Resonate Recordings https://resonaterecordings.com © 2026 Redefining Disability Move United en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:12 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:12 +0000 https://www.moveunitedsport.org/podcast/ https://storage.googleapis.com/com-resonaterecordings-public/cover-art/Iu38HeZWLz6HvvBpmfcBKA4sAMH8Va2qePUHa8gz.jpg https://www.moveunitedsport.org/podcast/ Move United false episodic Move United Move United redefiningdisabilitypodcast@gmail.com No false 252 6 Drawn to the Pain Ryan Davis is a T54 wheelchair track and field athlete whose competitive drive was shaped early — after a spinal cord injury at age six led him to wheelchair basketball, and eventually to his true ... full 271c7b1a-8ec5-4046-8af6-e48ddedfcf5d Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 false false 251 6 Power in the Roll Jesi Stracham is a trailblazing entrepreneur, speaker, and fierce advocate dedicated to transforming lives through her innovative ventures. As the co-owner of Freedom Longevity and Wellness LKN, sh... full 041ddcf7-efeb-402e-bc43-e4fee3547c6a Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 false false 250 6 That's A Great Haircut Three months after graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Joe Oppold had a cerebral aneurysm. Instead of reporting to OBC, or Officer Basic Course, he wound up in the ICU. Just a ... full 61d5815d-e008-41cb-9731-ffd813c9a6a9 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 1934 false false 249 6 Three Times in a Row Makes a Habit Amanda Warren served with distinction for 26 years as a Major in the Army, specializing in Logistics Management. Transitioning from military to civilian life brought unique challenges, but Warren ... full 302c1300-03e9-4a6c-a45c-f11beda99213 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2072 false false 248 6 Running For Me Was Practical Gabriel Cardier is an adaptive athlete, entrepreneur, and amputee advocate who lost his left leg in a 2014 motorcycle accident in Los Angeles. His athletic achievements include completing the Las V... full 4038a41a-c061-4fdd-ad19-935f93523a56 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2282 false false 247 6 We're Not Going to Go Away Katherine Hayes Rodriguez has been a pioneering force in adaptive skiing for nearly five decades. Beginning in 1976 as a volunteer with a program for visually impaired skiers in the Tahoe Basin, sh... full 4a53d732-8f28-46ff-9757-131efedb82a2 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2047 false false 246 5 Discovering Flight All Over Again Marine Corps Veteran Gabby Wake was injured when a vehicle hit her motorcycle at a red light, resulting in a traumatic brain injury and damage to her back. Through the Wounded Warrior Battalion, sh... full 5d41dbb2-5ce8-46fc-8465-683d9972157d Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2139 false false 245 5 They're All Adrenaline Junkies Kim Seevers has spent nearly three decades in winter adaptive sports, including serving as the sighted guide for an alpine ski racer who competed in the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi Russia... full fafe2e95-eee5-479f-96e8-c46842d2492c Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2061 false false 244 5 It's a Combination of Hockey, Nordic Skiing and Bumper Cars Josh Pauls was born without a tibia in both legs and had them both amputated at 10 months old. At age eight, he would be introduced to the game of sled hockey. Within eight years of first trying ou... full e293941b-328d-427d-bdd9-853cdf595618 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2176 false false 243 5 I Really Didn't Know What Was Possible Pearl Outlaw's journey with vision loss began at age nine with a diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Now 27, she's experienced the full progression of RP—from night blindness in childhood to us... full 774fe759-6dd1-4ce9-b9ca-7b0c24a63a9e Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2144 false false 242 5 You Get Pushed Off the Top and It's Go Time. Bob Balk is a 6X Paralympian and Paralympic medalist, representing the U.S. in both summer and winter games for over three decades. He has competed in Nordic skiing, the pentathalon, and para canoe... full ae0a7bcc-4884-40ab-b989-5b6077a791ba Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2078 false false 241 5 My Brothers Saved My Life Gene Calantoc joined the U.S. Army as a Combat Engineer in 2011 and deployed to Afghanistan in 2012-2013 with the 101st Screaming Eagles. A motorcycle accident in March 2020 led to his medical reti... full 1f14086c-ceaa-43a8-b815-dcc6341b70a9 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 false false 240 5 My Reflexes Weren't Up to Cat Standards Shawn Meredith attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was a varsity athlete on their world-renowned wheelchair track team. He earned numerous national championships, nati... full 7dbb560e-506e-4149-91aa-7eeeb5c3b247 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 239 5 I'm Not Worried About Anything Else Kenley Teller was five years old when she started with adaptive sports, after going on a ski trip with Outdoors For All, a Move United member organization in Washington State. There, she was told a... full b4a09650-787f-4d82-866c-26d68386d78e Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 238 5 Competition Was Not My Ride or Die In 2017, Kate Brim sustained a spinal cord injury when she went in for a routine surgery for a herniated disc. She was introduced to adaptive sports through Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, a... full 0181235a-5384-4284-a4f1-7da0106526b8 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 237 5 You’re All In or You’re Not Dominic Norris started playing ice hockey at three years old, having his jersey retired in Maryland after having the most points scored in state history (244 points in 58 games). He continued to pl... full 38c43014-bcaa-4af2-9229-1238cac0bcaa Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 236 5 Football Was a Lifeline For Me JD Drinkard enlisted in the Alabama National Guard as the result of September 11th and would be deployed to Iraq with his unit. As the result of injuries sustained in country, he would be medically... full 4563db0b-2fc8-484a-82a2-5e4a7a39cfdf Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 235 5 I Bounced Back Pretty Quickly As a teenager, Tyler Merren was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease which causes gradual deterioration in sight. He was introduced to goalball in 1999 at a sports educat... full c3610a23-4b1a-48f6-b3a7-7dd4d8ca17d2 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 234 5 When There is Chaos, I Find My Calm In 2009, Mason Symons was on his way to the Armory to report to duty with the PA Army National Guard when he had a motorcycle accident and broke his neck. After that, he would discover the sport of... full 975f6029-439f-43c5-88cd-007e982691e0 Mon, 01 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 233 5 If You Can't See What's Possible, You Don't Know What's Possible At 10 months old, Rob Rodriguez had his right leg amputated below-the-knee. A gifted athlete, Rob has been a member of the para-elite triathlon team and the amputee soccer team for Team USA. He is ... full ceda992d-f3f2-4c81-afd1-19493203433e Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 232 5 Iron Will Roderick Sewell is a swimmer who represented Team USA on three national teams. In 2019, he became the first bilateral above-the-knee amputee to complete the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawa... full ea64daaf-7b04-4a6e-be71-2e5740dcf69a Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 231 5 Reclaiming My Own Voice and Narrative Maggie Baumer is an attorney licensed to practice in both New York and Massachusetts. She currently serves as Area Clinic Business Manager for Hanger Clinic. Maggie is a Certified Peer Visitor for ... full 625cc115-87b2-45f0-84b0-8098151769e7 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 230 5 Did You Imagine Yourself in a Wheelchair? Brendan Downes was born with spina bifida and started playing sports early in life. He now plays wheelchair softball for the Minnesota Twins and has been involved with adaptive sports through the C... full 85fce12a-e166-4621-8851-fab03f1e7131 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 229 5 Let's Go with Option B, I Want to Live. After surviving a traumatic boating accident that resulted in the amputation of his right leg, Parker Byrd became the first NCAA baseball player to attempt to play with a prosthetic. But his story ... full d09b4778-6477-46ba-9d03-3bf3a24465c3 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 228 5 It Was The Right Thing To Do Tatyana McFadden is the most winning American track and field athlete of all time, Olympian or Paralympian! Some of Tatyana’s remarkable accomplishments include 22 Paralympic medals (including eigh... trailer ac2f0bcf-a87e-4549-98f5-368211876739 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 227 5 I Try to Have Non Zero Days Genevieve Rohner initially began riding horses for therapy at age four and fell in love with the sport the moment she sat on Sadie, the first horse she rode. The connection between horse and rider ... full 589d209d-33e4-4610-bfb5-1dd0688ee676 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 226 5 The Guy With One Leg Outlifted You In June 2017, Garrett Schoonover was involved in a severe motorcycle accident. After four months and 13 limb-salvage surgeries, he decided to have his left leg amputated above the knee. At the time... full 244aafa1-4c09-42c4-acd6-06608a1c77c2 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 224 5 Full Speed Bumper Cars Sarah Adam first discovered wheelchair rugby as a volunteer while in school studying occupational therapy with the program at DASA, a Move United Member organization in Missouri. After being diagno... full c5f7d113-89df-4a40-9eae-f14bc55c4d8a Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 225 5 All The Noise, Busyness, and