, soccer, softball, and tennis.

The noncredit instructional courses run for four, six, or eight weeks depending on the subject each term. Course offerings run the gamut from aerobic dance to Zen meditation.

A number of club sports-including cheerleading, dance, karate, ice hockey, and coed softball-are also offered by Recreational Services.

The Office of Athletics and Recreational Services is located in the basement of the gymnasium. Students may contact the office at 856/225-6193, 6194, or 6195 or at the web site http:
//www.camden.rutgers.edu by clicking on "athletics" on the side bar.