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GLASA makes sure people with physical or visual disabilities can take part in sports
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...
GLASA holds Great Lakes Games in Lake Forest
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.
Local MKE Athletes Participating In The GLASA Great Lakes Games
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.
NFL-affiliated wheelchair football league to play tournament in Salt Lake City for the first time
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.
Chicago Bears Wheelchair Football Team competes in tournament
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.
GLASA Chicago Bears Will Host First USA Wheelchair Football League Home Tournament August 13 & 14
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.
Adaptive sports: Kenosha adopted siblings make names for themselves
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...
Eight GLASA Athletes Chosen for 2018 IWAS Youth World Games
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...
Five-Time BOA Chicago Marathon Winner to Lead Twilight 5K
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...
