Raiders row toward 10 year Celebration
The Concord Sharp School Rowing team may still be a relatively new addition to the sports arena, but the team is growing is estimate and in respect, according to girls varsity coach Courtney McGregor.
But Sunday, October 2, the Concord Rowing Pair plans on boosting their popularity with their first race of the fall season, in conjunction with the team’s ten-year anniversary hallowing.
McGregor said the team is gaining in size because they can compete with other rowing teams that have been around for much longer.
“The line-up has been getting bigger since we started getting more recognition and winning medals,” McGregor said.
They fence as part of the Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Association which pits them against Radnor High School and Monsignor Bonner Lofty School, as well as their local rivals, St. Marks High School. Each year, Concord had boats win medals at the Burg Championships on the Schuylkill River. They have also routinely qualified boats for the Scholastic National Regatta, and have finished in the top fifteen in the countryside. In October, the Concord Rowing Club will be taking two boats up to the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston to struggle against the best junior boats from around the country.
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