Freeman Athletics Center Guidelines
Fall 2020
Beginning September 14th
General Building Hours
Monday-Friday: 7am-9pm (Fitness Center will remain open until 10pm)
Saturday: 10am-9pm (Fitness Center will remain open until 10pm)
Sunday: 11am-6pm (Fitness Center will remain open until 8pm)
Facilities Open for Sign-Ups via Microsoft Bookings
Fitness Center
Field House
Pool
- Users will be required to register via Microsoft Bookings prior to using any of the facilities. To book a session, please visit our ONLINE BOOKING PLATFORM.
- Students can sign up for sessions up to 5 days in advance, beginning on Wednesday, September 9th.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Students may only sign up for one session per day.
- Most sessions are 50 minutes, with a few options each week for extended time in the fitness center and field house.
- Masks are required at all times while in the Freeman Athletics Center, including during your workout. The one exception to this rule will be during lap swim.
- Locker rooms will remain closed until further notice. Please come dressed in your workout attire.
- At this time, facilities are available to students only.
- Students may be asked to leave the facility and may lose privileges to sign up for sessions if they do not follow the policies and procedures of the Freeman Athletics Center.
Andersen Fitness Center
Hours
Monday-Friday: 7am-10pm (Outside of PE Classes and Cleaning)
Saturday: 10am-10pm
Sunday: 11am-8pm
Guidelines
- Employees and students are required to maintain 6 ft. social distancing at all times.
- Masks are required at all times while in the fitness center.
- The capacity of the fitness center will be 22 people, including staff.
- 20 recreational users will be able to sign up each session.
- All users must reserve their time in the fitness center using Microsoft Bookings. Anyone not registered will not be allowed in for contact tracing purposes. If there are openings, users may register for the session at the time of the session.
- Sessions will generally be 50 minutes long with at least 10 minutes in between reservations to allow for sanitization and coordination of the next group.
- Reservation times will be strictly enforced. Users who arrive prior to their scheduled reservation, will be directed to a waiting area. There will be a 5 minute warning before the end of each session to allow users to finish up and sanitize equipment.
- All fitness center sessions will be staffed by at least one coach. Please check in with the coach upon entry in order to confirm your booking.
- All users should sanitize their hands upon entry to the facility.
- All users must spray their own equipment after each use WITHOUT wiping it down, as the disinfectant requires at least a 5-minute dwell time.
- Locker room use will not be permitted. All users must arrive with their necessary workout attire on. There will be designated areas in the fitness center for users to leave their belongings while working out.
- All participants must bring their own water bottle & towel. Equipment should never be shared.
Bacon Field House
Hours
Monday-Friday: 7am-9pm (Outside of PE Classes and Cleaning)
Saturday: 10am-9pm
Sunday: 11am-6pm
Guidelines
- Employees and students are required to maintain 6 ft. social distancing at all times
- Masks are required at all times while in the field house
- The capacity of the field house will be 25 people, including staff. Per State Guidelines, indoor athletic activities will be limited to 50% of building capacity or 25 people (whichever is smaller) per facility.
- 23 recreational users will be able to sign up each session.
- All users must reserve their time in the field house using Microsoft Bookings. Anyone not registered will not be allowed in for contact tracing purposes. If there are openings, users may register for the session at the time of the session.
- Recreational sessions will generally be 50 minutes long with at least 10 minutes in between reservations to allow for sanitization and coordination of the next group.
- Reservation times will be strictly enforced. Users who arrive prior to their scheduled reservation, will be directed to the waiting area. There will be a 5 minute warning given before the end of each session to allow users to finish up, sanitize, and return equipment.
- All users should sanitize their hands up entry to the facility.
- Activities that allow for 6 ft. of social distancing, such as shooting hoops, playing catch and passing, will be permitted.
- Two people are permitted on each court at a time, provided that they maintain 6 ft. of social distancing. Two additional people may also be allowed in the batting cage. The remaining users must maintain social distance on the outside of the curtains. Court access will be first-come first-serve.
- There will be 15 cardio machines on the outside of the curtains for recreational use.
- Locker room use will not be permitted. All users must arrive with their necessary workout attire on. There will be designated areas in the field house for users to leave their belongings while working out.
- All recreational hours will be staffed by at least one coach. Please check in with the coach upon entry in order to confirm your booking.
- All users must enter through the field house main entrance, and exit through the Daniels Lobby doors.
- Basketballs can be signed out at the monitor desk in the field house. Users should return balls to the monitor desk at the end of the session for sanitization by the staff.
- All participants must bring their own water bottle & towel. Equipment should never be shared.
- Users are required to disinfect any equipment that they use immediately after use. Users SHOULD NOT wipe down the equipment, as the disinfectant requires at least a 5-minute dwell time.
Wesleyan Natatorium
Hours
Monday-Friday: 7am-4pm (Outside of PE Classes and Cleaning)
Saturday: 1pm-5pm
Sunday: 3pm-5pm
Guidelines
- Employees and students are required to maintain 6 ft. social distancing at all times.
- Masks are required at all times while in the facility except while in the water.
- Per State Guidelines, when lap swimming is provided, only one person per lane is permitted.
- Eighteen swimmers (one per lane) may sign up for each session
- All users must reserve their time in the pool using Microsoft Bookings. Anyone not registered will not be allowed in for contact tracing purposes. If there are openings, users may register for the session at the time of the session.
- Open swim sessions will generally be 50 minutes long with at least 10 minutes in between reservations to allow for sanitization and coordination of the next group.
- All users should sanitize their hands up entry of the facility.
- All open swim sessions will be staffed by a coach and a lifeguard. Please check in with the coach upon entry in order to confirm your booking and receive your lane assignment.
- Users in every other lane should begin on the same side of the pool. It is encouraged to swim in the opposite direction of the person in the lane next to you whenever possible.
- Reservation times will be strictly enforced. Users who arrive prior to their scheduled reservation, will be asked to wait in the main lobby upstairs. There will be a 5 minute warning before the end of each session to allow users to finish up, dry off, and exit the pool deck.
- Locker room use will not be permitted. All users must arrive showered and with their swimsuits on under their clothes.
- Users must enter via the entrance by the swim coaches' offices and exit via the double doors by Cross Street.
- All participants must bring their own water bottle & towel. Equipment should never be shared.