While they are not varsity sports, the Sewanee Outing Program, the Rugby Club, and the Lacrosse Club are supported in every way possible by the Department of Athletics. A Fencing Club and an Equestrian Club also provide regular intercollegiate competition. Formed nearly 26 years ago, the club program includes the Sewanee canoe team that has captured 22 intercollegiate championships. The program provides students with equipment for caving, kayaking, rappelling, camping, ice skating, canoeing, or sailing.
Students check out the equipment free of charge, and instruction is available for beginners.
The program even runs a bicycle repair shop. The Equestrian Program, offering instruction for novices and advanced riders, includes dressage, stadium and cross-country jumping, and schooling. Facilities include a dressage area, jumps, over 30 acres of pasture, individual paddocks, and miles of beautiful trails. Students involved in club sports at Sewanee compete on the collegiate level against clubs at other universities and colleges, accumulating impressive records. For the past two decades the Sewanee canoe team has dominated college canoe competitions in the Southeast.