Men's rowing begins
LMU launches its men's program and christens its first shell, The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Since 1961 Milestones
Built by
generations.
Team victories, personal accomplishments, and defining moments—each one adds to the legacy carried forward today.
A Lion reaches Olympic gold
Hugh Foley wins Olympic gold in the eight after qualifying as a member of the Vesper Boat Club crew.
First Program Varsity Eight Win
Men's First Varsity Eight defeats USC in Los Angeles Harbor.
The first boathouse opens
LMU men's rowing opens its first boathouse in Marina del Rey in July.
A program takes shape
The Men's Varsity Eight wins the Newport Regatta, reaches the Western Sprints final, and places second at the Men's West Coast Invitational. The Loyola Rowing Association and Shell & Oar support group are organized.
A breakthrough season
Men's First Varsity Eight defeats UCLA on Ballona Creek, wins the Newport Regatta, and takes the Men's West Coast Invitational; UCLA later finishes seventh at the IRA.
Competing at the Olympic Trials
At Long Beach Marine Stadium, two LMU rowers compete for Stanford Rowing Club in the coxed pair, placing seventh, and also race in one of the club's two eights alongside current and alumni rowers from other universities.
Champions and an IRA debut
The Men's Coxed Four wins the Western Open Rowing Championships and makes the program's first IRA appearance.
Winning at Cal
Men's First Varsity Eight defeats California on its home water.
A record-setting 2,000 meters
Men's First Varsity Eight records a 5:44 2,000-meter time—the fastest in LMU history and on the West Coast that year.
Top ten nationally
Men's First Varsity Eight finishes tenth at the IRA National Championships.
Victory over Stanford
Men's First Varsity Eight defeats Stanford, bringing another set of race shirts home to Loyola.
Back to the Olympic Trials
LMU enters a Men's Coxless Four at the 1972 U.S. Olympic Trials, held on Lake Waramaug in Kent, Connecticut.
Women's rowing begins
LMU's women's program takes the water and wins three of its first four races, defeating UCLA, Saint Mary's, and Mills College.
Early women's success
The Women's Coxed Four wins at the San Diego Crew Classic, Therese Rozowski and Karen Hock earn national silver in the pair in Philadelphia, and the combined roster grows beyond 60 athletes.
Crew Classic gold
The Women's Open Coxed Four wins the San Diego Crew Classic. Karen Hock-Hjelm begins a national run that brings bronze, silver, and gold from 1977 through 1981.
Merri Formento Trigilio excels
Formento Trigilio becomes a four-time National Women's Rowing Association champion, places fourth at the 1984 World Championships, and wins 1987 Pan American Games silver.
A first national title
The women's Lightweight Four becomes LMU's first women's team to win a national championship.
Lightweight Eight medals
The Men's Lightweight Eight wins the Parker Cup and earns silver at the Western Sprints.
Another winning season
The Men's Lightweight Eight wins the Newport Regatta and takes Western Sprints silver.
National bronze
The Women's Lightweight Coxed Four earns bronze at the National Intercollegiate Championships.
Pacific Coast silver
The Women's Novice Eight earns silver at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships.
Lightweight Eight champions
The Women's Lightweight Eight wins the Pacific Coast Regatta.
Champions again
The “Bad News Bears” crew overcomes a borrowed boat and difficult conditions to win the Varsity Four national title.
The Men's Coxed Four returns to the IRA
LMU competes again at the IRA National Championships in the Men's Coxed Four.
Two lightweight titles
The Men's Lightweight Four wins at both the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships and the CSU Sacramento Rowing Championships.
Pacific Coast silver
The Women's Lightweight Four earns silver at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships.
The original boathouse sinks
The program loses its original boathouse in the fall, beginning the work toward a permanent new home.
The Men's Four returns to the IRA
The Men's Coxed Four wins the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships and competes at the IRA National Championships.
A new home and a UCLA win
A new boathouse is completed in the fall, and the Men's Varsity earns a victory over UCLA.
A permanent home
The Jane Browne Bove Boathouse opens in Marina del Rey, anchoring the program on Ballona Creek.
