Recreation
Promoting Wellness and Health
The Wheeler Recreation Center provides the students, faculty, staff, and UB alumni with recreational and fitness opportunities that are geared to increase an individual’s overall health and well-being.
Our recreational and sports programs are aimed at promoting wellness among the students, faculty, staff, and UB community. Recreation and leisure activities offered at UB focus on integrating mind and body through positive traditional and non-traditional recreation and sports activities.
The Wheeler Recreation Center provides the students, faculty, staff, and the greater Bridgeport community with recreational and fitness opportunities that are geared to increase an individual’s overall health and well-being.
Separate locker rooms are provided for men and women with saunas, and a co-ed steam room located on the pool deck. The Recreation Center offers a variety of recreational programming consisting of six intramural sports and wellness programs.
Our facilities include:
- 6-lane 25-meter swimming pool
- 3 multipurpose courts for activities such as volleyball, tennis, Co-ed soccer, cricket, and basketball
- Weight room
- Racquetball court
Wheeler Recreation Center Hours
Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
*Due to COVID protocols, the pool, saunas and steam room are currently closed.
Front Desk Phone: (203) 576-4460
Come burn off those calories with a great workout on any one of our 13 pieces of Cardio equipment. (3 treadmills, 3 ellipticals, 2 stair steps, 2 incline bikes, stationary bike, & 2 rowers.) The Cardio-Theater is equipped with 3 TV’s to watch your favorite shows as well.
Pump some iron in our newly renovated Weight room. We offer the following stationary machines: (shoulder press, chest press, bicep curl, leg extension, seated leg curl, lat pull-down, bench press, cable motion dual adjustable pulley, & a multipurpose bench and squat machine.) Also a part of our weight room: (fitness bars, medicine balls, stability balls, & dumbbells ranging from 1 pound to 50 pounds.)
Men's
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Lacrosse (coming Fall '22)
- Soccer
- Sprint Football (coming Fall '23)
- Track & Field - Indoor (coming Fall '22)
- Track & Field - Outdoor (coming Fall '22)
Women's
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Gymnastics
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Softball
- Track & Field - Indoor (coming Fall '22)
- Track & Field - Outdoor (coming Fall '22)
- Volleyball
- 3-on-3 Basketball
- 5-on-5 Basketball
- Bowling (Women's - coming soon)
- Cornhole
- Cricket
- Dodgeball
- eSports (coming Fall '22)
- Flag Football
- Racquetball
- Rugby (Men's & Women's - coming soon)
- Soccer (Co-ed)
- Spring Tournament
- Table Tennis
- Volleyball (Co-ed)
- Wiffleball
*Due to COVID protocols, there are currently limited wellness programs available.
Fall 2021 Classes
| Yoga Class | Mondays at 5:00 PM |
| UB Fit Class (Strength, Agility & Speed) | Mondays at 5:45 PM |
| Zumba | Tuesdays at 5:45 PM |
| Mixxed Fit | Thursdays at 5:45 PM |
| Weight Room Class | TBA |