Pomona–Pitzer Sagehens

There are 11 women's and 10 men's teams. ==History==

Pomona College's first intercollegiate sports teams were formed in 1895. The water polo, track and field, women's soccer, and women's tennis teams are regarded as particularly strong. Pomona College football team, circa 1899.jpg|Football team, |alt=Group photo of the Pomona football team wearing thick striped shirts Pomona College women's basketball team photo, 1903.jpg|Pomona organized the first women's basketball team in Southern California in 1903.|alt=Baseball game Pomona College track meet, 1912.jpg|Track meet, 1912|alt=Runner on track, with spectators in formal attire Inaugural football game at the L.A. Coliseum.jpg|Football team playing USC in the inaugural L.A. Coliseum game, 1923|alt=Football game ==National championships==

The Sagehens have won 50 individual NCAA Division III championships: 19 in men's track and field, 12 in women's swimming and diving, 9 in women's tennis, 6 in men's swimming and diving, and 4 in women's track and field. Additionally, they have won four team titles: women's tennis in 1992, back-to-back titles in men's cross country in 2019 and 2021, and an additional title in men's cross country in 2023. ==Facilities==

Pomona-Pitzer's primary indoor athletics facility is the Center for Athletics, Recreation, and Wellness (CARW), located near the center of Pomona's campus. It was reconstructed and renovated in 2022, replacing the Liliore Green Rains Center for Sport and Recreation, built in 1989. The gym is complemented by various outdoor facilities, mostly located within the naturalistic eastern portion of Pomona's campus known as the Wash. File:Chairs outside the Pomona College gymnasium.jpg|Gym main entrance File:Pomona College Center for Athletics, Recreation, and Wellness at night.jpg|Gym north façade at night File:Pomona College practice gymnasium.jpg|Practice gym File:Pomona College gymnasium lobby panorama.jpg|Gym lobby File:View of Merritt Field from the Smith Clock Tower, Pomona College.jpg|Merritt Field Pomona-Pitzer baseball field.jpg|Alumni Baseball Field Pomona-Pitzer Haldeman Aquatics Center.jpg|Haldeman Aquatics Center ==Nickname and mascot==

The official mascot of the teamPomona-Pitzer Sagehens is Cecil the Sagehen, a greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). The bird is a large ground-dweller native to the western United States (although not Southern California), and is distinguished by its long, pointed tail and complex lek mating system. It is named after the sagebrush on which it feeds. Pomona-Pitzer is the only team in the world to use the Sagehen as a mascot, and it is often noted for its goofiness. Rather than in the grouse's natural brown and white colors, the mascot is rendered in the team's official colors, blue (for Pomona) and orange (for Pitzer). The precise origin of the nickname is unknown. Pomona competed under a variety of names in its early years, including "the Blue and White" and "the Huns". The first known appearance of "Sagehens" was in a 1913 issue of The Student Life newspaper, and in 1918 it became the sole nickname. Later Pomona-Claremont began using it, and it is now the nickname for the combined Pomona-Pitzer team. The first known reference to "Cecil" was made in the 1946 Metate (Pomona's yearbook). ==Rivalry==

The Sagehens' primary rival is the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas, the joint team of the three other undergraduate Claremont Colleges. The rivalry is known as the Sixth Street Rivalry, referring to the street that separates the teams' athletics facilities. Historically, Pomona had a rivalry with the Occidental College Tigers. ==Notable athletes==