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, with the Ralph Myhre 18-hole golf course in the background 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 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 • Turf Baseball and Softball fields ==Notable achievements==

Middlebury's success in intercollegiate sports is evidenced by the college's second-place ranking in the 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Directors' Cup. The college won the honor for the 2011–12 season. • Middlebury boasts nearly 40 athletes who have competed in the Olympic Games. • In 1979 and 1980 the women's ski team won two AIAW national championships. • The 2000 Men's Football team earned a share of the NESCAC Championship with a 7-1 season, which was also the final one for Middlebury Athletics Hall of Fame Coach Mickey Heinecken, who finished his 28-year career with 126 wins. • In 2003, Middlebury Water Polo won the Men's Division III Collegiate Club Championship. • From 2004 to 2006, both the men's and women's ice hockey teams won three consecutive NCAA Division III National Championships, an unprecedented feat for a college at any level. The men have won eight cumulative titles, while the women own six. • In 2007, Middlebury's Men's Soccer team captured its first NCAA Championship in the 54-year history of the program. • In 2007 and 2009, the Middlebury College Rugby Club won Division II USA Rugby Championships. • In 2010, two Middlebury Alumni, Garrott Kuzzy '06 and Simi Hamilton '09, represented the United States in Nordic Skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. • In 2011, the Middlebury men's basketball team reached the 2011 NCAA Men's Division III Tournament for the first time in school history. • In 2013, the Middlebury women's soccer team reached the NCAA Division III Final Four for the first time in school history and appeared in the NCAA Championship match in 2018. • In 2019, Middlebury Water Polo won the Women's Division III Collegiate Club Championship. • In 2019, the Middlebury football team won the NESCAC Championship with a perfect 9–0 record, the first in NESCAC history. • From 2015 to 2022, the Women's Field Hockey team won six national championships and has won five-straight NCAA titles from 2017 to 2022. • During the 2021–22 academic year, the Panthers won NCAA Championships in field hockey (22–0), women's ice hockey (27–0–0) and women's lacrosse (22–1). • From 2018 - 2025 the Men's Club Ultimate Frisbee team appeared in 6 of 7 semifinals, 4 of 7 finals, and won the championship in 2019. The 2020 tournament was cancelled. • From 2021 - 2025 the Women's Club Ultimate Frisbee team appeared in every national semifinal, 3 of 5 finals, and won the championship in 2021, 2022, and 2023. National Championships • Men's Ice Hockey – 8 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006) • Women's Lacrosse – 11 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) • Women's Field Hockey – 9 (1998, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) • Women's Cross Country – 6 (2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010) • Women's Ice Hockey – 6 (2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2022) • Men's Lacrosse – 3 (2000, 2001, 2002) • Men's Tennis – 3 (2004, 2010, 2018) • Women's Club Ultimate Frisbee - 3 (2021, 2022, 2023) • Men's Club Ultimate Frisbee - 2 (2013, 2019) • Men's Club Rugby – 2 (2007, 2009) • Men's Soccer (2007) • Men's Club Water Polo (2003) • Women's Club Water Polo (2019) ==See also==