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The HOSR is a fall championship regatta for many regional schools. [19] The regatta sets itself apart with an expanded schedule of small boats and a field of quads "deep enough to do justice to Philadelphia’s rich sculling heritage." [19] The Head of the Schuylkill is a self-described "inclusive regatta."
The regatta takes its name from the Boys Senior Eight race, one of the premier events at the regatta, in which crews of eight oarsmen and one coxswain compete for the Stotesbury Cup. The Stotesbury Cup in turn is named for Edward T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia, a prominent partner at J.P. Morgan & Co. and its Philadelphia affiliate, Drexel & Co.
The Dad Vail Regatta is the largest regular intercollegiate rowing event in the United States, [1] [2] drawing over a hundred colleges and universities from North America. The regatta has been held annually on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , since 1953.
The Schuylkill Navy is the organizer of the Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series. With three of the largest regattas in the mid-Atlantic region on the schedule as well as two of the nation's oldest regattas, the Philadelphia Classic Regatta Series connects the rowing competitors of today to the historic home of the international rowing elite.
The IRA runs the IRA National Championship Regatta, which since 1895 has been considered to be the United States collegiate national championship of men's rowing. This regatta today includes both men's and women's (lightweight) events for 8- and 4-oared sweep boats with coxswains and a women's lightweight double scull (two-oars for each rower ...
A race of the 2016 regatta. The Eastern Sprints is the annual rowing championship for the men's Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges ... $1.27 billion (2022)
The Harvard–Yale Regatta is the oldest intercollegiate sporting event in the United States, [16] [17] having been contested every year since 1852 (excepting interruptions for wars and the COVID-19 pandemic). Philadelphia's iconic Boathouse Row, Home of the Schuylkill Navy. The Schuylkill Navy is an association of amateur rowing clubs of ...
In Schuylkill Navy races, Pennsylvania Barge had 359 entries and 106 victories. Its teams represented the United States in the 1920 (four-with-cox), 1924 (four-with), 1928 (four-with and four-without), and 1932 (pair-with) Olympic Games. [4] As a result of World War II, the club suffered a drastic reduction in membership. [5]