Carnegie Mellon Qatar students work hard, but there are also plenty of opportunities to play hard. Whether you’re a serious competitor or just enjoy hitting the gym with friends, there are countless ways to stay active on campus. Students can try out for our officially recognized sports teams, which are part of the Education City Sports League, or anyone can join the recreational teams that typically consists of faculty, staff, and students.
Men’s Football
Coach – Andreas Karatsolis, akaratsl@qatar.cmu.edu
Captain – Mohamed Hussain, mhussain@qatar.cmu.edu & Khalifa Al-Thani (kthani@qatar.cmu.edu)
Season – Fall league, spring tournament
Teams in League – Texas A&M, Georgetown, ABP, Cornell, Northwestern, Virginia Commonwealth
Past Accolades – ECCFL Spring 2010 Tournament Champs and Runners-Up, EC Ramadan Tournament 2009 Champs, ECCFL 2007 Champs, TAMUQ 12th Man Mini-Tournament Champs 2007
Men’s Basketball
Coach – Jarod Mock, jmock@qatar.cmu.edu
Captain – Edmond Abi-Saleh, eabisale@qatar.cmu.edu
Season – Spring league
Teams in League – Texas A&M, Georgetown, Cornell, Northwestern, American School of Doha, Qatar Academy
Past Accolades – Catfish Classic 2009 & 2010 Winners
Women’s Basketball
Coach – Melissa Deschampes, meldes@qatar.cmu.edu
Captain – Aliah Dehdary, adehdary@qatar.cmu.edu
Season – Spring league
Teams in League – Texas A&M, Georgetown, Northwestern, VCUQ, American School of Doha, Qatar Academy, College of the North Atlantic
Past Accolades – Gulf Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament (Bahrain) 2007 Champs
Cricket
Coach – Basit Iqbal, basitiqbal@gmail.com
Captain – Swapnil Joshi, sdjoshi@qatar.cmu.edu
Season – Fall & spring league
Teams in League – Texas A&M, Georgetown, Cornell, QF Staff
Facilities on Campus
The Carnegie Mellon building has a fitness room on the 2nd floor of the building with a small collection of treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical machines, and free weights along with a locker room.
The Qatar Foundation Recreation Center is a large complex with abundant facilities including: 50m swimming pool, fitness room (with treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical machines, weight training machines and free weights), women’s fitness room (with treadmills and free weights), 2 multipurpose courts, fitness class rooms, and squash courts along with multiple locker rooms.
The new Student Center has multiple facilities in addition to the Recreation Center which include a large multipurpose, dividable court space that can accommodate football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, and other sports on up to 4 courts simultaneously; men’s and women’s fitness rooms, locker rooms, a billiards and game room, and a bowling alley.
