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Rowing

11/09/14 10:22pm

Navy edges out Penn rowing

While the freshmen of Penn heavyweight rowing put up a commendable effort, the Rutgers Fall Classic was all about Navy, whose combined heavyweight and lightweight boats edged out the Red and Blue.
11/07/14 7:42pm

Freshmen of Penn Rowing gather collective strength for Rutgers Fall Classic

In one of their last stops for the fall season, the heavyweight freshmen of Penn rowing will race this Saturday at the Rutgers Fall Classic Regatta.
10/27/14 5:54pm

Penn rowing finds room for improvement after Princeton Chase

Despite making some waves at the Princeton Chase, Penn rowing has still identified some room for improvement as it looks forward to winter training.
10/24/14 1:19pm

Penn rowing looks to see how it measures up at Princeton Chase

After a set of mixed results at last week’s Head of the Charles regatta, Penn rowing is hoping to make a splash at this weekend’s Princeton Chase before heading into the long, cold winter.
10/19/14 10:42pm

Penn rowing finds mixed results at Head of the Charles

This Sunday, Penn rowing was represented by a handful of boats at the annual Head of the Charles regatta in Boston, ending up with some mixed finishes.
10/17/14 1:46pm

Penn rowing ready for Head of the Charles

After a successful Navy Day Regatta last weekend, the Quakers are hoping to continue a promising trend as they head towards the traditional spring season.
10/12/14 1:03am
Neither rain, fog nor the crews of the Naval Academy could stop Penn rowing from shining.
10/09/14 12:32am

Penn rowing looks for strong start to the year in Navy Day Regatta

Penn’s men’s heavyweight, men’s lightweight and women’s crews will join the likes of Navy, La Salle and Rutgers in a series of head races on Saturday.
08/27/14 9:15pm
There are rites of passage that virtually every Penn student passes through during their four years on campus. One of them: being approached by a representative from the rowing team.
03/31/14 5:46pm

Penn men's heavyweight rowing pulls out big win over Northeastern

Though rain pounded Penn’s campus over the weekend, the men’s and women’s rowing teams found different ways to deal with the precipitation.
02/17/14 9:19pm

Penn rowing's Ford is a true record-breaker when rowing solo

Penn freshman lightweight rower Jake Ford set his first of not one nor two, but three under-19 lightweight 5,000-meter, 30-minute, and 60-minute world records.
10/24/13 5:29pm

Penn rowing ready for Head of Schuylkill and Princeton Chase regattas

This weekend, the Quakers will participate in not one, but two regattas. The Head of Schuylkill regatta will take place on Saturday and then the team will head to New Jersey for the Princeton Chase on Sunday.
10/23/13 6:02pm

"Jog for Jill" brings Penn rowing teams together

Members of the Penn men’s lightweight and women’s crew teams step up to continue the legacy of a California coxswain who succumbed to cancer in 2010.
04/14/13 9:47pm

Lightweight rowing takes third behind top-5 programs

The race saw the Bulldogs taking home the Cup for the 37th time, with Penn coming in third in both the first and second varsity races.
04/14/13 7:50pm

Wayward boat sinks Penn heavyweight rowing's chances

A high school boat veered into the middle of Penn’s lane roughly 800 meters into the 2000m race, taking the No. 13 Quakers out of contention and helping ensure the fourth victory in a row for No. 15 Princeton with a time of 5:45.0.
04/05/13 12:47am

Penn lightweight rowing to open Ivy competition this weekend

The Penn men’s lightweight rowing team will host the annual Matthews-Leonard Cups, which involve races between Penn and Cornell. This year, Harvard has been invited as a guest and will participate in the race, though the contention of the Cups is only between Penn and Cornell.
03/31/13 8:30pm

Brief | A mixed bag for Penn rowing

The weekend proved to be a mixed bag for the Quakers rowing teams. While the men’s lightweight rowing team had a successful weekend against MIT, the women’s team finished third out of the three teams in the Connell Cup.
03/24/13 9:15pm

BRIEF | Penn rowing starts spring with multiple victories

The men took home the McCausland Cup at George Washington’s expense after losing the Burk Cup to Northeastern in the morning. Meanwhile, the women’s team swept both George Washington and St. Joseph’s.
03/21/13 9:07pm

Penn women's crew opens spring season against St. Joe's

Roughly fifty strokes, or 500 meters, will be the main focus of the Penn women’s crew team when it takes on St. Joseph’s and George Washington this Saturday on the Schuylkill River in the first race of the spring.
03/13/13 8:06pm
Jim Senese, Engineering senior on the Heavy Weight Crew Team, has chosen to build a device — which expands like a telescope — that will be able to shift oars outward and inward. The system is similar to that of gears on a bike.