Chaos In The World Just Goes Away U.S. Air Force Colonel Jacqui Marty was in a motor vehicle accident in October 2015, while on temporary duty assignment in Abilene, TX. Through the encouragement of her recovery care coordinator, J... full 558d3331-6c91-4055-8380-a7ed518e6a01 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 223 5 It's Not the Right Time for Me to Have Fun U.S. Navy Petty Officer Third Class Gabriella Zamora, or Gabby, was diagnosed with compartment syndrome and has a spinal stimulator to manage her injuries. After being introduced to adaptive sports... full f2ab5166-679e-4f57-a97c-990d9fc9f077 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 222 5 She's Always Been A Little Fishy Kari Treat is an assistant swim coach at Reach Aquatics and has been involved with GLASA, a Move United member organization in the Chicago area. She received her Level 1 Para Swimming Coaching Cert... full 6e8528ef-519a-4a74-9999-e5c6ecc7f01a Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 221 5 I Know I Had to Give Myself Some Grace Bryce Ewing played a lot of sports growing up. She then enlisted in the U.S. Army and had the opportunity to be assigned to work with Blackhawk helicopters. A year and a half into her enlistment, s... full c2b6d1b9-887d-4ba7-9c93-fdb9b5cbe284 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:05:00 +0000 false false 220 5 Skiing With A Purpose Marc Mast started as a supervisor of Achieve Tahoe’s adaptive ski school in 1986 and earned his level 2 adaptive instructor certification in 1990. As one of the early pioneers in alpine adaptive wi... full 20783521-3a39-4462-9d00-c26ab91ce293 Mon, 26 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000 false false 219 5 A Look Back at the History of Para Alpine Skiing Kathy Chandler has been a pioneer in the adaptive sports space for decades, particular in para alpine skiing. She was one of the first individuals to become certified as an adaptive ski instructor ... full 4abbcc79-0842-455f-bb91-e558c4ae8f2a Wed, 21 May 2025 15:45:00 +0000 2019 false false 218 5 I Don't Have My Legs, But I'm Still Standing! Army veteran JP Lane was injured during a deployment to Afghanistan in 2010, sustaining 26 injuries and losing both legs. In addition to being a singer, author, and speaker, the Purple Heart recipi... full 3f78327d-2602-41b6-a44a-2712783696e6 Mon, 12 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000 2122 false false 217 5 I Skied Before I Walked Again On April 15, 2013, Marc Fucarile was supporting a friend running the Boston Marathon when his life immediately changed. He was feet away from the second bomb when it went off, which took his right ... full f9f70045-c2ff-408f-bb53-43bdd0f71d8c Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000 2121 false false 216 5 Is This Going to Destroy the Thing I Love? In July 2009, Kevin Mather was on a training ride in the foothills of Los Angeles with a group of friends when he was hit by a truck. A few years later, he would win the wheelchair division of the ... full 0e53b961-3e44-4419-b971-d09cee87ace1 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 3587 false false 215 5 My Life Can Continue Eden Schroeder was a swimmer growing up and played other sports as well. At the age of 18, she became paralyzed after diving into shallow water. Shortly thereafter, Eden would return to the pool an... full af970695-677f-4f19-b759-00b7a050c175 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000 1913 false false 214 5 Having One Leg Didn’t Stop Me From Doing Anything Mikinzie Adams-Davis is an active 15-year-old adaptive athlete involved in a number of sports and recreational activities. But para cheer caught her attention, so she tried out for the team. Now sh... full 046b7a90-5c56-4ad7-aa22-4d71b6c18887 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 1895 false false 213 5 There is Always Something Going On Lee Trudell has been involved in cheerleading for over 30 years, starting back in high school. He had a job working cheer camps for 15 years and then starting judging and coaching. He now serves as... full 095d3a43-c6ce-41b1-b124-9fa8d1c5bd77 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 2003 false false 212 5 A Turning Point in My Life After a snowmobile accident in 1995 that resulted in a spinal cord injury, Geoff Krill began skiing again and soon became a professional ski instructor. Since his injury, he has competed both nati... full 5f784988-1a61-4a69-a89f-9d035ebf837c Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000 2875 false false 211 5 I Was a Dancer Before My Accident Keely Icardi had an accident shortly after graduating from high school. She started in adaptive archery and dabbled over time in different sports. But in 2017, she got introduced to a local CheerAb... full 21edb570-940b-4b79-bbe8-53158f433dd4 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000 1896 false false 210 5 The Nerves Are On the Wall Noah Bury had his ankle amputated when he was just 12 months old. 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When he was 16 years old, he was injured during a game that left him paralyzed. In 2002, at the 23, he was elected the chair of the disabled section for US... full 5143aeb2-b0ea-4490-b546-b65041235d6b Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2222 false false 206 4 The Gentle Way Nina Cutro-Kelly joined the Move United staff in 2023 as a Competition Manager, directly supporting Move United sanctioned competitions and Nationals. She represented Team USA at the 2020 Olympics ... full 53ef9448-bbf2-402a-a7f2-f07189707a57 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2080 false false 205 4 It's Easy to Hate it When You Take it for Granted Adam Popp is a 12-year combat veteran of the Air Force with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2007, while working to disarm a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Adam was injured by a secondary IED... full aba9d050-9d74-4dd1-9316-e14f222b4972 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 2120 false false 204 4 I'm Going To Make This My Sport Trevon Jenifer was born with a congenital amputation. He was a successful track athlete in his early years and a top wrestler in high school, finishing third in his weight class at the Maryland sta... full 8ea07661-1382-4824-aa34-481511cd5930 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2765 false false 203 4 What Does Perfection Look Like? Troy Davis was born with a brittle bone disease and would be introduced to wheelchair sports in 1989. He would earn numerous national records in the sprints, would compete at the World Championship... full f74312df-d897-4c2e-834f-030c0629f4b3 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2578 false false 202 4 I Got the Mulligan U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Todd Smalenberg has suffered a number of injuries throughout his military career. But while on a combat patrol in Afghanistan in 2013, he severely reinjured his le... full 8e3d7e49-15a8-4d4d-bf3e-0d6c18ce3abb Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2147 false false 201 4 Sometimes Things Happen Out of the Darkest Hours Sarah Bettencourt graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2005 and earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University while serving with the 23rd Marine Regiment. The Mari... full b7c1e467-56c3-46a4-ab2a-d644fe372162 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2001 false false 200 4 More Than Mountains At the age of 14, Todd Huston’s legs got caught in the propeller of a boat and would eventually lead to one of them being amputated. Todd became a psychotherapist and clinical director of the Amput... full c8273517-280f-4bb7-99a5-7f7463620e2c Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:30:00 +0000 2118 false false 199 4 CP Has Always Kept Me On My Toes Zach Miller was born with cerebral palsy. He was introduced to para snowboarding at Winter Park through the Children’s Hospital in Denver. He started racing through NSCD, a Move United member organ... full 27489dc5-3a63-4e7d-bfa5-c07216cc1840 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2239 false false 198 4 Things Were Rolling My Way Eddy Hutchens has bowled out of a wheelchair since 1990. In 2003-04, he started subbing in a league and then was hooked. Eddy won his first national championship with the American Wheelchair Bowlin... full e8befc7a-d3c0-4e56-98c1-58421cc9dcdf https://moveunitedsport.org/podcast Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2098 false false 197 4 Skiing is about Community Cecile Brown had her foot amputated around the age of four or five and started skiing around the same time with Central Maine Adaptive Sports, a Move United member organization. She got into race s... full 30080889-d59a-4f6d-8ce7-2d92ea1f3e43 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2005 false false 196 4 So You’re Saying There’s A Chance Keith Gabel was introduced to snowboarding in 2000 and he quickly developed a love for the sport. In June 2005, he was involved in an industrial accident that crushed his left foot, ultimately lead... full 9e3f3231-87a4-4bf8-b809-2b2db1057ade Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2165 false false 195 4 My Story Doesn't Really Start Until I Had My Accident As a first generation American, Alex Godowksk’s family were all into skiing, but he wanted to snowboard. While in high school, Alex was involved in a motorcycle accident, which caused him to lose h... full 73f6d265-c783-41de-827d-c5c112f7d5a8 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2178 false false 194 4 I Don’t Need To Buy Shoes Debra Freed enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at age 23. She became a jet engine mechanic with assignments in Maine and Japan. She saw a promo for wheelchair bowling at the 2004 National Veterans Whee... full e76b754e-2483-441e-b9c0-f50af25fbeab Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2134 false false 193 4 Always a Baller rank Goebel II is a military veteran who served 11 years in a National Guard infantry