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Team USA named for 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, today announced 76 athletes have been selected to compete for the United States at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships, July 19-28, in Lyon, France. The event is the first major international track and field competition since Team USA won 28 medals in the sport at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

“Over the weekend at the national championships, there were some incredible performances that we hope will translate to medals in Lyon,” said Cathy Sellers, high performance director for U.S. Paralympics track and field. “While we have come to expect great things from athletes like Tatyana McFadden, who won her six events, or David Prince, who set two world records, there were a lot of newcomers who caught our attention. It is an exciting time for U.S. Paralympics track and field. With the leadership of our veterans combined with the eagerness of our rookies, I know there will be no shortage of highlights at the world championships.”

The world team is highlighted by 23 men and 11 women who competed in London, including gold medalist Jeremy Campbell (Perryton, Texas), four-time gold medalist Raymond Martin (Jersey City, N.J), three-time gold medalist Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Md.) and gold medalist Shirley Reilly (Tucson, Ariz.). Of the 18 Team USA athletes who combined for 28 medals at the Paralympic Games, 15 are on the world team.

Paralympic bronze medalist David Prince (Sarasota, Fla.), who set world records in the men’s 200 and 400-meters (T44) at the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships, and Cassie Mitchell (Atlanta, Ga.), who set a world record in the women’s F52 shot put, are among the top contenders for medals in Lyon.

Prince highlights a strong roster of ambulatory sprinters that also includes Paralympic silver medalist in the men’s 100m (T44) Richard Browne (Jackson, Miss.), who recently tied the 100m world record in an unsanctioned competition. Paralympic silver medalist in the 400m (T44) and bronze medalist in the 200m (T44) Blake Leeper (Kingsport, Tenn.), reigning world champion in the men’s 100m (T44) Jerome Singleton (Irmo, S.C.), reigning Parapan American Games champion in the men’s 100m (T44) Jarryd Wallace (Athens, Ga.) and Paralympic silver medalist in the men’s 200m (T42) Shaquille Vance (Houston, Miss.) are also on the world team.

Ten veterans and two active duty service members have been named to the team. U.S. Paralympics, through a partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, is providing thousands of opportunities for veterans and service members with physical disabilities to compete in Paralympic sport at the recreational, intermediate and elite levels.

The 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships, June 14-16, in San Antonio, helped determine the selections for Team USA in conjunction with the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Athlete/Guide Selection Procedures, which were approved by the USOC in March 2013.

U.S. men’s roster for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

  • Stephen Binning (Phoenix, Ariz.)
  • Karsten Brogan (Bossier City, La.)
  • *David Brown (St. Louis, Mo.)
  • Sergeant Rob Brown (Chula Vista, Calif.), U.S. Army
  • *#Richard Browne (Jackson, Miss.)
  • *#Jeremy Campbell (Perryton, Texas)
  • Tommy Chasanoff (Bradenton, Fla.)
  • Sam Craven (Walnut Creek, Calif.)
  • Troy Davis (Queen Creek, Ariz.)
  • *Tobi Fawehinmi (Arlington, Texas)
  • *Rudy Garcia-Tolson (Bloomington, Calif.)
  • Robbie Gaupp (Gatesville, Texas), U.S. Army veteran
  • *#Josh George (Herndon, Va.)
  • *Tanner Gers (Tucson, Ariz.)
  • *#Elexis Gillette (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Tyson Gunter (Pocatello, Idaho)
  • Steven Hancock (Pueblo, Colo.), U.S. Navy veteran
  • Erik Hightower (Glendale, Ariz.)
  • Bob Hunt (Champaign, Ill.)
  • Gianfranco Iannotta (Garfield, N.J.)
  • *Josiah Jamison (Vance, S.C.)
  • Khalid Jlidat (Boynton Beach, Fla.)
  • Hurie Johnson (Detroit, Mich.)
  • Josh Kennison (South Paris, Maine)
  • *#Blake Leeper (Kingsport, Tenn.)
  • *#Raymond Martin (Jersey City, N.J.)
  • *Michael Murray (Nashville, Tenn.)
  • Jose Nieves (Gurabo, Puerto Rico), U.S. Army veteran
  • *Dennis Ogbe (Prospect, Ky.)
  • Paul Peterson (Charlotte, N.C.)
  • *Markeith Price (Baltimore, Md.)
  • *#David Prince (Sarasota, Fla.)
  • *Austin Pruitt (Green Acres, Wash.)
  • Luis Puertas (Orlando, Fla.), U.S. Army veteran
  • Isaiah Rigo (Cheney, Wash.)
  • Daniel Rizzieri (Cohocton, N.Y.)
  • Max Rohn (Longmont, Colo.), U.S. Navy veteran
  • *#Scot Severn (Caro, Mich.), U.S. Army veteran
  • *Brian Siemann (Savoy, Ill.)
  • *Jerome Singleton (Irmo, S.C.)
  • *#Jeff Skiba (Sammamish, Wash.)
  • Scott Stokes (Roswell, Ga.)
  • Jorge Fernando Tarazon (Glendale, Ariz.)
  • Chief Petty Officer Casey Tibbs (San Antonio, Texas), U.S. Navy
  • Steven Toyoji (Campbell, Calif.)
  • *#Shaquille Vance (Houston, Miss.)
  • Trevor Wallace (Lawrence, Kan.)
  • *Jarryd Wallace (Athens, Ga.)
  • Ahkeel Whitehead (San Diego, Calif.)
  • *Scott Winkler (Pittsburgh, Pa.), U.S. Army veteran
  • Regas Woods (Ocala, Fla.)

