University of Dayton RecPlex: Facilities, Programs, and Opportunities
The University of Dayton (UD) offers a comprehensive Campus Recreation program designed to promote health, wellness, and community engagement among its students, faculty, and staff. With state-of-the-art facilities and a diverse range of programs, UD Campus Recreation provides opportunities for everyone to get active, explore the outdoors, and connect with others.
Premier Facilities for Recreation and Wellness
UD Campus Recreation boasts several outstanding facilities, each offering unique opportunities for recreation and fitness:
- The RecPlex: The cornerstone of UD Campus Recreation, the RecPlex opened in January 2006 and houses a state-of-the-art recreation facility. Located at 2 Evanston Avenue, this facility offers a wide array of options for fitness and recreation.
- Outdoor Engagement Center: Located at 438 Stonemill Rd., the Outdoor Engagement Center serves as a hub for outdoor adventures, providing equipment rentals and resources for hiking, biking, paddling, camping, climbing, and more.
- Old River Park: This 48-acre Dayton landmark features a scenic lagoon, fishing opportunities, and walking trails, providing a tranquil escape for outdoor enthusiasts.
- Stuart Field: Features 5.6 acres of high-use, high-performance, multi-purpose fields that play and feel like natural grass.
Activities at the RecPlex
The RecPlex offers a variety of activities and amenities to cater to diverse interests and fitness levels:
- Aquatic Center: The aquatic center features an eight-lane pool for lap swimming and recreational use. Whether you're diving in just for fun or training for your next competition, our swim instructors tailor every lesson to help you meet your goals. Lane availability is subject to change. The aquatic center is available for open swim only to those who are current members of UD Campus Recreation.
- Indoor Track: Run laps on the elevated 1/8-mile indoor track.
- Fitness Classes: Hit the gym with friends and participate in Group Fitness Classes.
- Basketball: Play a game of basketball in the vortex.
- Rock Wall: The rock wall, located on the ground floor of the RecPlex, is free for members and guests. The UD rock wall is a custom A.R.T. Wall by Nicros that is designed to look and feel like a real rock face. It features six lanes for top-rope climbing, reaching heights of 35 feet, and a cave in which climbers may boulder. Crash pads cover the floor beneath the rock wall for added protection to bouldering climbers. Never climbed at our rock wall before? Our friendly staff will help you. After signing a waiver to climb, our staff will point you to the equipment rental center, where you can borrow climbing shoes and a harness for free. Next, our staff will help you understand the gear and the types of climbing you can do at the rock wall. We allow our climbers to use their personal climbing shoes, harnesses and chalk bags. However, if our staff deems any personal gear too dangerous/damaged to climb, the gear in question will be prohibited. We welcome families, groups and children to the rock wall. If you're interested in elevating your climbing skills, we offer belay and route-setting climbing clinics.
Programs and Activities
Campus Recreation offers a wide array of programs and activities to promote healthy habits and an active lifestyle:
- Intramural Sports: Campus Recreation provides a variety of Intramural activities in which anyone can find exercise surrounded by a spirit of fun and competition uniquely enhanced by our Marianist values. All students are invited to participate; ability is not important, just the desire to play. Form a team or join as a free agent to win a coveted intramural sport champion shirt! Open leagues and upcoming tournaments can be found at activeflyers.udayton.edu, and instruction for creating an account can be found on our Registration webpage.
- Sport Clubs: Another popular feature of Campus Recreation is the Sport Club Program. Currently, there are nearly 30 recognized Sport Clubs on campus. The Sport Club Program offers students the opportunity to participate in a highly organized activity, while at the same time learning and developing new skills. Get active and get connected with a sport club!
- Outdoor Education: Break away from campus life with other students on an outdoor adventure! Outdoor Education provides students, faculty, and staff with the means to get active and learn about the natural world around them. From skill building workshops to overnight paddle excursions, there is something for all skill and interest levels! Join our outdoor education team and explore the Dayton area and beyond! Climb the rock wall at the RecPlex; go for a hike, bike ride, or paddling outing; or join us for an extended overnight trip.
- Personal Training: On a new fitness journey? Check out our personal training offerings!
- Group Fitness Classes: Hit the gym with friends and participate in our Group Fitness Classes. Campus Recreation offers several programs to help students achieve healthy habits that will build a lifestyle of strength and wellness.
