The Retriever Activities Center (RAC) provides plenty of opportunity for open recreation. The RAC houses a main gymnasium, multipurpose aerobics room, state-of-the-art cardio area, weight room, indoor and outdoor Olympic size pools, indoor track, basketball courts, and locker facilities.
Outdoors, UMBC has six tennis courts with lights; softball, flag football and soccer fields; volleyball and basketball courts and a 400-meter outdoor track with artificial turf field.
UMBC's intramural sports includes such favorites as ultimate Frisbee, flag football and beach volleyball.
The sailing club competes regularly and is consistently top-ranked in the Middle Atlantic Sailing Association.