Impact Water Aerobics
Impact Water Aerobics
Taught by Anita Wood, this hour long, high and low impact water aerobics class designed to strengthen and tone the total body. Extra time is given to performing basic aerobic...
Trinity Center 103 | Mon-Thu 6am–9pm, Fri 6am–8pm, Sat 8am–4pm & Sun 9am-4pm | 202-884-9092 | trinitycenter@trinitydc.edu
Make the Trinity Center Your Home for Fitness!
Trinity’s Athletic Center
Work out on your own, or join one of our great fitness programs! We have memberships available for individuals and families. To meet the needs of area schools, community organizations and local businesses, the Trinity Center has facility rentals for organized sports and special events. The Trinity Center is home to Trinity’s NCAA Division III athletic programs.
Membership & Classes
Membership to the Trinity Center is FREE for all enrolled Trinity students, staff & faculty. Other local adults 18+ can purchase monthly, quarterly, or yearly memberships! All members are welcome to attend our classes, 7-days a week!
Our Facilities
The Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports is a $20 million state-of-the-art athletic, recreational and educational complex located in the heart of Trinity Washington University’s campus in northeast Washington. We offer programming for our students, faculty & staff, as well as our greater D.C. community. Or facilities are also available to rent for sports & special events!
Women in Sports
We are proudly the nation’s largest facility dedicated to women and girls in sports. Many studies show that active engagement in sports and fitness programs clearly provides both physical and psychological benefits that support academic achievement as well. Women’s athletics, however, are largely under-supported in the D.C. area. We strive to remedy this.
Membership
Memberships to the Trinity Center are available to the public for men and women 18 years of age or older. Membership rates are based on a monthly, quarterly or yearly system, and include all land based classes, water classes are an additional charge. Initiation fees are a one-time fee if your membership stays active. All members are required to provide proof of vaccination upon their first visit. Full members (see next column for options & rates) have access to all facilities. In addition, the Trinity Center has a “Trinity Pool Club” membership for pool-only access (below).
Trinity Pool Club
The Trinity Pool Club offers guests a discounted rate of $100/quarter* for unlimited pool use during our daytime and weekend hours! This is the perfect choice for those with a flexible schedule looking for an affordable aquatic fitness option.
- Monday through Friday: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. from March – November
- Monday through Friday: 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. from November – February
- Saturday: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Sunday: Closed
Our pool is a six lane, 25 yard indoor, heated pool.
* Pool Club memberships are for those ages 18 and older only. There is a one-time $25 initiation fee for all Pool Club Memberships.
Private Swim Lessons
We offer private youth (6+ yrs) and adult swim lessons. Lessons are sold in 4, 60 minute sessions, and are booked by appointment only. $175 for 4 sessions.
Membership Rates:
Trinity Center Membership
$60 per month ($180 per quarter; $650 per year)
$75 initiation fee
Brookland Resident Discounted Rate
(for those residing in 20017, 20018 and 20002 zip codes)
$55 per month ($ 165 per quarter; $600 per year)
$75 initiation fee
Active Adults Discounted Rate
(for those 55+ years old)
$33 per month ($99 per quarter; $360 per year)
$0 initiation fee
Family Membership
Applicable member rate plus $42 per month for each additional family member ($126 per quarter; $470 per year)
$75 initiation fee (for one member only)
Trinity Alumnae/i Discounted Rate
(must provide a completed alumnae verification form that can be obtained in the Office of Development & Alumnae relations)
$55 per month ($600 per year)
$0 initiation fee
For more information about Trinity Center Memberships, contact us via email at trinitycenter@trinitydc.edu; by phone, call 202-884-9092; or stop by for a facility tour today!
Directions & Parking
Directions
The Trinity Center is located on the campus of Trinity Washington University in the Brookland neighborhood of NE Washington, DC. Directions to campus.
Parking
Each membership includes an on-campus parking pass valid for Parking Lot # 6, which is located directly behind the Trinity Center. Please view our campus parking map for additional details.
Metro Shuttle
All Members and guests of the Trinity Center are welcome to utilize the complimentary campus Metro shuttle to and from the Brookland/CUA Metro station on the red line. Shuttle information and schedule.
Women in Sports
Why Emphasize Sports for Girls and Women?
As the only independent college for women in Washington, D.C., Trinity has a special care and concern for issues that affect women and their families. As educators specializing in the needs of women and adolescent girls, Trinity’s faculty and staff know that there is a vital link between academic success, and emotional and physical well-being. Many studies show that active engagement in sports and fitness programs clearly provides both physical and psychological benefits that support academic achievement as well.
