Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association (commonly known as Penn AC) is an amateur rowing

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 club located at #12 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row

Boathouse Row

-Early 19th century beginnings:The history of Boathouse Row begins with the construction of the Fairmount Dam and the adjacent Water Works. The Dam was built in 1810 as part of a lock at the Falls of the Schuylkill to bring coal downriver. The Dam submerged rapids and transformed the Schuylkill...

 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. 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.

John B. Kelly, Sr.

John Brendan Kelly, Sr., also known as Jack Kelly, was one of the most accomplished American oarsmen in the history of the sport of rowing. He was a triple Olympic Gold Medal winner, the first to do so in the sport of rowing. He won 126 straight races in the single scull...

 joined Penn AC after a schism with his former club, Vesper

Vesper Boat Club

Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the Club changed its name to Vesper Boat Club in 1870...

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Prominent members

• Ted Nash
  Ted Nash (rower)
  Theodore "Ted" Allison Nash is an American competition rower and Olympic champion, rowing coach, and sports administrator...
  
  , 2008 US Olympic Team Coaching Staff
• Matt Schnobrich
  Matt Schnobrich
  Matt Schnobrich is a male rower who qualified for the prestigious bow seat in the United States Men's Eight in the rowing events of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....
  
  , 2008 US Olympic Team (Bow in Men’s Eight) and 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Four)
• Micah Boyd
  Micah Boyd
  Micah Boyd is a male crew rower who qualified for the prestigious eight-man rowing competition of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing for the United States...
  
  , 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
  Dan Beery
  Dan Beery is an American competition rower, Olympic champion, world champion and world cup gold medalist.Beery won a gold medal in Men's Eights at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as a member of the American team. The time 5:19.85 was a new world record. Beery is a member of the New York Athletic Club's...
  
  , 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)
• 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
• 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
  Paul Costello
  Paul Vincent Costello was an American triple Olympic Gold Medal winner in rowing and he was the first person to win a gold medal in the same event, the double scull , at three consecutive Olympics...
  
  , 1920, 1924 & 1928 US Olympic Teams member

External links

• Penn AC on wikimapia.org