page_title: Middlebury Panthers
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Middlebury Panthers / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, USA.
context_page_description: The Middlebury Panthers are the 31 varsity teams of Middlebury College that compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The Panthers lead the NESCAC in total number of national championships, having won 34 team titles since the conference lifted its ban on NCAA play in 1994. Middlebury enjoys national success in soccer, cross country running, field hockey, men's basketball, women's hockey, skiing, men's lacrosse and women's lacrosse, and fields 31 varsity NCAA teams and several competitive club teams including a sailing team, a crew team, a water polo team, and a rugby team. Since 2000, Middlebury's varsity squads have won 84 NESCAC titles. Currently, 28% of students participate in varsity sports.
  In the early 20th century, the Panthers' traditional athletic rivals included the University of Vermont and Norwich University. Today, rivalries vary by sport but typically include Williams College, Hamilton College and Amherst College.
context_section_description: The 2011 Princeton Review ranks Middlebury's athletic facilities as #18 best in the United States.
  Middlebury's athletic facilities include:
  Middlebury's newest athletic facility, Virtue Field House, opened in January 2015. The 110,000-square-foot structure houses the New Balance Foundation Track, a 200-meter track with nine 60-meter sprint lanes. Dedicated jumping and vaulting areas beyond the oval for field events are also part of the facility, as is McCormick Field, a 21,000-square-foot Field Turf surface inside the track for varsity, club, intramural and recreational purposes as well as throwing events.
  50-meter by 25-yard (23 m) Olympic-size swimming pool
  3,500-seat Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium for football and lacrosse
  2,100 spectator hockey arena
  1,000 spectator natatorium
  Regulation rugby pitch
  Middlebury College Snow Bowl, the college-owned ski mountain
  18-hole Ralph Myhre golf course
  Rikert Nordic Center at the Bread Loaf Mountain campus
  Fitness Center
  Allan Dragone Track and Field Complex
  Pepin gymnasium, home of the men's and women's' basketball and volleyball teams
  Field Turf men's soccer field
  Indoor and outdoor tennis courts, paddle tennis courts, squash courts
  Rock climbing wall
  12 FJ-class sailboats, docks, and a practice facility in Panton, Vermont
caption: Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium, with the Ralph Myhre 18-hole golf course in the background
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