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The typical big-draw college sports like men’s football struggle for any kind of following at Wash U—bleachers for these events are, at best, peppered with loyal fans and the occasional girlfriend or boyfriend. Most other sports suffer the same fate. For three sports, however, turnout is never a problem: The women’s volleyball team, which has won eight national championships since 1989, the women’s basketball team, which won four consecutive NCAA titles (1996-2000), and the men's basketball team, which won back-to-back national championships in 2008 and 2009, each enjoy a contingent of die-hard fans and draw big crowds for their high-quality matches.

The real sports scene at Wash U, however, is recreational. Thousands of students participate in the intramural leagues, and it’s fair to say that Wash U is an exceptionally athletic campus when compared to its peers. The annual Residential College Olympics on the South 40 are only one of many major amateur sporting events throughout the year, including several 5K runs, year-long IM leagues, and intra-fraternity competitions. There are also a number of club sports, often slightly more competitive than IM leagues, that provide a middle-ground between recreational sports and varsity. The running club is populated by former high-school long-distance stars, the sailing club competes at national regattas against top state-schools, the crew club practices every morning before class . . . the list of organizations is very long. Athletic students, in any case, will not wilt for lack of ways to stay in shape.

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Athletics at Washington University in St. Louis

Booms1242

'15

Biology

2.7

C+

Washu Athletics? What?

It's kinda a school joke that no one really cares too much are athletics. But come on, we are a d3 school and we all are students first and athletes second. Most of the sporting events get a decent crowd (especially the Men's Basketball and Women's Volleyball teams). WashU athletes are proud to be athletes and they work very hard. Practically all of the teams are very successful (especially the Men's tennis team, women's cross country, and women's volleyball). It's not like the students want their teams to do poorly, but most of them would rather spend their time studying Chemistry then going and painting themselves Red and Green for a football game.

Feb 01, 2012

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Athletics at Washington University in St. Louis

fensteressen

'15

Computer Science

3.1

B-

Not Known for Our Sports....

As I understand it, we have a very good womens' basketball team and a very good womens' track team... but that's about it. The stadium at my high school was honestly much larger than WashU's.

Jan 29, 2012

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Athletics at Washington University in St. Louis

annarossi

'15

Pre-Medicine Studies

3.1

B-

Not Too Popular

Because the sports are Division 3, no one really cares about sports: there were definitely more people at my high school football games, and there more people go to acapella concerts than games.

Dec 29, 2011

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