U.S. women’s roster for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

  • Megan Absten (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Scout Bassett (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
  • Kate Callahan (San Antonio, Texas), U.S. Air Force veteran
  • *#Zena Cole (Oregon, Ohio)
  • Sabra Hawkes (Rockport, Mass.)
  • Lacey Henderson (Denver, Colo.)
  • *#April Holmes (Kissimmee, Fla.)
  • Kelsey LeFevour (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Cheri Becerra-Madsen (Union, Neb.)
  • *Ce-Ce Mazyck (Columbia, S.C.), U.S. Army veteran
  • Chelsea McClammer (Benton City, Wash.)
  • Amy McDonaugh (Irmo, S.C.)
  • *Hannah McFadden (Clarksville, Md.)
  • *#Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Md.)
  • *Amanda McGrory (Kennett Square, Pa.)
  • *Kristen Messer (Austin, Texas)
  • *Cassie Mitchell (Atlanta, Ga.)
  • *#Kerri Morgan (St. Louis, Mo.)
  • Ivonne Mosquera-Schmidt (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • *#Shirley Reilly (Tucson, Ariz.)
  • *Susannah Scaroni (Tekoa, Wash.)
  • Amy Simmons (Mesquite, Texas)
  • LaKeria Taylor (Shreveport, La.)
  • Stephanie Timmer (Naperville, Ill.), U.S. Marines Corps veteran
  • Katie Walker (Wilmington, Ohio)

*Denotes 2012 U.S. Paralympian
#Denotes 2012 Paralympic Games medalist

World record falls on final day of track and field in San Antonio, Texas

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David Prince broke his own world record on Sunday in San Antonio, Texas.

David Prince broke his own world record on Sunday in San Antonio, Texas.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — With another world record for sprinter David Prince, the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships came to a close Sunday at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. The competition, which will help determine the United States team for the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships, featured more than 130 athletes from six countries competing over three days.

“I just went out and ran really hard,” Prince said. “That is what my coach told me to do so that is what I did. Training has kind of helped with giving me a good understanding of pace and how I need to run the cycle of the race. Having a good racing plan, going out and having a good race that is what my coach wanted me to do and that is what I did.”

Prince (Sarasota, Fla.) bested his own world record in the men’s 400-meter (T44), running a 49.87 to erase the 50.61 world record he set at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. In a combined race for single and double below the knee amputees at the Games, Prince, a T44 who had his right leg amputated following a motorcycle accident, finished third to South African Oscar Pistorius and American Blake Leeper, both double amputees competing as T43s.

Prince was golden in San Antonio. In his only two races of the national championships, he ran at world record pace.

In Sunday’s 400m, he topped Leeper (Kingsport, Tenn.), who ran a 52.05, and Trenten Merrill (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), a single amputee, who ran 53.89. The Floridian clocked a 22.47 Saturday to erase the 22.49 world record set by South Africa’s Arnu Fourie in the men’s 200m final in London.

“No strategy,” Prince said of how two world records change his preparations for worlds. “Nothing has really changed. I might have my name up on a board or something but nothing’s really changed.”

Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Md.) was also among the top performers of the weekend, winning all six of the events she entered. A defending world champion in multiple events, McFadden won four medals in five events at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, including three gold medals.

In San Antonio, McFadden competed in an impressive array of events. She claimed the top prize in the 100m (T54), 200m (T54), 800m (T54) and 5,000m (T53/54) on Saturday. McFadden returned to the track Sunday to take the top prize in the 1,500m (T53/54) and the 400m (T54).

“She’s a beast,” Prince said. “When you’re a runner, you choose to sprint or do distance. Tatyana does everything. She does the marathon down to the 100m and she can win any of them. That is incredible.”

Raymond Martin of Jersey City, N.J. won the men’s 1,500m (T51/52) with a time of 4:14.60, topping Steven Toyoji (Campbell, Calif.) and Isaiah Rigo (Cheney, Wash.). The four-time London 2012 Paralympic Games gold medalist also won the men’s 400m (T34/51/52) on Sunday.

Josh George (Herndon, Va.) won the men’s 400m (T54) and the men’s 1,500m (T53/54).

In other action on the track Sunday, Michael Murray (Nashville, Tenn.) won the men’s 1,500m (T11/12/13/20) and Amy McDonaugh (Irmo, S.C.) won the women’s 1,500m (T11/12/20). Karsten Brogan (Bossier City, La.), Erik Hightower (Glendale, Ariz.), Markeith Price (Baltimore, Md.) and Shirley Reilly (Tucson, Ariz.) won their respective 400m races.

Dennis Ogbe (Prospect, Ky.) won the men’s discus (F57/58) with a throw of 45.47 meters. In the women’s discus (F11/12/35-37), Kathy Ducat of Sun Prairie, Wis., threw an 18.21m to win the title.

The U.S. roster for the world championships, July 19-28, in Lyon, France, will be selected no later than June 18. World team members are selected based on the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Athlete/Guide Selection Procedures, created by U.S. Paralympics Track and Field and approved by the United States Olympic Committee in March.

IPC Athletics, the international federation for Paralympic track and field, allocated 76 slots – 51 men, 25 women – to U.S. Paralympics for the world championships.

For more information the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships, June 14-16, in San Antonio, including a schedule and results, click here.