Campus Recreation Center

The newly renovated and expanded Campus Recreation Center (CRC) opened in fall 2004. One of the nation's premier recreation centers, the facility includes a 15,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art fitness center, thirty-nine-foot climbing wall, indoor track, six basketball courts, five racquetball and squash courts, four studios for aerobics and martial arts, an indoor hockey rink, game room, and outdoor fields for soccer, flag football, lacrosse, and more.

The Aquatic Center, originally built for the 1996 Olympic aquatic events, consists of a fifty-meter competition pool, seventeen-foot-deep diving well, and seating for more than 1,900 spectators. Across the hall, the Helen D. and Vernon D. Crawford pool boasts a 184-foot water slide, current channel, hot tub, six twenty-five-yard lanes, and an outdoor patio.

The CRC also houses Tech's intramural program, which involves nearly half of the Georgia Tech student body in sports ranging from flag football and kickball to volleyball and bowling. Sport clubs offer a more competitive edge, with more than thirty teams competing on the intercollegiate level. Georgia Institute of Technology Fitness (G.I.T. FIT) programs provide more than eighty non-credit classes to CRC members with nominal fees. With group fitness classes, martial arts, personal training, certification and training courses, and instructional classes in swimming, diving, golf, and more, the G.I.T. FIT programs focus on fitness and health education.

Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT), found in the rear of the CRC, exposes the urban campus of Georgia Tech to the outdoor opportunities that Georgia has to offer. Trips are organized throughout the semester in whitewater rafting, kayaking, rock climbing, backpacking, and more. ORGT runs the indoor climbing wall found next to the fitness center and the Wilderness Outpost, which rents equipment for camping, canoeing, and kayaking at reasonable prices.

For more information, please call 404.385.PLAY or visit www.crc.gatech.edu.