the Boathouse

— WHERE WE TRAIN

The Upper Schuylkill

The team trains on a 6-kilometer stretch of flat water on the upper Schuylkill River, with a buoyed 2,000-meter racing course — room for long steady-state work and full-length race pieces

The Cavanaugh Family Boathouse, a modern blue and gray building with large windows and a prominent V logo at the top, located in a scenic area with trees and a hillside in the background. There are people outside near the entrance and parking lot, with a vehicle and bicycles nearby.

The Cavanaugh Family Boathouse

  • 6 km rowable stretch, upper Schuylkill River · buoyed 2,000m course

  • 601 Washington St, Conshohocken, PA 19428

  • The Cavanaugh family — Terry & Patty Cavanaugh, whose daughter Maggie ('17) rowed for Villanova — as part of Espiritus Nova: The Campaign for Villanova University

  • The Upper Schuylkill Challenge, hosted each April on our 2,000m course

  • On-campus training room — RP3 dynamic ergs and Concept2 ergs


  • 800 E. Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085