unit. He’s been a bowler all of his life, becoming fascinated with the sport by age 5. He competed in high scho... full c1f54c7d-138e-4e92-9d58-b7ede485904a Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2064 false false 192 4 Down A Leg, Up A Life Sam Schaefer injured his foot during an Air Force training exercise. After 9 years of pain, he opted for amputation to get his quality of life back. He is now a personal trainer, fitness coach, and... full 5a539ef2-ed1b-44ef-a223-81a3d5ae4ee7 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2234 false false 199 4 I Thought That Dream Went Away Emily Oberst was diagnosed with bone cancer when she was in eighth grade, which required surgery on her left leg. Sports was her life and basketball was her favorite sport. Eventually, she started ... full a39341bb-9e25-4a36-8cea-6391d9867585 Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 1864 false false 190 4 Nobody Cares If I Fall Tracy Danzey competed in track and swimming in high school. While attending Shepherd University and upon graduating, she kept an active lifestyle with activities like kayaking and hiking. At the ag... full cbb6b247-acb7-4f94-92bb-8f1936432612 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2088 false false 189 4 In My Mind, I Was Wiggling My Toes Emi Perry grew up in Japan, but moved back to the United States in 2011 to attend college, where she studied exercise science. She was a runner before sustaining a spinal cord injury in 2017. She s... full c4a6baf2-8ce6-45ee-bef0-f0e211e01adb Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2120 false false 188 4 Reinventing the Wheel After a life-changing car accident as a teenager, Judge Patricia Broderick had two choices: remain in the safe haven of her parents or reinvent herself and find a new path through life as a woman i... full 7203a6ba-9b43-4cd2-820e-ebf3fe412301 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000 1734 false false 187 4 It's Not Why Me. It's Why Not Me? Jason Tabansky grew up in South Texas. He spent over 15 years in the U.S. Army as a helicopter crewmember and instructor and had deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. He incurred a spinal cord injury d... full 81a9f5ac-de6d-4faf-a78e-e5e35eda6f37 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2777 false false 186 4 Sports Were Sports To Me Chris Hammer was born with one hand, the result of a congenital condition. He grew up playing multiple sports such as baseball and ice hockey, but ran cross country in high school. He would continu... full 6f1fe461-464b-40f9-8312-cb33b993eca7 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000 1858 false false 185 4 An Athlete and An Advocate Courtney Ryan was playing on the women’s soccer team at Metropolitan State University in Denver when she suffered an injury that left her paralyzed. She would be recruited by and transferred to the... full 88b787b0-5d47-49df-bf38-0a7b45f32bc5 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000 1932 false false 184 4 It's Invisible, Until It's Not Casey Orndorff was born with cerebral palsy. He got started in sports by joining his track team in high school and then the cross country team his senior year. This propelled him to earn a cross co... full 5273b25e-6ccf-444e-a420-584ce6078159 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:40:00 +0000 2091 false false 183 4 It Was Game on From There On August 27, 2007, an IED destroyed the vehicle that U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Scholten was riding in near Bagdad, Iraq, causing a spinal fusion, traumatic brain injury, and more. During re... full c493e820-102d-40ea-ac09-9fcf50dcaa96 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000 1988 false false 182 4 A Leg Up On Life Kendra Herber had a birth deformity when she was born that resulted in becoming an amputee at the age of 2. It's a title that she has both struggled with and felt extreme pride in throughout the y... full 9176afc5-7a9b-4cac-a69a-2182cd79c16a Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000 2069 false false 181 4 Everyone Is On An Equal Playing Field When Zion Walker was in fifth grade, he started attending the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind in Staunton, Virginia. Around the age of 12, his older brother Sean was playing the sport of goa... full efa6175f-c3e9-4041-b9f4-66e013463d8b Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000 1395 false false 180 4 Finding The Sport That Works For You Samantha Heyison was born with constricted band syndrome impacting the formation of some of her limbs. 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He is an accomplished executive widely respected for his many achievements i... full 6956fa5b-5135-4e62-a33d-3abb667a66d5 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2141 false false 174 4 There is No Off Season Sam Bosco was six years old when she first got on a bike, riding to and from school with her dad. When she was 11, she had a limb lengthening surgery go awry that left her with a stunted left leg. ... full 0c06884e-fbeb-4c3c-880d-990e07650f49 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000 2141 false false 173 4 The Appearance of Normal Jessica Heims was born with amniotic band syndrome that can compromise an unborn babies’ limbs. As a result, at the age of one, she would have her right leg amputated below the knee. She started in... full fa9c6e79-6792-4517-96ae-8e04638f4da1 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2166 false false 172 4 I Didn't Find Adaptive Sports, Adaptive Sports Found Me Brandon Lyons, from Mechanicsburg, PA, graduated from Penn State University in 2012 and started his career with Ernst & Young in the Washington, D.C. region. Things changed on May 24, 2014, when he... full 2682dfc5-525c-4fba-b3c9-eaf1961f7450 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2115 false false 171 4 Being a Goofy Rider fter September 11, Shianti Lee enlisted in the Army Reserves after graduating from college. She would deploy to Iraq almost immediately. She sustained multiple injuries as the result of an IED blas... full 8af528ba-4a03-4a28-9327-75c19c80840a Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2158 false false 170 4 Sports Are a Pathway to Life In 2005 Harsh Thakkar had just started classes at the University of Maryland, Baltimore when he was robbed and shot, leaving him paralyzed at T12-L1. A strong athlete in high school he rediscovered... full ceef9222-052b-4dd2-9f12-819010cdee57 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2127 false false 169 4 Learning On The Fly As an Adaptive PE teacher in the 1980’s, Gregg Baumgarten saw there were no competitive opportunities for many of his students who had physical disabilities. So he founded what is now Arizona Disab... full d2ce3437-e901-4de0-8d1e-3d0de1fdc930 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000 1741 false false 168 4 Maybe One Day I Could Play One of Those Sports Dan Castillo served for six years in the Armed Forces and was medically retired as a quadriplegic with a C4 spinal cord injury. He plays power soccer and was named to the U.S Boccia National Team b... full 5d9ed220-66d5-4acc-b64b-c5cb93bc97a9 Mon, 27 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2139 false false 167 4 We Are a Great Team on Paper Brian Bell lost his leg at the age of 10 due to a train accident. After rehabilitation, he wanted to get back to playing basketball and football, his two favorite sports. He played middle school fo... full 40491a15-8793-4a1f-ba47-033fb1c476f3 Mon, 20 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000 1985 false false 166 4 I Got a Rush Rev. Julius Lee is the Founder and President of SMCL Foundation & Associates. After serving in the US Army from 1974 to 1980 and in the Air Force from 1980 to 1997, Julius suffered a spinal cord in... full 6fcb34ff-b751-4a54-ab5f-de2dded88491 Mon, 13 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000 2119 false false 165 4 Deal With This The U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championships World-Wide Tour, with a prize package of $200,000, kicked off last month and have events coming up in Hawaii and California in the coming months. Behind... full f239138c-979d-4e98-8564-16df98dcac39 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2198 false false 164 4 I Can Do Hard Things After graduating from high school, David Sarbonnet followed in his father’s footsteps and became a Navy Seal. But his military career was cut short after a parachuting accident left him paralyzed. ... full 5a7c9385-53f9-4135-804a-1de766ee2e74 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0000 1914 false false 163 4 A Culture of Yes At age two, RJ De Rama survived cancer but as a result lost some of his vision. By age 30, he was legally blind in both eyes. In 2006, he was part of an all-blind team that completed an 18 mile out... full 49312100-e87e-4d22-ab96-a5c242b9aaf6 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000 2094 false false 162 4 I'm Not the Only One Emily Hoskins has been involved with wheelchair basketball for much of her life. She was a member of the St. Louis Rolling Rams through high school before attending the University of Illinois, wher... full 945ec6f6-d095-41b2-a671-1e6f5cb72574 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2015 false false 161 4 Living in the Closet About My Disability At age 23, Jamal Hill discovered he had a condition known as CMT disease, a neurological condition that affects the muscles in his arms and legs. His love of swimming, which he developed at a young... full 86f4ce7c-ee4b-4a86-8a92-894a47337c32 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000 2052 false false 160 4 The Art of Kicking and Punching Brad Deminck is a 4th degree black belt in taekwondo and is the master instructor and head coach at Lakeshore Taekwondo Academy in Michigan. He also coaches the para taekwondo team. full 68a29131-e28c-47c8-8753-4357688889b3 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000 1971 false false 159 4 Following the Black Line In 2008, Mallory