GLASA makes sure people with physical or visual disabilities can take part in sports The Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association believes that no one should be excluded from taking part in sports, whether as a team or individual. That's why the organization in Lake...
Hundreds of athletes with disabilities experienced the power of sport and realized their true potential by competing at the 2023 GLASA Great Lakes Games, in partnership with The Hartford, taking place in multiple locations around Lake Forest May 10-13 and in Milwaukee on May 14.
The Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association will be hosting the 2023 GLASA Great Lakes Games. Amie Day, GLASA Wheelchair track coach, is an accomplished Paralympian from Wisconsin who joins us today to share her expertise on inspiring and coaching the next generation of athletes with a disability. Amie gives her amazing story about GLASA and how she got involved with them. GLASA has been thrilled to serve 1,000 athletes through 20+ adaptive and paralympic sports from the beginner to elite level, including a dedicated injured military program through their programs for the last 24 years here in the Midwest.
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — For Jason Sfire, coaching the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association‘s Chicago Bears means more to him than just a job.
The Chicago Bears wheelchair football team is competing in a tournament this weekend. The head coach joins Tia Ewing and Natalie Bomke on First at Four to discuss the tournament.
CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, August 4, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Wheelchair football athletes from across the country will compete in Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association’s first home tournament on August 13 & 14 at College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois. 2022 marks the second year of USA Wheelchair Football League (USAWFL) tournament play.
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Three Kenosha siblings are trying to represent Wisconsin in the Move United Junior Nationals this summer. Adaptive sports have created a plethora of opportunities for people with disabilities across the world. "To be able to do the same sport as...
Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA) is excited to announce that out of twenty-nine youth athletes chosen to participate in the 2018 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) youth world games, eight are GLASA...
Tatyana McFadden, a five-time Bank of America Chicago Marathon winner and highly decorated US Paralympian, will kick off the 10th Annual Twilight 5K Run, Walk and Roll on Saturday September 9th at the Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest, IL. Tatyana has won four...