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Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association (commonly known as Penn AC) is an amateur rowing club located at #12 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn AC was founded in 1871 as the West Philadelphia Boat Club. Penn AC has been a destination for elite rowers looking to make the US National Team, ever since John B. Kelly Sr. joined Penn AC after a schism with his former club, Vesper.


Prominent members

* Ted Nash, 2008 US Olympic Team Coaching Staff * Matt Schnobrich, 2008 US Olympic Team (Bow in Men's Eight) and 2007 US National Team member (Men's Four) *
Micah Boyd Micah Boyd (born April 6, 1982) is a male crew rower who qualified for the eight-man rowing competition of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing for the United States. Early years Boyd began rowing at the Minnesota Boat Club; where h ...
, 2008 US Olympic Team member (4 Seat in Men's Eight) *Renee Hykel, 2008 US Olympic Team member (Bow in Lightweight Women's Double Sculls) * Dan Beery, 2007 US National Team member (Men's Four with Cox) *Ivan Baldychev, 2007 US National Team member (Men's Lightweight Single Sculls) *Steve Kasprzyk, 2007 US National Team member (Men's Pair with Cox) *Ted Farwell, 2006, 2008 US National Team member (Men's Pair with Cox) *Pat Godfrey, 2007 US National Team member (Men's Pair with Cox) *Dave Florio, 2007 US National Team member (Men's Pair with Cox) *John Riley, 2007 US National Team Coaching Staff *Luke Agnini, 2007 US National Team Coaching Staff *Andrew Medcalf, 2007 US National Team Coaching Staff *Christopher DeFelice 2004 US National Team member (Men's Pair with Cox) *Jeff McLaughlin, 1992 & 1988 US Olympic Teams member *George G. Loveless, 1936 US Olympic Team *Dan Barrow, 1936 US Olympic Team *Charles J. McIlvaine, 1928 US Olympic Team * Paul Costello, 1920, 1924 & 1928 US Olympic Teams memberPaul Costello sports-reference.com
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Photo gallery

File:PennAC72.png, Penn AC Rowing Assoc., 12 Boathouse Row, 1972. File:PennAC2010.jpg, Penn AC in 2010.


See also

* Edward Marsh


References


Further reading

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External links

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Penn AC
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