montana butsch

Location: Chicago, IL

About montana butsch    

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Dedicated to enriching the lives of Chicago's inner-city youth through the sport of rowing, Montana Butsch founded the Chicago Training Center (CTC) in 2006. As both Executive Director and Coach at CTC, Montana is an accomplished rower in his own right and brings eight years of experience to CTC. His success in introducing rowing to youth with no prior experience with the sport comes from his deep understanding of how to implement systematic but individualized training programs.

From 1994-97, Montana was a member of Loyola Academy's (Wilmette, IL) crew team, which won the Midwest Championship in 1997 and placed 9^th nationally the same year. While pursuing graduate studies at Oxford University, Montana competed in the prestigious Oxford vs. Cambridge boat race where he won in the pair in 2003 and in the eight (ISIS) in 2004. Montana also participated in selection trials for both the junior and senior U.S. national teams, and placed at both the American and British National Championships in the single. 

Montana credits his coaches; Peter Haining, Sean Bowden, Stan Bergman and Jim McCartney, among others for the training, experience and inspiration he relies on everyday to mentor and train CTC's youth rowers. Montana holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.Sc in Education from Oxford University. Montana is committed to the rowing community and actively participates in USRowing's Task Force on Access, Affordability, and Diversity.  He is a Level 3 certified rowing instructor and ACSM Certified Health and Fitness Instructor. 

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John Kim

Mon, 05/26/2008 - 21:42

welcome!

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