French Field House

About French Field House

Completed in November 1956 at a cost of $1,010,000, French Field House was designed for indoor track and field meets but is also used as a practice facility for many sports.

Presently, the facility possesses a strength and conditioning weight room along with an indoor rowing tank for the Ohio State varsity rowing squad. It also is home to many indoor track and field meets during the winter season.

A $1.3 million renovation project inside the field house was completed in October 2009. Renovations include:

An all-new 200-meter state-of-the-art track and indoor field competition surface
Brand new bleachers along the south side with a capacity of 800
New long jump/triple jump pits
Permanent throws area
Re-painting of interior roof, steel beams and walls
The field house was named in honor of Prof. William E. French, who was the Western Conference faculty representative for The Ohio State University for 32 years.