In developing the Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports, Trinity has received active encouragement and support from the Women’s Sports Foundation, the organization through which scores of female Olympians and championship athletes create educational and support programs for other women and girls. The Women’s Sports Foundation has conducted extensive research on the link between academic success and sports for women and girls. Their research indicates that:
- Girls who participate in sports are less likely to get involved with drugs, less likely to become pregnant and more likely to graduate from high school than those who do not play sports. (Women’s Sports Foundation Study, 1989)
- Women who are student athletes graduate at significantly higher rates (69%) than women students generally (58%). (NCAA News, 1995)
- Half of all girls who participate in some kind of sports experience higher than average levels of self-esteem and less depression. (Colton & Gore, Risk, Resiliency, and Resistance: Current Research on Adolescent Girls, Ms. Foundation, 1991)
- 80% of women identified as key leaders in Fortune 500 companies participated in sports during their childhood. (Bunker, L.K., Lifelong Benefits of Youth Sport Participation for Women and Girls, Sport Psychology Conference at UVA, 1988)
- Women who are active in sports and recreational activities as girls feel greater confidence, self-esteem and pride in their physical and social selves than those who were sedentary as kids. (Miller Lite Report, 1985)
- In older women, weight-bearing exercise can reduce the risk of osteoporosis, currently affecting one of out of four women over age 60 with an $18 billion annual cost. (National Institutes of Health Research)
- African American women are under represented in the general ranks of female athletes, except in basketball and track & field. (Opportunities for Minority Women in Sport: The Impact of Title IX. JOPERD 63(3), 56-59)
The Success of Women’s Sports
The recent success of the women’s sports movement underscores the importance of this research. In the 1990s, a quarter of a century after Title IX mandated equal opportunity for women in school-based sports and educational programs, competitive women’s sports had become a public phenomenon, as evidenced by the dominance of women during recent Olympic Games, the popularity of the Women’s National Basketball Association, the Women’s World Cup soccer games and development of the WUSA women’s professional soccer league. Women’s intercollegiate sports are growing in size and scope; today’s high school girls are inspired by watching the Connecticut Lady Huskies or the Tennessee Lady Vols compete on national television in the women’s NCAA Final Four, a post-Title IX phenomenon that clearly puts a national spotlight on the importance of women’s sports at the major universities.
Outside of school settings, while opportunities for girls and women to participate in organized sports and recreational opportunities remain limited, there is a growing interest in adult women’s teams and athletic activities ranging from soccer and hockey to rock climbing and kayaking. Programs for older women, whether competitive running or water aerobics, promote the benefits of lifelong physical fitness activities. Yet, in spite of a quarter of a century of progress for women’s athletic endeavors, facilities to support women’s sports and physical fitness remain limited.
Women’s Sports in Washington
In the Washington area, while hundreds of millions of dollars have supported the development of large commercial stadia and arenas that largely support men’s professional sports (with the exception of the Mystics WNBA team and the occasional figure skating or gymnastics competition), the development of community-based and neighborhood recreational centers has languished, especially in the District of Columbia. Children and youth in the neighborhoods like Trinity’s Edgewood/Brookland community have very few structured recreational sports programs to attend after school, on weekends and in the summer. Adult women have even fewer options.
Aware of these local needs, and aware of its own institutional need to build a campus center with indoor athletic and recreational facilities, Trinity determined that the most appropriate campus development project would incorporate the community need into the campus design in order to achieve the maximum possible use from the facility. Hence, Trinity intends to create the Center for Women and Girls in Sports as a facility that will house structured educational, athletic and recreational programs for Trinity students, for schoolchildren (boys and girls), for community groups, and, in a special way, for adolescent girls and women of all ages.
Contact the Trinity Center
The Trinity Center staff is eager to hear from you! We welcome your questions, ideas and suggestions so we can better serve our members and community. Send us an e-mail, call us or talk to our staff while you are here. Your opinion is always welcome.
Trinity Center Phone: 202-884-9092
E-mail: trinitycenter@trinitydc.edu
Fax: 202-884-9099
Address (directions)
125 Michigan Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20017
For Space Rental and Event inquires contact:
Rob Hanlen, Director of Operations, Trinity Center
hanlenr@trinitydc.edu
202-884-9083
Tamika Hilliard, Assistant Director of Operations – Trinity Center
hilliardt@trinitydc.edu
202-884-9090