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UIC Flames swimming is a Division I program in the MVC. The Flames bring 20 swimmers into the MVC competition this season. As the season advances, the Flames' meet calendar continues to fill in. UIC enters 2026 with 20 athletes on the roster. Home meets for the Flames are held at Flames Natatorium in , . The Flames' meet schedule will be updated as results are posted. The Flames carry Sparky tradition, with "Fire Up Flames" as the program's fight song. When fans fuel a Flame athlete on RallyFuel, 90% lands directly with the athlete — funding training, recovery, and the realities of college sports.
The University of Illinois Chicago fields 18 varsity teams in NCAA Division I. The Flames compete in the Missouri Valley Conference, which they joined on July 1, 2022. Before that, UIC spent nearly three decades in the Horizon League, which it joined in 1994.
When UIC announced its move to the Missouri Valley, the athletics site reported:
Flames basketball plays at Credit Union 1 Arena. Baseball plays at Curtis Granderson Stadium, and the Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum hosts department events such as the annual SPARKYS gala.
In 2023-24, the Flames men's soccer team rose to No. 20 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, its first top 25 ranking since 2014. The team finished 11-5-3, reached the MVC Tournament semifinals and was named the department's Team of the Year.
Women's golf placed second at the MVC Championships, the best conference tournament result in program history. Diver Harrison Nolan swept the 1-meter and 3-meter events at the MAC Championships and placed tenth on the 1-meter board at the NCAA Zone Championships, the best showing by a UIC diver there.
The women's tennis team (3.63 GPA) and men's tennis team (3.57 GPA) shared the Chancellor's Cup for academics. Women's basketball received the Mission Driven Service Award for community work, including teaching visually impaired people and volunteering with Special Olympics. UIC also fields cheer and dance spirit squads.