- Swim Lessons: Just for fun or with competition in mind, our Swim Instructors and Swim Lesson program will help anyone reach their goals!. Whether you’re diving in just for fun or training for your next competition, our swim instructors tailor every lesson to help you meet your goals.
RECkids Camp
RECkids Camp brings our "Choose Well, Live Well" philosophy to life for 6- to 12-year-olds. RECkids Camp is a day camp for children ages six to 12. With different weekly themes and activities, campers can enjoy a fun and active summer. Summer FunRECkids Camp RECkids Camp is a day camp for children ages six to 12. With different weekly themes and activities, campers can enjoy a fun and active summer.
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Lifeguarding Certification
UD Campus Recreation offers American Red Cross lifeguarding certification courses.
- Course Details: Courses consist of roughly eight-hours of online modules to be done at home prior to class, followed by in-person classroom and skill sessions over the course of a weekend (Friday evening - Sunday evening). Roughly eight hours of online modules must be completed prior to the first day of class. Progress can be stopped and saved as needed. Those who fail to provide verification of completion of the online modules will not be permitted to continue with the lifeguarding course. The in-person sessions span three days, typically over a weekend.
- Review Course: This course is intended for individuals needing to renew their American Red Cross lifeguarding certification. Those wishing to take a lifeguard review course must either have a current lifeguard and CPR/AED certification OR previous lifeguard and CPR/AED certification that expired within the last 30 days. Preskills will be completed at the beginning of the course. Failure to successfully complete the preskills at this time will result in failure of the course and there will be no refund.
- Registration: Course availability is on a first come, first served basis and can be completed at activeflyers.udayton.edu. Please follow the steps below to register for Certification Courses. Complete minor's paperwork via CampDoc, if applicable. Register for a lifeguard course on activeflyers.udayton.edu. Complete minor's paperwork via CampDoc, if applicable.
- Prerequisites: At the start of any lifeguarding certification, participants are required to pass American Red Cross lifeguarding prerequisites. Swim 300 yards continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates can swim using the front crawl (freestyle), breaststroke, or a combination, but swimming on the back or side is not allowed. Tread water for two minutes using only legs. Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface so they are about to get a breath.
- What to Bring: Participants must bring a swimsuit, towel and change of clothes. Water and healthy snacks are encouraged. No refrigerator or microwave will be available. UD Campus Recreation will provide participants with the equipment necessary to be successful in the course. The online manual will be used throughout the online portion of the course. Participants are able to purchase a hard copy through the American Red Cross after the course is complete.
- Important Information: Participants not at the start of a class session will not be able to continue in the program; there will be no refunds. Refund requests made 10 days or fewer prior to the first day of the course will not be given. Illness, injury, or other extraneous circumstances documented by a physician or accredited third-party representative may be directed to the aquatics director for consideration of a refund.
- Parking: on Fridays) in the "visitors" section of C Lot. UD Campus Recreation sells 30-day parking permits to S2 and C for $30. More than one permit may be needed per session. on weekdays or weekends.
Membership and Access
Full-time undergraduate students are eligible to use the RecPlex with their UD Student ID.
Policies Regarding Minors
UD Campus Recreation has established a minors policy:
- UD Campus Recreation minor age restrictions apply to any person 17 and younger who is not enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, as a University of Dayton student.
- Minors brought to UD Campus Recreation facilities by a member, employee, student or visitor are the sole responsibility of that person.
- Age: 16-17 years old
- Restriction: Must be supervised by a parent or guardian who remains in the facility at all times.
- Age: 5 years old and younger
- Restriction: Must be supervised by a parent or guardian who remains within reaching distance at all times.
- Children 14 years of age and younger must be escorted or supervised by an authorized adult (parent or guardian) at all times while inside the locker rooms.
- Children 3 years of age and younger may accompany their parent or guardian in the locker room of the opposite sex.
Additional Information
- Questions concerning open recreation hours and scheduled events may be secured from the Campus Recreation Main Office.
- ConnectStaff Directory Have questions or want to learn more about Campus Recreation opportunities? Please reach out to our helpful team.
- Your appreciation and gratitude is always welcomed, though gifts and/or tips are not.
- The physical address for the RecPlex is 2 Evanston Ave. Dayton, OH 45409.
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