Brooks Jones earns silver
Jones takes silver in the single at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships.
WIRA champions
The Women's Varsity Eight wins the WIRA Championship.
A championship season
Women's First Varsity Eight wins the Cal Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic, the WIRA Championship, and the WCC Championship.
Medals and All-America honors
The Women's Lightweight Coxed Four wins WIRA, Women's First Varsity Eight earns WIRA silver, and Vanessa Glendening is named to the Women's Rowing All-America Team.
Championship depth
Women's First Varsity Eight and the overall team win WCC titles. The Men's Varsity and Novice Coxed Fours win WIRA, Men's Varsity Eight defeats UCLA, and the men reach the Pac-10 final.
Two individual honors
Warren Anderson wins the Collegiate C.R.A.S.H.-B Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships, and Liz Stewart is named to the Women's Rowing All-America Team.
Jill Austin represents the U.S.
Austin races in the double sculls for the U.S. U23 National Team, placing tenth at the World Rowing U23 Championships.
Three WIRA champions
The Women's Lightweight Eight, Women's Lightweight Four, and Men's Pair win WIRA titles; the women also earn overall silver at the WCC Championship.
Warren Anderson on the world stage
Anderson represents the U.S. in sculling, races at seven world championship events and the 2007 Pan American Games, and serves as a 2012 Olympic Team alternate.
National Lightweight Champions
The Women's Lightweight Coxed Four defeats defending national champion Princeton to win the National Intercollegiate Championship, completing a season that also includes WIRA and Pacific Coast titles.
Mary Foster competes internationally
Foster reaches the 2012 national championship final in the lightweight single and the 2015 World Championships final in the lightweight coxed four.
WIRA Pair champions
The Men's Pair wins the WIRA Championship.
Back-to-back Pair titles
The Men's Pair wins consecutive WIRA Championships; in 2011, the Men's Lightweight Coxed Four and Women's Pair also earn silver.
Alumni support renewed
The Lion's Rowing Association is reestablished as an alumni support organization for the team.
Two WIRA medals
The Men's Pair earns silver and the Men's Coxed Four takes bronze at WIRA.
WIRA gold and an IRA appearance
The Men's Novice Coxed Four wins WIRA, and the Men's Coxed Four competes at the IRA National Championships.
Two WIRA champions
The Men's Varsity Coxed Four and Men's Pair win WIRA titles.
Novice gold, varsity silver
The Men's Novice Coxed Four wins WIRA and the Men's Varsity Coxed Four earns silver.
A deep men's campaign
Men's Varsity Eight defeats UCLA, the Varsity and Novice Coxed Fours win WIRA, and the Men's Pair earns WIRA silver.
Newport gold and WIRA silver
The Men's Varsity Coxed Four wins the Newport Regatta, while the Women's Second Varsity Eight earns WIRA silver.
Women's boats fill the podium
The Women's Pair and WCC Four win gold; the Second Four and Novice Coxed Four earn WIRA silver, and LMU takes four additional WCC silver medals.
Gold and silver at WIRA
The Women's Novice Four wins WIRA and the Women's Double earns silver.
WCC silver
The Women's Second Varsity Eight earns silver at the WCC Championship.
A student-led future
After varsity rowing concludes, athletes rebuild LMU Rowing as a club program and keep the legacy moving forward.
The club debuts at ACRA Nationals
At LMU's first ACRA National Championship Regatta, the Women's Novice Coxed Four and Men's Pair place fourth nationally, while the Men's Single finishes seventh overall.
Men's and Women's teams celebrate a weekend of wins
The Men's Varsity Coxed Four earns the men's team's first win as a club program by defeating UCLA at the Newport Regatta. That same weekend, the Women's Varsity Coxed Four wins the Berg Cup.
A seven-boat WIRA campaign
The Men's Double places fourth; both Pairs place third; the Men's Varsity Coxed Four places fifth; the Women's Varsity Coxed Four places second; and the Women's Novice Coxed Four wins the petite final, placing eighth overall.
Back at ACRA Nationals
The Women's Varsity Coxed Four places eighth overall at the ACRA National Championship Regatta.