Editing Mercer County, New Jersey (section)

==Sports==
Mercer County has a number of large parks. The largest, [[Mercer County Park]] is the home for the US Olympic Rowing Team's training center.<ref>Bruinius, Harry. [http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2008/0717/qrowing "Know, know, know your boat; In New Jersey, locals have turned out to support the US national team with pizza, housing, handiwork – and delight."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611004438/http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2008/0717/qrowing |date=June 11, 2015 }}, ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'', July 17, 2008. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref>

Mercer County is also the home of the [[Trenton Thunder]] baseball team, playing in the [[MLB Draft League]], and the [[Jersey Flight]] of the [[National Arena League]]. The Thunder were formerly the Double-A affiliate of the [[New York Yankees]] playing in the [[Eastern League (1938–2020)|Eastern League]] before the 2021 Minor League reorganization. The minor league hockey team, the [[Trenton Titans]], established in 1999 and operating as the ECHL affiliate of the [[NHL]]'s [[Philadelphia Flyers]] and the [[American Hockey League|AHL]]'s [[Adirondack Phantoms]], disbanded before the start of the 2013–14 season.<ref>Zedalis, Joe. [http://www.nj.com/times-sports/index.ssf/2013/05/trenton_titans_fans_still_wait.html "Trenton Titans fans still waiting for ticket refunds for canceled season"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220022049/http://www.nj.com/times-sports/index.ssf/2013/05/trenton_titans_fans_still_wait.html |date=February 20, 2015 }}, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|Times of Trenton]]'', May 7, 2013. Accessed January 11, 2015. "The struggling Trenton Titans ice hockey franchise has yet to return advance ticket money to fans who purchased seats for the now-canceled 2013-2014 season, leaving some people waiting for refunds of up to $2,000. The team announced April 23 that they would not be returning to the ice in October."</ref>

===Collegiate athletics===
Mercer County is also home to several college athletic programs, including two [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Division I|DI]] schools. [[Rider University]] competes as the [[Rider Broncs]] in the [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]]. In [[collegiate wrestling|wrestling]], Rider is a member of the [[Eastern Wrestling League]]. The [[Princeton Tigers]] compete in the [[Ivy League]].

[[The College of New Jersey]] Lions compete in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Division III|DIII]] as a member of the [[New Jersey Athletic Conference]] and the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]].<ref>[http://tcnj.pages.tcnj.edu/about/ About], [[The College of New Jersey]]. Accessed January 11, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.ecacsports.com/inside/membership/division_III/index Membership] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209055439/http://www.ecacsports.com/inside/membership/division_III/index |date=December 9, 2015 }}, [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]]. Accessed January 11, 2015.</ref>

[[Mercer County Community College]] competes as the Mercer Vikings as a member of the [[Garden State Athletic Conference]] and the [[National Junior College Athletic Association]].