Weggemann underwent a medical procedure that left her paralyzed from the waist down. But three months after the injury, she returned to the sport of swimming that she loved. The 3x... full 66c038b8-8101-4bfe-b2a5-7475741fd8d8 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000 1938 false false 158 4 What Sports Haven't I Tried? Zion Redington started playing wheelchair basketball as a youth in Tennessee and played a number of adaptive sports as well, competing at the Endeavor Games and other competitions. He is now the yo... full 563cbe2c-af07-45f9-85e2-b200c9134944 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000 1597 false false 157 4 My First Word Was Ball Zack Shattuck discovered swimming in 2015, but didn’t start swimming competitively until college, where he swam for four years at Frostburg State University. The Mount Airy, Maryland native went on... full a2bd7f95-d6e2-4376-b137-eb5c1e3b07cf Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000 1893 false false 156 3 The Girl Who Figured It Out As an infant in India, Minda Dentler contracted polio, resulting in the paralysis of her legs. As a young adult, she discovered the sport of handcycling. She would become the first female wheelchai... full e718b9d8-0486-4c20-9eef-32b3db944945 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2110 false false 155 3 Ponies and Swords Victoria Isaacson is a wheelchair fencer with a goal of competing at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. In addition to being an elite athlete herself, she also coaches fencing and has recently complete... full da467ba7-23af-4718-9519-25526e5b0b6a Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2036 false false 154 3 Sports Saved My Life In June 2021, US Marine Corps Captain Andrew Hairston entered his first event as a handcyclist while still rehabbing at Walter Reed Hospital from an accident that resulted in the amputation of his ... full 705ed0fa-bd80-4314-949f-8166da43f520 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2194 false false 153 3 Having to Evolve the Way You Fight Army Staff Sergeant Michael Kacer was injured as a result of a mortar attack in Afghanistan on June 18, 2008. In 2017, he started competing in Taekwondo, to help improve his mental health and confi... full 794f64fb-4fb4-45d0-bd80-a0eaa91c0757 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2113 false false 152 3 90 Miles An Hour On Ice Will Castillo was born in Colombia, South America and immigrated to the United States when he was five years old, living in Queens, New York. After 9/11, Will joined the US Army and served for ten ... full 2c748258-b8b6-4624-a47e-47bbb0c9fc60 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 1939 false false 151 3 I Felt Like a Mermaid Sarah Bofinger began swimming before she could walk. At age six, she joined the Frederick Area Swim Team in Frederick, Maryland. She was born with hip dysplasia and had her first surgery at 4 month... full a6b95cdb-58f2-4781-966a-d5049dac0376 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 1583 false false 150 3 I Needed To Be a Physical Being On October 28, 1989, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2 Rhonda Liddell was struck by a drunk driver, resulting in a permanent loss of range of motion and neuropathy in her right arm as well as damage to her... full e16a00b5-4656-47b5-814d-a7a98105f19a Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 2055 false false 149 3 I Can Be Whatever I Want Max Togisala is a rising professional golfer who most recently placed 17th overall in the 2023 U.S. Adaptive Open at Pinehurst. Originally on track to play collegiate golf, his life took a dramatic... full ab9c6140-be34-48ac-9ca3-06890cda19ae Mon, 01 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 1851 false false 148 3 This is My Thing David Horvath, who was born with spina bifida, discovered the sport of powerlifting through a gym class in high school and realized that it was the sport for him. He would then learn about DASA, a ... full 0c517cc2-97cb-4887-9a08-c5f20b9aa30f Mon, 25 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 1915 false false 147 3 Golf Literally Saved My Life While in Bahrain in 2001, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Charlene Williams experienced the onset of a detached retina, hearing loss, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury. She has tried a number of adapt... full e3f3fc9c-3c40-4649-9aef-2328ad590580 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2154 false false 146 3 Love the Wind in My Hair While serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, Chris Young was paralyzed in a plane crash in Alaska. He began adaptive skiing in 1986 and was named to the U.S. Disabled Ski Team in 1989. At the 1994 Winter... full 22446d11-98e8-4d28-acef-1dc506155a14 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2164 false false 145 3 Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable Saylor O’Brien was born with spina bifida. She started skiing with Wasatch Adaptive Sports, a Move United member organization when she was just four years old. She loved going fast, so when she was... full bb18b278-5b8d-4783-9bbd-e1d612d4f565 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2046 false false 144 3 I Was Dragging Around This Leg In 2003, and at 8 years old, Ohio native Derick Byrd was treated for osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer in his left tibia that required a knee replacement with 8 inches of titanium implanted into ... full 0f9a7bc3-4315-43d3-bc4c-08bc245786a3 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 1734 false false 143 3 Number One Rule is Don’t Fall Kimber Cross was born with one hand—she has adapted and modified to excel in sports as a kid and now climbing as an adult. She is an adaptive climber who uses a custom prosthetic ice tool to climb ... full aab3c4d4-7a5b-4a4f-b861-016ebcdba07c Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2083 false false 142 3 Most Growth Occurs When We Are Uncomfortable Allie Johnson was born with a limb deficiency, and began therapeutic horseback riding at age five. That eventually led to her becoming a part of the equestrian staff at NSCD, a Move United member o... full 4ca26f77-5b84-42c8-940c-9a30758c2c91 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 1832 false false 141 3 Taking the Tools for a Walk After moving to Colorado in 2006, Sam Sala began hiking and climbing CO’s 14ers. He began volunteering with Paradox Sports in 2015 and now serves as the organization’s program manager. Sam has rece... full d91dc276-3930-427c-833f-6a949556ad6f Mon, 06 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2098 false false 140 3 Sports Can Challenge Stigmas Nico Calabria started playing amputee soccer when he was 16 years old. He has served as the team captain for the U.S. National Amputee Soccer Team and is a board member of the American Amputee Socc... full 85fdfe73-b9be-4611-bb4a-0f1889e0e18d Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2142 false false 139 3 The Power of Sports for Amputees Marci Krown attended Kent State University, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Recreation Management. She then moved to Atlanta, where she got involved in the 1996 Paralympic Games. Now ... full 7ccd0ee8-66f0-4e30-92e2-0e4d5e65a9f5 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2107 false false 138 3 Helping Other People Win Adam Bleakney has served as the Head Coach of the University of Illinois Wheelchair Track and Road Racing team since 2005. In that time his athletes have won 55 medals across four Paralympic Games ... full e7fbd771-dc0f-4b99-991d-004644652712 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2254 false false 137 3 Preventing a More Severe Onset After earning a master’s degree in international affairs, Laura Root was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy. In 2011, during her first tour, she was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. A fe... full bf6dac1b-f6fe-4b8d-9db3-56eef689c140 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1510 false false 136 3 I Found an Outlet in the Outdoors Brian Von Herbulis spent nearly 17 years leading special operations units with the US Marine Corps, including a number of combat deployments. So nature, and being outdoors, has always been therapeu... full 922f9cc3-e0e2-4857-bbd1-11743f15b11c Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2117 false false 135 3 Life is Not Going to Stop for Me Sports have always played a role in Cristian Martinez’s life. He served in the Marine Corps, including two combat tours but had his leg amputated below the knee as the result of a motorcycle accide... full 348bda5c-7faf-4909-9dda-842624e3cd7e Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2052 false false 134 3 Meet the New Cracker Jill Lindsey Zurbrugg was unsure of what a future in sports would look like for her when she became disabled at the age of 13. But then she found wheelchair basketball. She now plays for the USA Women's... full d947b5ef-8dfa-460c-99d2-64eafd2efb17 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1926 false false 133 3 I Was Missing Sports in My Life On October 23, 2005, Army Sergeant Bryan Anderson was nine months into his second deployment to Iraq when his vehicle went over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The Purple Heart recipient and ... full 5bbbb75a-38aa-49df-946b-e55ae5069102 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1854 false false 132 3 The iBOT After studying occupational therapy in college, Dawn Hameline went to work with the VA and is still involved with summer and winter adaptive sports clinics for disabled veterans. She is now a Clini... full 757817b1-2716-4a20-a1cb-205d81acd800 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2057 false false 131 3 It Wasn't Boring, It Was Peaceful SFC Jay Martin was medically retired from the Army after a bicycle accident left him paralyzed. As an adaptive athlete, he has picked up air rifle as a sport and competes in Move United’s Adaptive ... full 