LARA Parent Mixer, March 13
Thu, 2010-02-11 18:27
Please join LARA parents at our annual parent mixer Saturday, March 13 at 7pm.
Enjoy an evening with parents and coaches and enjoy food, drink and conversation.
The mixer will be located at:
Swedish American Museum
5211 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
(close to Foster and Clark in Andersonville)
The cost is $25 per person and is payable by check mailed to :
Loyola Academy Rowing Association
P.O. Box 599
Glenview, IL 60025-0599
Or to pay online click HERE
Please RSVP by March 10...questions and responses can be emailed
to loyolaacademycrew@gmail.com
Please bring an appetizer or a dessert to share
Park is available on Ashland Ave, Foster Ave and on most side streets; pay boxes are available on Clark St
Questions? Please contact Karin Abercrombie at 847-910-4649
Hope to see you there!!!
Spring Training
Tue, 2010-03-09 09:05
Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to be a chaperone for Spring Training...the Varsity team chaperone list is complete so volunteers are no longer needed. Please contact Diane Muench with any questions about the upcoming training week at dmuenchrn@gmail.com Parents/rowers will be receiving an information packet about the trip in the near future and information about the travel arrangements will be posted under the practice tab on the website.
Any freshman parents that are able to help with spring training at the boathouse during the week of spring break, please contact head coach Matt Baldino at mattbaldino@loyolaacademycrew.com for more information.
Thanks to everyone for their help and support of Loyola Academy's rowing program!!!
Thanks for Attending LARA Open House
Tue, 2010-02-09 19:29
The coaches and the LARA Board would like to thank all that prepared for and attended the LARA Open House at the Dammrich Rowing Center on Saturday, February 6th. Remember that a mandatory parent/rower meeting is coming up on February 16th...you can learn more about the Loyola Academy Rowing Association by clicking here or on the About LARA tab at the top of the page.
Boathouse Cleanup
Wed, 2010-01-20 19:42
Thanks to all of the dads, coaches and rowers who helped out on Saturday, January 16th to clean up and organize the boat bay and coaches’ office at the LARA Boat House. The following dads were instrumental in helping us better organize the boat bay:
* John DeCorrevont
* Craig Lofgren
* John Maunsell
* Don Muto
Also, all the coaches were great in helping us sort over 10 large contractor bags of outdated equipment and materials (plus all sorts of other “stuff” that had accumulated for several years).
LARA Fall 2009 Season Highlights
Sat, 2010-01-09 22:11
Head of the Eagle, Indianapolis, IN
Please view outstanding photos from Mr. David Goldenberg and Mr. Rodriguez...thank you so much for sharing your talents with us! Click here to see David's web album of the regatta.
View our results from the Head of the Eagle. Congratulations to all our rowers!!!!!
**REGATTA AND PRACTICE SCHEDULES...
...are posted. Rowers, know your schedules so you can plan your social life accordingly :) Click on the Practice, Calendar or Competitions tab above for your practice schedules, the Spring Season Regatta schedule and other important dates to remember.
**Thinking ahead...
Leila Spriggs, the Director of the Midwest Scholastic Championship Regatta, has setup a Face Book page for the regatta called Midwest Scholastic Championship Regatta. This will be used to distribute information to rowers, coaches and to the all-important parent support groups that each team has. It will include information about things that they need/want to know about our area, the regatta site and how to best care for the rowers during the regatta.
**JUNIORS PLANNING TO ROW IN COLLEGE...
Remember to apply for your NCAA Eligibility number if you want to row in college. You can find that information by clicking here or go to
You can download a list of links to all the Division I schools rowing programs' web pages by clicking here or go to
http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec/sponsorship
Many of these schools will have a recruiting questionnaire available on these web pages for you to complete and submit to make these colleges aware of your talent!!!!
**Bulletin Boards
ANYONE WITH PICTURES FROM REGATTAS...please send copies to Kathy Feifar for the bulletin board.
Loyola's Crew team will be featured on the bulletin boards outside the gym. Anyone rower that is interested in helping create our board, give design suggestions or pictures can offer to help by emailing Mrs. Feifar at kmfeifar@comcast.net
**U.S. Rowing Scholastic Honor Roll
ATTENTION Juniors...U.S. Rowing publishes a Scholastic Honor Roll for each school year and will begin taking applications for your graduating year (2010-2011) towards the end of the Spring season. The application requires some work but it is all stuff you have to accumulate for your college application...ACT/SAT scores, transcripts and endorsement by your counselor and coach. Consider applying if you meet the qualifications...a positive addition to any college application!!! Click here for specific nomination criteria and for the application, or go to the U.S. Rowing website at www.usrowing.org