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The USMA Athletic Department has an excellent home page, with home pages for every one of Army's 24 intercollegiate sports
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Check the Army Weekly Sports Calendar for event times, places, and opponents for Army teams. 

Another useful source of information -- scores and much more -- is an e-mail newsletter written by Colonel (Retired) Morris Herbert, USMA 1950. To subscribe to "Herbert on Sports", send an e-mail message to Lyris@aog.usma.edu. In the body of your message put 

Join Herbert-on-Sports Your Name
substituting your real name for the italicized Your Name. You should receive a confirmation message within a few hours telling youthat you have been added to the mailing list.
Patriot League
Army competes in the Patriot League in 19 sports (all except football (C-USA), lightweight football (CSFL, see below), wrestling (EIWA), hockey (I-A Independent), and rifle). Army, a founding member of the Patriot League, won the Presidents' Cup, presented annually to the league's all-sports champion, for the 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1996-97 seasons.
MAAC
Before joining the Patriot League, Army competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in many sports.  In fact, Army was also a founding member of the MAAC, which began competition in 1981. Army's achievements during MAAC competition include 
  • in Men's Basketball:  two cadets were named MAAC Player of the Year (Randy Cozzens in 1984-85 and Kevin Houston in 1986-87 [when he led the NCAA in scoring AND free throw percentage, a feat which has been accomplished only twice in NCAA history]), two were named MAAC Rookie of the Year (Houston in 1983-84 and Derrick Canada in 1987-88), six players were named All-MAAC, and Coach Les Wothke was the MAAC Coach of the Year in 1984-5
  • in Golf:  Army won the conference golf championship every year from 1982 through 1989 (the individual champion was from Army six of those years, including a 1-2-3 sweep in 1987 and a 1-2 sweep in 1989)
  • in Indoor Track:  Army's men's team won the only two MAAC championships held while USMA was in the conference, 1989 and 1990;  Army still holds MAAC records in the pole vault (Jason Jenkins, 16'0", 1990), men's 55 meter high hurdles (Jim Orrange, 7.44 seconds, 1990), men's 800 meters (Kevin Williams, 1:53.16, 1989), men's 3000 meters (Tyno Carter, 8:17.81, 1989) as well as in the women's triple jump (Diana Wills, 12.80 meters, 1990), women's long jump (Wills, 5.75 meters, 1990), women's high jump (Kim Seminiano, 5'8", 1989), and women's 3000 meters (Teresa Sobiesk, 9:53.63, 1989)
  • in Swimming and Diving:  Army's women's team was the MAAC championin 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990.  The men's team made it an Army sweep in 1988.  In 1989, the Most Outstanding Female Swimmer (Anne Marie Wycoff), Female Diver (Jill Schweitzer), and Male Diver (Corey Zeiger) were all from Army
  • in Men's Tennis:  Army was the MAAC champion in 1982 (Jon Bell was the individual champion; Bell & Wilson were the doubles champs), Poirier & Haley were the 1986 doubles champs, Mark McMullan was the 1987 individual champion, McMullan & Lemke were the doubles champs in 1988 when Army won the team title again, Mike Haught's individual title in 1989 led the team to final conference title
  • in Women's Volleyball:  Army was the MAAC Champion from 1986-1989. Gwen Zemaitas was the Tournament MVP in both 1986 and 1987, and coach Bob Gambardella was the Coach of the Year those two years as well.  B.J. Martin & Margaret shared MVP honors in 1989.
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What's Sprint Football? It's football with weight limitations: two days before agame, players must weigh 165 pounds or less. It is commonly called "150s"-- the old limit was 150 pounds -- or "Lightweight Football".  The weight limit was increased to 158 pounds in 1967 and 165 in 1996. It is a faster game than the one the "big boys" play. 

Other differences include rules against practicing until three weeks prior to the first game and against scouting opponents. 

Army competes in the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL), formerly known as the Eastern Lightweight Football League (ELFL)  with Navy, Cornell, Penn, and Princeton. We have won or shared the ELFL championship 17 times and have had only one losing season (2-3 in 1963). 

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Army's athletes have the luxury of using some of the finest gyms, fields, and stadiums in the nation. The Athletic Department has a page with details about some of these facilities
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In addition to varsity sports, West Point has an extensive intramural and club sport program. In fact, every cadet must participate in athletics at either the varsity, club, or intramural level. CollegeEdge lists the following 
  • Club sports: men's and women's Alpine skiing, crew, cycling, fencing, handball, horsemanship, martial arts, Nordic skiing, parachuting, racquetball, sailing, squash, team handball, and weight lifting; men's rugby, water polo, and volleyball; and women's lacrosse.
  • Intramural sports: Alpine skiing, basketball, bowling, boxing, crew, cross-country, cycling, fencing, flickerball, floor hockey, football, handball, horsemanship, judo, karate, lacrosse, marathon, Nordic skiing, orienteering, power lifting,racquetball, rock climbing, rugby, sailing, skeet/trapshooting, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, team handball, triathalon, volleyball, walleyball, water polo, and wrestling.
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