580375cb-44e3-47d2-967d-8660f371c1cf Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2129 false false 130 3 A Whole New Freedom For Me Barbi Baum competed in swimming and track and field at the international level in the 1980’s and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1982. She was president of their Disabled Sports Organi... full 2ce2619f-eb23-4be1-9967-f64203a60861 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1827 false false 129 1 Similarites between Snowboarding and Skateboarding Darian Haynes is an adaptive athlete who competes in para snowboarding, surfing, and skateboarding. Growing up surfing in Hawaii, she was a fixture on Team Hawaii and then Team USA, earning 8 indiv... full bb1f1a82-29b6-4efd-8563-d71046f78e56 Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1005 false false 128 3 Shredding on the Snow or the Streets At age 17, Noah Elliott had his left leg amputated above the knee. He would learn about Paralympic snowboarding through attending a camp for children with cancer. Although the Paralympic gold medal... full 65658c29-42dc-4ea4-9c1a-2db5aadbb3d6 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0000 1981 false false 127 3 Taking Off the Arm and Leaving it Off Natalie Grazian has a congenital limb difference, meaning her right arm did not fully develop before birth. Exercising has always been a passion and that prompted her to find modifications to help ... full 3dc07310-04af-4a29-8683-e78b4d58cffa Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2105 false false 126 3 I Love Pickleball! Pete Peterson, aka Pickleball Pete as he is known at GLASA, is a certified pickleball instructor and helps lead the adaptive pickleball program at Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association, a Move Un... full 83b999d2-b41b-4dfb-91a9-392183212413 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1566 false false 125 3 Adaptive Skateboarding is Knarley Daniel Gale is a founder and current executive director of Adaptive Action Sports, a Move United member organization based in Colorado. He has been a sports organizer for ESPN and the Summer X Game... full 1ce3bc77-6229-4ec9-9b75-598d2a6f9051 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1999 false false 124 3 Throwing it Away Justin Phongsavanh made his international debut for the United States at the 2019 Parapan American Games, where he won a gold medal in javelin. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer P... full 601a5ff9-9ff5-46b7-ac74-18c88d4bb5fb Mon, 10 Jul 2023 03:00:00 +0000 1806 false false 123 3 Tenacious 3X Paralympian Patty Cisneros Prevo, who won two gold medals as part of the national women’s wheelchair basketball team and is a disability advocate focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, has... full 9203883a-e0db-4d5b-94c7-c65846e416a3 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2221 false false 122 3 Pickleball for All Michael Rosenkrantz is the Executive Director of So Cal Adaptive Sports, a Move United member organization. He has coached wheelchair basketball at the collegiate level, serving as an Assistant Coa... full 352ae847-c8bd-47f5-88d0-18d7f1b19ffe Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000 1954 false false 121 3 Racing is My Passion Born with spina bifida, Hannah Dederick was abandoned at the steps of a hospital in China and adopted from an orphanage by a family in the United States. Through Shriners Children’s Hospital, she l... full 13b1404e-0e16-496a-ac79-fb0222d25fb2 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:20:00 +0000 1061 false false 120 3 Sport is a Universal Language Dr. Mary Hums is a professor of Sport Administration at the University of Louisville. She has been active in the Olympic and Paralympic movement since the 1996 Summer Paralympic Games in Atlanta, G... full 3fc46784-8d20-488a-9c8f-73525763c52d Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2013 false false 119 3 Will I Ever Play Basketball Again? When Bailey Moody was 10 years old, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and underwent an amputation of her leg. Within just two months of completing chemotherapy, she was back on the basketball cou... full daff274f-a1bb-4d2a-bf95-ea6f8ae97015 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1602 false false 118 3 Fall in Love with the Sport First Earlier this year, Jonathan Clemins was appointed to the position of the USA Archery Paralympic Head Coach. Clemins served as an Assistant Coach for the 2022 World Archery Para Championships and as... full ec3726fb-9464-4d26-be61-720994861e23 Mon, 29 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1753 false false 117 3 All You Have to Do is Go For It Alycia Anderson is an international TEDx motivational speaker, CEO, inclusion champion, and advocate. She received a master’s degree in adapted physical activity and has been an avid wheelchair ten... full 6f490703-fa42-4e73-bad8-fbf2808a0160 Mon, 22 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2144 false false 116 3 Everyone Should Have Access to Sport Dr. Oluwaferanmi Okanlami is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan, where he also serves as the Director of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services, Divis... full 5a3e8fa1-ebb4-4618-998b-891e749f8bff Mon, 15 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2732 false false 115 3 Disability Justice Dayne Law is a Coast Guard veteran, social worker, queer/transgender man, kayaker, and a member of Move United’s DEI task force. In 2002, Dayne was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and found that ... full 6488dc6b-28bd-4888-befd-f3028c4f2d7d Mon, 08 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1610 false false 114 3 I Want to Do Everything That Everbody Else Is Doing Ricardo Castaneda became blind at the age of 15 and has participated in judo, wrestling, goalball, track & field, and beep baseball. He earned MVP honors at the Northwest Regional track competition... full 9b9c00f7-ac09-4d71-99eb-549915fd1846 Thu, 04 May 2023 03:00:00 +0000 1897 false false 113 3 Chasing a Little Ball Around Dana Mathewson was 10 years old when she contracted a rare autoimmune disease which impacted her spinal cord. Dana's mom wanted her to give adaptive sports a try and she ended up falling in love wi... full c7a0c9cd-7cab-4722-8d1e-addb3fc3c4f3 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:00:00 +0000 2128 false false 112 3 The Armless Archer Matthew Stutzman was born without arms and uses his legs and feet for most of his activities, including archery. Matt is a 3x Paralympian, winning a silver medal in 2012. He holds a world record fo... full bc6ec635-8611-4b0d-b06f-b966684011de Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:35:00 +0000 2103 false false 111 3 Athlete First Nicky Nieves started playing sports in the 6th grade, including volleyball, track and field, and cheerleading. In volleyball, she earned Conference Player of the Year honors her senior year of high... full e0080dd1-c0cb-4a68-8067-39213f8877ce Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2155 false false 110 3 The Opportunity to Talk Trash Brandon Rush became paralyzed at the age of 14 as the result of a biking accident. He was introduced to the sport of wheelchair basketball during his rehab and hasn’t looked back since. Not only di... full ea058a10-451a-484c-b4e0-54d97d84a5e7 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1559 false false 109 3 Your Circumstances Don’t Define You Tracy Otto became paralyzed from the chest down when an ex-boyfriend attacked her in 2019. She was in a really bad place for a long time and wanted to find something to lift her up. Randomly, she d... full 5663725d-d201-4206-bf20-fa1f82241211 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1761 false false 108 3 What is Possible? Shawn Cheshire served in the US Army for eight years as a helicopter systems mechanic and was honorably discharged in 2002. Shawn lost her vision in 2012 as a result of traumatic brain injury she s... full 5eb0486c-be9f-4b8b-bb99-edc87217fa3c Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000 2096 false false 107 3 My Second Family Mackenzie Soldan has had an amazing sports career, representing Team USA at two Paralympic Games in two different sports: wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball. At one point, she was the #1 w... full c8668894-92de-4056-a787-bd176a297410 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000 1990 false false 106 3 On the Fence Marine Corps veteran Jataya Taylor was injured during training, ultimately ending her military career and eventually leading to the amputation of her left leg. She has explored a variety of adaptiv... full 0caaa375-693a-41a4-b1ff-5cf7c0f25da1 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2117 false false 105 3 One Arrow At a Time Lia Coryell is a two-time Paralympian for Team USA and 2022 World Archery Para Champion. She became a first-time Paralympian at the age of 51 and is a veteran of the U.S. Army. Now officially retir... full b1bd5441-68f5-49ab-8b41-7a0b7283dff3 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000 1749 false false 104 2 Hitting Tennis Balls With My Friends Casey Ratzlaff is the #1 Male in U.S. wheelchair tennis and recently had a career high ranking of 15 in Singles, which is unheard of for the US wheelchair tennis program. He's young, talented, smar... full a251fdcb-2ec0-473b-a6c9-28b9963f1673 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2248 false false 103 2 Beating the Disability Inclusion Drum Born without her left hand and forearm, Anna Johannes began to fight for disability rights and social justice from a young age. After several years competing in para swimming as an elite athlete, i... full 4ca237c7-9261-4c88-aa91-f033024e3ca8 Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000 1943 false false 102 2 Anything is Possible As an adaptive athlete, Patrick Sweeney has competed in three half Ironmans in Atlantic City about 50 or more triathlons. He also played with the national team in the sport of 7 v 7 Soccer. He is a... full 