The Penn crew team will compete in the historic Navy Day Regatta this weekend to celebrate the 237th birthday of the United States Navy.
All three of the Penn rowing teams struggled against superior-ranked teams this weekend, failing to notch a single first-place finish in 14 starts.
Both men’s and women’s teams compete in several fall regattas that do not factor into their official results for the season but serve as good indicators on how the team is progressing.
Susan Francia became the first female Penn alum to ever win two gold medals in a single event.
Every few minutes, someone walking by greets Chief with a quick hello, and many come over to spend a few minutes chatting with the old man. He’s a “people person,” according to loyal customer and friend Fritz Spang, who stops by daily at the end of his routine two-and-a-half-mile walk.
In her seven years on the national team, Francia and her crew have won five World Championships in the eight, and she has also excelled in national and international races in the pair. She was also part of the eight that won gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In her seven years on the national team, Francia and her crew have won five World Championships in the eight, and she has also excelled in national and international races in the pair. She was also part of the eight that won gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
All three of the Penn rowing teams struggled against superior-ranked teams this weekend, failing to notch a single first-place finish in 14 starts.
Both men’s and women’s teams compete in several fall regattas that do not factor into their official results for the season but serve as good indicators on how the team is progressing.
Each of Penn’t three crew teams competed on the road this weekend and none came home victorious.
As a sign of spring season finally hitting full gear, all three Penn crew teams participated in races over the weekend, with varying results.
The Quakers looked dominant in their first weekend of spring lightweight crew with wins over Delaware and Saint Joseph’s.
Saturday on the Schuylkill, the Penn lightweight rowing team will face former head man Mike Irwin and St. Joe’s. The Quakers would love nothing more than to pull out a few first-place finishes.
The men’s retained the McCausland Cup by beating George Washington on Saturday.
Last weekend, the Varsity Eight made an appearance at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, finishing an impressive 13th out of 37 boats. They’ll take part in both the Head of the Schuylkill and the Princeton Chase this weekend.
Former Penn and current Temple men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy recently tried a unique way to build his team’s chemistry — he had his players go out on the Schuylkill River to train with the Temple crew team.
Members of Penn’s three rowing teams will be among the 8,000 athletes that take to the Charles River this weekend. Rowers from amateurs to Olympians, teenagers to old-timers all participate in one of 55 categories over two days.
This weekend, the Penn women’s rowing team will honor Jill Costello’s legacy by participating in ‘Jog for Jill’ prior to racing in the Navy Day Regatta.
Incoming freshman races for U.S. Junior team in World Championships
With finals, moving out and, for some, graduation, the last few weeks have offered plenty for the typical student to handle. But rowers on the women’s crew team have had one more thing on their mind.
The Penn heavyweight crew team rowed a doubleheader Saturday, hosting the Adams Cup in the morning and the Burk Cup in the afternoon.
Both the heavyweight and lightweight crews traveled to Derby, Conn., this weekend to compete for the Blackwell and Dodge Cups, respectively, against Columbia and Yale.
The women’s rowing team won the Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Eight races, taking home its first Orange Challenge Cup victory since 1995.
Solutions by The State News
