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Friends Academy, Locust Valley, New York, independent PreK–12 Quaker school; Friends Bible Training School, Kotzebue, Alaska, supported by Alaska Yearly Meeting (EFCI) [31] Friends' Bloomingdale Academy, Bloomingdale, Indiana (1846–1916) [32] Friends' Central School, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, grades preK–12, independent Quaker school
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Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from nursery school through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1876 by 78-year-old Gideon Frost for "The children of Friends and those similarly sentimented."
Daniel K. Lyons (born March 8, 1958, in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania) is an American rower who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the coxed pair. [1]Lyons has rowed on seven US National Teams, resulting in two world bronze medals, a world gold medal, and a gold medal at the Pan American Games.
Men's rowing has organized collegiate championships in various forms since 1871. The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) has been the de facto national championship for men since 1895. [4] Women's rowing initially competed in its intercollegiate championships as part of the National Women's Rowing Association Championship in 1971. [5]
For most of its history, rowing has been a male dominated sport. Although rowing's roots as a sport in the modern Olympics can be traced back to the original 1896 games in Athens, it was not until the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal that women were allowed to participate – well after their fellow athletes in similar sports such as swimming, athletics, cycling, and canoeing.
UBC is currently affiliated with the Chestnut Hill Academy high school boys' rowing team and the Springside School high school women's rowing team. Malta Boat Club The Malta Boat Club is located at No. 9 Boathouse Row and joined the Schuylkill Navy in 1865, after its establishment in 1860 when it relocated from the Delaware River to the ...
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