02154da2-0785-4d09-bf14-351548969e61 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 18:30:00 +0000 839 false false 101 2 One Extra Bounce Kaitlyn Verfeurth played wheelchair tennis professionally and represented Team USA in that sport at the 2004, 2008 and 2016 Paralympic Games. Kaitlyn would become a dual sport athlete and competed ... full 2a414c84-b0d0-480d-be30-a41ae644d409 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000 2157 false false 100 2 Going the Distance Liz Willis was a distance runner in high school. When doctors were forced to amputate her leg below the knee in 2010, she pursued her passion for running and set her sights on becoming a U.S. Paral... full 394db36c-b77b-41bc-8074-6d03ed0140f8 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000 1988 false false 99 2 I Just Wanted to Play Kaitlyn Verfeurth was involved in a car accident when she was just 7 years old, sustaining an L2 incomplete spinal cord injury. She found adaptive sports through a summer camp and would go on to pl... full 72698098-655a-4576-b890-f64d3fb71bc1 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000 1996 false false 98 2 Choreography = Strategy Conner Lundius has been a dancer since the age of 5. She danced competitively for almost a decade, and continued to dance through college. At the age of 22, she was injured in a car crash, and sust... full e3f85a0b-5641-4f27-be8b-cb0af2b71991 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000 1664 false false 97 2 One Step at a Time Navy Corpsman Max Rohn was serving in Iraq as part of a U.S. Marine Corps convoy and was injured when his Humvee was hit by a rocket propelled grenade. He suffered injuries to his arm, legs, along ... full 0a488a07-641f-495e-b380-d56319d42cf5 Mon, 02 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2052 false false 96 2 Not Walking Like John Wayne Anymore In 2010, U.S. Army Specialist Richard Dyer was injured as a result of an Airborne operation where he impacted a tree at nearly 30 miles per hour. Adaptive sports became an important part of his rec... full 3df764c1-b8fe-4b9a-9797-336a7dea952d Mon, 26 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000 1839 false false 95 2 Life is Like Lemonade Garrison Redd became paralyzed in 2005 after being struck by a stray bullet outside his home. He has participated in and excelled in several adaptive sports, including climbing, CrossFit, and has b... full fb7570ac-a665-4775-8743-965cf0466660 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000 1561 false false 94 2 Amy Purdy on the Power of Dance Amy Purdy lost her legs below the knees when she was 19 years old. Throughout her recovery, she vowed to ride again. At that time, two decades ago, adaptive snowboarding was essentially non-existen... full 4e262b7b-a2d0-49f4-88ac-d2277e9543b1 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000 2200 false false 93 2 Gifting Moments Keith Gabel was introduced to snowboarding in 2000 and he quickly developed a love for the sport. In June 2005, Gabel was involved in an industrial accident that crushed his left foot. After multip... full 28630e4a-384b-465e-91cd-f060968a8066 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000 2047 false false 92 2 A Different Type of Freedom Cheryl Angelelli sustained a spinal cord injury from a diving accident in 1983. 15 years later, she took up swimming again and would become a 3x Paralympian and 4X Paralympic medalist in the sport.... full 272f2883-7b3d-42b6-8ee7-2b47130f8905 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000 1613 false false 91 2 Being an Athlete is Core to My Identity Rebecca Johnston was just beginning her freshman year at Whitman College, where she was planning to play volleyball at the Division III school. But bone cancer would impact that plan. After an atte... full 0a28bbfc-b927-4f90-9ab6-83b0a7e5e04a Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000 2032 false false 90 2 Loud and Proud Marine Staff Sergeant John Edward Heath was struck by a vehicle on New Year's Day in 2016. After 12 limb salvage surgeries he decided to amputate his left leg. Good luck keeping up with him, as he ... full 85e1d495-a544-4f03-8029-a5101ecc8b81 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:00:00 +0000 2089 false false 89 2 I Feel Like a Kid Out There Jonathon Stone was a three sport athlete in high school. After being severely injured in the Marine Corps, he thought his days as an athlete were over. Then he discovered adaptive sports through Te... full 74e1ed92-b6f5-4cdf-a98d-7c9b38a78306 Mon, 07 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 1487 false false 88 2 Chase the Yes Steph “The Hammer” Roach has been motivating herself and others her entire life. Born with cerebral palsy, she started into sports when she was three years old. She now operates Staying Driven Fitn... full 28900491-52ad-4b75-99c2-76590f824fd5 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000 1957 false false 87 2 Being Called to Coach By day, Jason Sfire is president of The Fidelity Group, a family owned commercial real estate development company in Illinois. When he is not running a business, he is playing wheelchair tennis wit... full 52b665e3-8083-464a-b30d-8e202f550f85 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1963 false false 86 2 You Will Never Master the Sport of Golf A retired military veteran, Ty Campbell used golf as a form of physical therapy after suffering an injury while deployed with the United States Coast Guard. Ty uses his passion for golf to create a... full 16fd7fad-a89f-4fc0-a134-48a7048d88ea Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1951 false false 85 2 Disability Doesn't Take Away the Itch Jacob Tyree serves as a training coordinator for Move United, overseeing the management of VA Adaptive Sports Training Grant funded programs. He brings with him a vast amount of experience in the a... full f3e35e72-ad2b-48c4-bf2b-b4e10b32ed19 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2450 false false 84 2 A Slice of Humble Pie Retired Army Staff Sergeant Rico Roman had his left leg amputated above the knee after being wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED) while serving his third tour in Iraq in February 2007. A... full e25d9e45-225d-4ab4-bec0-7415ba33ab23 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1877 false false 83 2 Feeling Free in the Water Alyssa Gialamas was encouraged to try swimming by coach Glen O'Sullivan. Once she started, she found that she felt free in the water because she did not have to wear braces and was not sitting in a... full ed545427-4b3c-4272-b9bf-fce657cb4c8a Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1270 false false 82 2 Reflecting About "Bring It On" and on Getting Smoked Lacey Henderson was just nine years old when her leg was amputated above the knee. Although she played various sports growing up, she particularly became fond of cheerleading, earning a scholarship... full a9863f57-d78f-4636-a22a-f4cfd9209fe8 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2197 false false 81 2 Don't Quit on Me Chris Kaag served in the United States Marine Corps for almost five years. At the age of 21, Chris was diagnosed with a rare degenerative condition affecting his nerve cells and was discharged from... full fe54187e-f882-4e88-83fd-3390ee72e0e0 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1406 false false 80 2 Ironman, Alpine Skiing, and Archery... Oh My! In July 2009, Kevin Mather was on a training ride in the foothills of Los Angeles with a group of friends when he was hit by a truck. His athletic pursuits continued on. Like a story in a book, his... full af973501-f1e6-43ba-8385-2ff75e39f3fe Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2244 false false 79 2 On College and Adaptive Sports Myranda Mishler was born with spina bifida. Growing up, she played a couple of different sports but really found her calling when she was introduced to wheelchair racing while in high school. She’s... full 7402ee03-a3a1-453d-b38d-2e382d64d153 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:30:00 +0000 1748 false false 78 2 U.S. Marine Eric Alva and Radical Courage US Marine Staff Sergeant Eric Alva’s unit was among the first to cross the border into Iraq for the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Three hours into the ground war, near Basra, while stepping out... full bba0c984-2faa-414f-8d91-f116bcd025e2 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:15:00 +0000 2351 false false 77 2 Kim Moore Wins U.S. Adaptive Open Golf Tournament at Pinehurt Born without a right foot and a severely clubbed left foot, Kim Moore would play various sports as a youth. But then she found golf and realized she could compete in that sport at a high level, ear... full 13158c6e-c114-44bb-874e-f560a4750923 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:15:00 +0000 1604 false false 76 2 You Can't Reach The Finish Line if You Can't Get to the Starting Line Rudy Garcia-Tolson endured 15 surgeries by the age of five before telling his parents he'd rather have a double leg amputation...By age 8, he had already become active in swimming, running and tria... full 052520bb-6340-43a9-a146-4a474c73a04b Wed, 03 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000 2001 false false 75 2 Joe Stone on Outdoor Recreation and Disability In 2010, Joe Stone nearly died after crashing into a mountain at almost 50 MPH while speed flying, a form of paragliding. The accident left him with a spinal cord injury leaving him paralyzed from ... full b68e91a0-7d65-4cbe-a922-de2efea7dfe9 Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2508 false false 74 2 To Redefine Disability for Others, You Must First Redefine it For Yourself Mandy Willmore received a scholarship to play basketball at college. While in Hawaii for a tournament, she would become paralyzed while surfing. At first, she wanted nothing to do with wheelchair b... full ab79c686-792a-45cb-b781-d1ed54ce7e3e Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2194 false false 73 2 From Tennis to Fitness Lauren Haneke-Hopps just graduated