Editing Colby College (section)

===Athletics===
{{Main|Colby Mules}}
[[File:Colby college football team 1914.png|thumb|left|The [[1914 Colby Mules football team]] has been described as the greatest in Colby's history and one of the strongest college teams ever in the state of Maine]]
The Colby Mules compete in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]], the [[New England Small College Athletic Conference|New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)]], and the [[Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nescac.com/|title=NESCAC|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> The three schools compete vigorously in athletics, most notably in football and the [[Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chase Regatta|Chase Regatta]].<ref name=":042"/><ref>{{Cite book|title = Faith by Their Works: The Progressive Tradition at Bates College from 1855 to 1877|last = Larson|first = Timothy|publisher = Bates College Publishing|year = 2005|location= Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|pages = Multi-source}}</ref>
There are 16 varsity teams for women, 15 for men, and one co-ed team. The official school colors are blue and gray. Approximately one-third of the student population participates in one or more of 32 intercollegiate varsity sports. Colby also offers club sports and an intramural sports program called I-Play. As of 2013, five graduates have qualified for the [[Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/athletics_cs/about/ataglance.cfm|title=Colby College|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> Colby holds nine national titles in the NESCAC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nescac.com/championships/pastchamps/tf|title=NESCAC|website=nescac.com|access-date=2016-04-23|archive-date=2016-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420191217/http://www.nescac.com/championships/pastchamps/tf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Harold Alfond]] Athletic Center is the center of athletic life at Colby, and home to the [[Colby Mules]]. It contains the Wadsworth Gymnasium, with a capacity of 2,600 people, the Alfond Rink with 1,750 seats, the Colby swimming pool, The Dunaway Squash Courts, the Boulos Family Fitness Center, and a field house with a four-lane, 220-yard track, and athletic offices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/athletics_cs/facilities/|title=Colby College|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref>