Loyola Rowing Qualifies at Midwest and Wins Bronze at Nationals

Each of LARA’s Women's 1V8+, Men's 1V8+, Women's JV8+ and Women's Freshman 8+ qualified to compete against some of the top high-school rowing programs in the country. Of the four qualifying boats, three went on to compete at Semi-Finals (Women's 1V8+, Men's 1V8+, Women's JV8+), and the Men’s 1V8+ went on to compete at the Grand Finals and place third overall (winning a coveted bronze medal). Many congratulations to Loyola’s Men’s 1V8+ for their third place national title earned during an intensively competitive race!

The three other LARA qualifying boats for the SRAA National Rowing Championships comprised the following athletes:

Women's WV8
Yanna Grammas '23
Emmy Panagakis '23
Anya Cominos '23
Sofia D'Ascenzo '23
Sophia Close '23
Olivia McPartlin '25
Marie Golden '24
Clarissa Caushaj '23
Julia Narkun '23

Women's WJV8
Caitlin Langford '24
Katelyn Ciarrachi '25
Caroline Locke '25
Sofia Rodriguez '25
Samantha Retelny '25
Mayode Oluwole '25
Monserrath Perez '25
Barb Tobin-Tornvall '25
Olivia Sweeney '25

Women's WF8
Olivia Taylor '26
Olivia Kniazewski '26
Aliyah D'Ascenzo '26
Eva Madigan '26
Briah Rudich '26
Sophia Miller '26
Emma Farris '26
Fallon Burke '26
Kyra Cominos '26

Special thanks to participating alternates: Hailey Castelar '24 and Valentina Gioia '26.

Well done to our rowing team for an exceptional season and great representation of Loyola Academy on the national athletic stage! Go Ramblers!