College Boat Club
Rowing program at the University of Pennsylvania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The College Boat Club of the University of Pennsylvania is the rowing program for University of Pennsylvania Rowing, which is located in the Burk-Bergman Boathouse at #11 Boathouse Row on the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its membership consists entirely of past and present rowers of the University of Pennsylvania.[3]
Location | #11 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
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Home water | Schuylkill River |
Established | 1872 |
Navy admission | 1875 |
Former names | College Barge Club |
Key people |
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Nickname | Quakers, Men of Penn |
University | University of Pennsylvania |
Conference | Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Ivy League |
Association | NCAA Division I (Women only) |
Colors | Red and Blue |
Website | pennathletics.com |
College Boat Club | |
Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 39.96948°N 75.18590°W / 39.96948; -75.18590 |
Part of | Boat House Row (ID87000821[2]) |
Added to NRHP | February 27, 1987 |
It hosts both heavyweight and lightweight varsity men's teams and an openweight varsity women's team. The Wharton Crew Team, however, rows out of Fairmount Rowing Association (FRA). College Boat Club was founded in 1872 by the school's students, shortly after the school's campus was relocated from Center City to West Philadelphia.[4] College Boat Club was admitted to the Schuylkill Navy in 1875.[5]