Join Anteater Athletics

The intramural sports program gives UC Irvine students the opportunity to compete against each other in various sports leagues and tournaments. Each sports league has coed teams, men's teams, women's teams, or housing unit teams competing against each other, and leagues are structured according to the teams’ skill level.

Beyond our Division I Athletic Program, UC Irvine has over 30 Club Sports teams that compete on a regional and national level with other universities. There are sports like lacrosse, crew, and even climbing! UC Irvine has competed nationally in rock climbing, tennis, women’s rugby, and archery.

The Anteater Recreation Center (ARC) is where anteaters go to have fun! There’s no place like the ARC - it’s an impressive wellness building with something for everyone. It has four basketball/volleyball courts, five activity rooms, two weight rooms, a pool, cushy running track, even a demo cooking kitchen and rock wall. There’s also a high ropes course and a large-scale sports field complex.

Campus recreation runs an outdoor adventure program with exciting trips to Catalina Island and Joshua Tree, and a brand new sailing center and separate rowing complex on the Newport Beach harbor. Campus recreation also offers cooking classes with unique cuisines, more martial arts classes than any other school in the nation (over 15 styles to choose from), golf, guitar, swing dancing, and of course tons of exercise classes like yoga and cross-fit, 80 classes per week to be exact.