from the University of Alabama, earning a master’s degree in exercise and sports science. Not only did she excel as a student, being on the Dean’s List and named ... full c517ce0b-d29b-492b-a4a2-d0a8d46bd7dd Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1556 false false 72 2 David Kiley Inducted into Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame Just two years after a spinal cord injury, David Kiley made the USA National Team in basketball. At his first Paralympic Games in 1976, he would win gold medals in all five of his events, including... full 114afb6e-39ad-4cd4-acf4-b32f079a2ff6 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2675 false false 71 2 Learning to Walk Three Times Steve Martin served in the U.S. Army. After completing his military service, he would become an Arizona State Trooper. Then 9/11 happened. That moment led to him to joining the State Department as ... full 327f84e5-ad60-4add-a6c5-3cb0ef014836 Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:00:00 +0000 2955 false false 70 2 Taekwondo, Soccer, and Track and Field Catarina Guimaraes is a second-degree black belt, won 2 silver medals at the 2018 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports competition in Ireland, was recently named a CP Soccer World Cup All-St... full bd9a35ca-b790-4e3f-932d-c7c29c238e86 Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:00:00 +0000 2312 false false 69 2 Hitting the Sticks Barry Weintraub is an activity-based exercise specialist at Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, a Move United member organization based in Minneapolis. He has coached wheelchair softball and ba... full 31ff22da-07a8-4134-ad47-e40d82193e39 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:00:00 +0000 1992 false false 68 2 Trekking 2,653 Miles Sam Maddaus is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. Two years into his Naval assignment in San Diego and after coming back from deployment, he would be in a motorcycle accident. The injuries would... full 441fbe1f-9b7b-47bc-aec3-3596a947915c Tue, 31 May 2022 14:05:00 +0000 2000 false false 67 2 Being a Rolling Mammoth Daniel Hersh co-founded the Colorado Rolling Mammoth wheelchair lacrosse team in 2011 and has been highly involved ever since. In addition to serving as the team’s captain, he also serves on the bo... full 00e1c74e-9167-4263-bb21-0e1a1dd536d5 Mon, 23 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1661 false false 66 2 Competition Builds Character Jessie Cloy is a 4X Paralympian in the sport of track and field, earning 7 medals at the Paralympic Games over her career. She first got involved in wheelchair racing through Children’s Lightning W... full dda0c9fd-e060-4479-8667-b5bddbee7aea Mon, 16 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1768 false false 65 2 Row, Row, Row Your Boat: The Sport of Para Rowing Ellen Minzner is the Director of Para High Performance for US Rowing, where she focuses on athlete identification and development. Previously, she served as the Director of Inclusion and Advocacy a... full 2e5c8658-f387-4539-a8c6-c6ab63b395d0 Mon, 09 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2545 false false 64 2 The New Sport of Wheelchair Lacrosse In 1999, Norm Page started working as a volunteer coach with the Buffalo Sabres sled hockey team when his 7 year old son Adam started playing. As president of the program he helped build the first ... full 96e14d21-8aad-478f-a4a1-7d73e9505b44 Mon, 02 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2054 false false 63 2 Making an Impact On and Off the Court Steve Serio started playing wheelchair basketball when he was 14 years old and went on to play at the University of Illinois where he led the team to a national championship. He would play professi... full 86294686-db1f-427b-8ce0-3207adb72ade Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000 1780 false false 62 2 Rowing in the Present Jennifer Fitz-Roy is training with the high performance team at US Rowing and is hoping to make the national team this year. She learned to row at Community Rowing Inc. a Move United member organiz... full c38c065f-3ccd-418a-bf2b-c21050f9186c Mon, 18 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2454 false false 61 2 Making History for Puerto Rico Retired U.S. Army Private First Class Orlando Perez became paralyzed as a result of a training accident. One of the first adaptive sports he fell in love with was wheelchair basketball and he had t... full d7d275c8-e950-4abb-8eb7-70dc96f19e43 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:30:00 +0000 2591 false false 60 2 Turning Adversity Into Asset Jacob Pacheco is a content creator, entrepreneur, model, speaker, professional surfer, and he also adapts to life with Cerebral Palsy. Jacob’s platform often focuses on empowerment and optimization... full 005e12c2-f058-444b-8c24-391bfb25567b Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2390 false false 59 2 Paralympian Nicole Roundy and the Evolution of Para Snowboarding Nicole Roundy spent six years as a member of the U.S. Paralympic Snowboard Team, being one of the first athletes to compete in the sport of para snowboarding. She would compete in two Winter Paraly... full 98681edd-529c-478d-823c-0a0e02dd1ae4 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2110 false false 58 2 Climber Jim Ewing on Being Augmented Jim Ewing has been an avid climber most of his life. He would injure his foot during a climbing trip in the Cayman Islands. After realizing amputation might be the best route to regain some mobilit... full ee4e3c8c-d8be-4763-bcbd-4b7f299658c3 Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2377 false false 57 2 The History of Adaptive Sports David Davis is a Los Angeles based journalist whose work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He is also th... full c6d1ba72-0e0b-4098-9f06-76934a80c609 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000 2296 false false 56 2 Tragedy on the Mountain An accident at age sixteen caused a spinal-cord injury that left Brent Poppen paralyzed. This was a beginning to journeys he never dreamed as he became one of the top disabled athletes in the world... full bd234e17-7a54-4cc5-9ed4-4be2ac4b6ae9 Sat, 05 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0000 2586 false false 55 2 Making Sure No One is Left on the Sideline Kari Miller-Ortiz is a retired U.S. Army Sergeant who lost both her legs when a car she was in was hit by a drunk driver while she was on leave from military duty in 1999. After playing a variety o... full e97db9b4-2119-426a-856b-ad829ddb501a Sun, 27 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000 1949 false false 54 2 Who's Up for Para Speed Skating? Caitlin Conner has taken up a number of sports, including cycling, boxing, triathlon, and cross-fit. As an amputee, she is now interested in building up para speed skating as a new winter sport. Ou... full e0347b68-ea21-417a-9a92-5a69d249483d Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000 2649 false false 53 2 Retired Marine Tim Brown Working to Show Others The Power of Sport Tim Brown is a retired U.S. Marine, who suffered a significant injury after stepping on an IED during his third deployment to Afghanistan. Sports played a major role in his recovery while at Walter... full d1fde899-e25f-48b6-b1a7-e8a5930159f2 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000 3000 false false 52 1 Wheelchair Rugby Player Chuck Aoki Excels in More Than Just Sport Chuck Aoki is regarded as one of the best wheelchair rugby players in the world and has played on the U.S. team in 3 Paralympic Games, even being named one of two flag bearers for Team USA at the S... full 347bc952-946b-4462-bb84-babd3f5debdb Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000 2502 false false 51 1 Curiosity Led Paralympic Medalist Mohamed Lahna to Compete Mohamed Lahna was born in Casablanca, Morocco with Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency, leaving him without a femur in his right leg. As a young child, his mobility was limited by crutches or foam in... full 27280ab9-1d83-4b17-a990-412a572a3e27 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0000 2002 false false 50 1 U.S. Sled Hockey Player Noah Grove & the Pursuit of Gold In 2004, Noah Grove developed bone cancer in his left leg that resulted in an amputation. He was only five years old. Fast forward eight years later and he finds himself at the adaptive sports prog... full e7446e44-a00a-4f87-83e3-267726c52837 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0000 1633 false false 49 1 Exploring Winter on Skis BethAnn Chamberlain grew up in northern Minnesota and was introduced to cross country skiing when she joined her high school team. She would continue competing in the sport and biathlon through col... full 8c51e5e0-eca2-4f7e-9403-87284c8246b4 Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0000 2067 false false 48 1 Wheelchair Curling is Like Shuffleboard on Ice Marc DePerno is an occupational therapist and serves as an outreach coordinator for Sitrin Health Care Center. He was instrumental in establishing the STARS (Success Through Adaptive Recreation and... full 18617b7e-065c-4bf9-9549-4575ec760e36 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0000 2071 false false 47 1 Disability Is Not an Excuse for Darlene Hunter Darlene Hunter is a 3x Paralympian and Gold Medalist for the US Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team. At 4 years old, she would suffer a spinal cord injury as a part of a tragic accident but would di... full 808c7b72-da66-4986-aeac-a74a0af19c17 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:30:00 +0000 2168 false false 46 1 Monoskiing is freeing for Blake Eaton Blake Eaton started bi-skiing with Courage Kenny, a Move United member organization based in Duluth, Minnesota, when he was three years old. When he was 8, he was encouraged to give monoskiing a tr... full ba63b990-3127-4d03-8342-db6dd625a951 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000 1165 false false 45 1 Navy Seal and Paralympic Gold Medalist Dan Cnossen on