 In 2015, the university created a new intercollegiate equestrian team that competes in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.A&M–Commerce built the Morris Recreation Center (MRC) in 2003, featuring two basketball courts, bouldering and climbing walls, an indoor jogging track, an outdoor swimming pool, racquetball courts, and facilities for weight training.In 2013, university students and Climbing Society members set two Guinness World Records on its climbing walls, for "Greatest Vertical Distance Climbed in 6 Hours by a Team" () and "Fastest Time to Climb Everest on an Indoor Climbing Wall (Team)" (4 hours, 24 minutes, and 33 seconds).