Covid-19: Check Out List Of High- And Low-Risk Sports For Student-Athletes

As school districts everywhere make decisions about how to safely offer student athletics, one city has broken down which sports post the greatest and least risk of spreading COVID-19.

Kristin Palpini

09/21/2020 9:49 a.m.

The New Haven School District produced a list of low-risk, moderate-risk, and high-risk sports

The district has decided that high-risk sports will not be held this fall, while moderate-risk activities can go on with some modifications.

Here is how the sports broke down:

LOW-RISK - activities that can be done with social distancing or solo without shared equipment.

- Cross country

- Fencing

- Sideline Cheering

- Track

- Swimming

- Ice Skating

MODERATE-RISK - activities with close intermittent or sustained contact and protective equipment that may reduce the likelihood of virus spread.

- Soccer (outdoor)

- Volleyball (outdoor)

- Gymnastics

- Kickball

- Softball

- Baseball

- Track and field sports

- Tennis

- Field hockey.

HIGH-RISK - activities where there is close sustained contact and no protective barriers between players.

- Soccer (inside)

- Volleyball (inside)

- Football

- Rugby

- Basketball

- Cheer

- Wrestling

- Boxing

- Lacrosse

- Ice hockey

- Martial arts.

The New Haven School District said it classified sports by risk using the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s guidelines.

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