The college's men's swimming team is notable in NCAA Division III, for winning, from 1980 through 2010-an NCAA record 31 consecutive national championships-and then again from 2012 through 2015.
In 2006, Kenyon opened the $70 million Kenyon Athletic Center (KAC), a building that houses an Olympic-sized swimming pool, two basketball courts, eight squash courts, a weight room, a 200m track, four tennis courts and other facilities.