UCF board expected to approve crew club

Some of the nation’s top rowers attend UHS — now they can compete for the school The Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education is expected to approve Crew as a new club sport for Unionville High School, next Tuesday. By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times EAST MARLBOROUGH — Although the Unionville area boasts a number of the nation’s top young rowers, Unionville High School has lacked its own...

Unionville grad on world stage for rowing – again

 Nathan Smith to represent U.S. for U23 World Championship Regatta Nathan Smith, a 2013 Unionville High graduate, qualified for the U23 World Championship Regatta in Austria. For the second year in a row, 2013 Unionville High School graduate Nathan Smith will represent the U.S. in rowing. Smith has qualified for the U23 World Championship Regatta, the Newport Rowing Club announced. This year’s regatta...

Newport Rowing again strong at national rowing championships

Once again, the Newport Rowing Club was strong at USRowing Youth National Championships, ended up with four nationally-ranked crews, including the Women’s Lightweight 4+ featuring, from left: Erin Mullen, Alyson Kerrigan, Julia Baumel and Leah Mayfield. NEWPORT, Del. –  Not even three years old, Newport Rowing Club is celebrating its third successful trip to the USRowing Youth National...

Unionville’s Smith named to U.S. Junior rowing team

Nathan Smith This past weekend when the U.S. Junior National Men’s Rowing Team was announced, Unionville High School’s Nathan Smith’s name was on the roster. Along with 21 other athletes (19 rowers and 2 coxswains) from around the country, Newport Rowing Club’s Nathan Smith was selected to represent the U.S. and travel to Plovdiv, Bulgaria, next month to compete in the World...

Unionville’s Sellers takes 5th at World Rowing Championships

Unionville's Sabine Sellers prepares for a heat during the World Indoor Rowing Championships in Boston. Despite facing a field including Olympic medalists, she placed fifth overall. BOSTON – Unionville High School Junior Sabine Sellers brought home fifth place at the 31st annual World Indoor Rowing Championships, known as the C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints, in Boston this weekend. The Championships were...

Local youth rowers compete at Indoor Championships

VILLANOVA — Twenty  Kennett/Unionville-area youth rowers from Newport Rowing Club (NRC) competed with a strong showing at the Mainline Slide, Philadelphia’s Indoor Rowing Championships at Villanova University.  The annual event drew more than 500 rowers with an age span of 12 to 89 years old.  Several area rowers brought home top honors and almost every NRC rower broke a personal record in the...