the Value of Getting Outside Dan Cnossen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and became a Navy SEAL. He would deploy multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan and served as a platoon commander for Seal Team One. In 2009, on a n... full 32647074-1962-4c20-bac1-194d64f0998c Mon, 20 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000 2925 false false 44 1 Wheelchair Basketball World Champion Matt Scott and the Indescribable Feeling of Being on the Court Matt Scott was diagnosed with spinal bifida at birth. He started playing wheelchair basketball when he was 14 years old. In 2004, was recruited to be on the U.S. Men’s National Wheelchair Basketbal... full 4c06bc1c-7151-4a2f-b80f-14627e83a726 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000 1423 false false 43 1 Becoming the Hero of Your Own Life with Paralympian Steve Emt Sport has always been an integral part of Steve Emt’s life, even making the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team as a walk on. But at age 25, an automobile accident left him paralyzed. ... full bbf1324b-9f8a-454b-8ff6-c003621d3963 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000 2611 false false 42 1 Paralympic Gold Medalist Ryan Neiswender on the Power of Belief Sports allowed Ryan Neiswender to feel free. At an early age, he discovered wheelchair basketball and would receive a full scholarship to play at the University of Illinois, where he was named a 4-... full 67139579-f6c7-4c39-9c87-993c50cd4747 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 2021 false false 41 1 2X Paralympic Silver Medalist Jaleen Roberts Jaleen Roberts was born with cerebral palsy. She was encouraged by her high school coaches to compete in the ambulatory races at the Washington state track meet. After some convincing, she would ul... full fe322841-e543-4e88-ade7-81b9f0cb7c9f Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 2008 false false 40 1 Veteran Bart Salgado Talks about the new USA Wheelchair Football League Bart Salgado served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was on the ground during the liberation of Kuwait. After his military service, he working on the railroad where he suffered an injury that resulted ... full 0e8f2638-2304-4870-ad57-35ed6cb57e24 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:00:00 +0000 2011 false false 39 1 Paralympic Medalist Melissa Stockwell on the Power of Choice Retired Army Officer Melissa Stockwell is proud to wear the United States uniform. She did so as an Army officer and, after a roadside bomb in Iraq led to her left leg being amputated above the kne... full 4cd21aab-25a3-41fc-ac1d-f29e7323183a Tue, 09 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000 1850 false false 38 1 Relearning how to walk again wasn't enough for Jami Goldman Marseilles Jami Goldman Marseilles is an elementary school teacher, a motivational speaker, an author of two books, and has been featured a highly acclaimed Adidas foot wear tv commercial. At the age of 1... full 436a8f45-2e62-4d22-81a3-c506ff7273da Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1814 false false 37 1 U.S. Air Force Captain Sarah Evan's “No Quit” Mentality A graduate of The Citadel, Sarah Evans was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. While serving in Afghanistan in 2012, she was diagnosed with bone cancer, eventually leading to the ampu... full 88447153-45b0-4dae-b54e-2522d0b5a03a Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 3010 false false 36 1 7X Paralympic Medalist Amanda McGrory Was Tricked into Wheelchair Racing Amanda McGrory attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a dual sport athlete to play wheelchair basketball and compete as a member of wheelchair racing team. She graduated with a ... full e7a3c937-db6e-4446-832c-20c5118e11f5 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1557 false false 35 1 Wheelchair Racer Daniel Romanchuk is On Fire Wheelchair Racer Daniel Romanchuk has been on fire the past couple of years. He has won the Chicago Marathon, the London Marathon, the New York City Marathon (he earned the title of youngest athlet... full eef5da8b-3058-4ed3-96cd-b65f3b419693 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1735 false false 34 1 Alana Nichols on Getting Women Into Adaptive Sports Alana Nichols is a world-class athlete with a passion for challenging herself and others. After suffering a spinal cord injury at age 17 while attempting a back flip on her snowboard, Alana quickly... full fe40e971-f57c-4935-81e4-11bc8f39c6d8 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1889 false false 33 1 It's Just an Arm Logan Aldridge is a leader with the Adaptive Training Academy. As the director of training for the ATA, Logan teaches adaptive CrossFit to both disabled and abled body athletes all over the world. ... full f196b828-45f3-445d-95f5-22ab33bc9708 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 3304 false false 32 1 The Art of the Throw Erica Wheeler went to Stanford University, and not only set the school women’s javelin record but a Pacific-10 Conference mark as well. She left there as a four-time All-American. She would go on t... full 7f2bd014-8123-4d54-8bfe-70570217037d Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 2600 false false 31 1 The Importance of Inclusion in Play Jill Moore would describe herself as a bonafide play addict. Born with spina bifida, she tried a number of adaptive sports growing up from wheelchair rugby and basketball to track and field. She re... full 7d190f0d-b5ec-431c-92dc-2054e2c933f4 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1796 false false 30 1 Ian Seidenfeld Wins Gold in Para Table Tennis in Tokyo Ian Seidenfeld just followed in his father’s footsteps by winning a gold medal in para table tennis at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. His father Mitch, who is also Ian’s coach, did the same at the 199... full b289e2aa-b720-4b4a-8581-398ba800ebf1 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1519 false false 29 1 Tahl Liebovitz on the Sport of Deception Tahl Leibovitz is competing in his sixth Paralympic games in Tokyo in the sport of para table tenns. To date, he has brought home three medals for Team USA, including 1 gold and 2 bronze. Tahl is a... full 1d098ee3-45e5-4314-afd9-99962a56f5fe Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1794 false false 28 1 Lex Gillette Jumping Into Life and the Record Books Lex Gillette is the current world record holder in the long jump, a four-time Paralympic medalist, a three-time long jump world champion, and an 18-time national champion. He is the only totally bl... full 03355b8c-fa6b-49ec-850c-669fb2576f9a Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000 2496 false false 27 1 Erik Weihenmayer is Living a No Barriers Life On May 25, 2001, Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. Seven years later, he would complete the Seven Summits, the highest point on every continent. In ... full 587e8e86-1432-4cca-8819-4ba7d185ad61 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000 2086 false false 26 1 Paralympic Gold Medalist McKenzie Coan is Breaking Free Never expected to sit, stand, walk, or even possibly live, McKenzie Coan, who was born with brittle bone disease, has spent her life defying the odds. At 8 years old, she would set out on a success... full d0b11e1c-fb9f-4895-aa4d-d63e19142f07 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000 2378 false false 25 1 Candice Caesar On Target to Compete in Para Archery Candice Caesar’s father and grandfather both served in our country’s military. She knew that she wanted to serve as well, enlisting in the U.S. Army. But a vehicle accident while on duty in Germany... full edebfe99-26e2-40a8-a822-78287b3142f2 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1915 false false 24 1 Army Veteran Michael Simon Still Serving Others Michael Simon was impacted by the events that happened on 9/11 twenty years ago this September. It moved him to join the Minnesota Army National Guard and was called up to Iraq about two years late... full 2f657b05-1da3-4ca4-a7d7-37945eac6ed4 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000 1432 false false 23 1 Parafencer Terry Hayes Proves There Are No Limits Terry Hayes served as a heavy equipment operator in the U.S. Army. In 2011 she was diagnosed with a rare degenerative brain disease with no cure and no treatment. As someone that was used to being ... full bf1b4385-00df-4f63-ba15-5e426b2e5d44 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1754 false false 22 1 Paratriathon Medalist and Team Hartford Athlete Hailey Danz Hailey Danz is a six-time Paratriathlon World Championships medalist and won a silver medal at the 2016 Games in Rio. She is a Team Hartford athlete and has had the opportunity to be a part of pres... full ea0dff5e-cb16-45e6-98f3-32d820faa2be Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1870 false false 21 1 Para Badminton is Not Just a Backyard Sport You may be familiar with the game of badminton. Many schools teach the sport in physical education class. It is also often played at family reunions, on beaches, and in backyards across the country... full 96a49445-6937-4e93-9f05-bae3d8d0b152 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 1608 false false 20 1 Grind Leads to Glory for Jeremy Boyd Grind leads to glory. And Jeremy Boyd keeps on grinding. Less than five years ago, he was shot in the side, impacting his spinal cord. Just months after that incident, Jeremy was introduced to the ... full 9d244706-9681-455a-be67-ddaebe22a663 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0000 2435 false false 19 1 Shelby Jensen and the Game of Physical Chess (aka Parafencing) The sport of parafencing has been equated to a game of physical chess. And Shelby Jensen would know. The Move United Elite Team member has been ranked #1 in saber and #2 in epee and foil in the Uni... full 8ccb590b-2ba0-40ba-b34f-00d56299dac3 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:20:00 +0000 1718 false false 18 1 Wheelchair Rugby is all about collisions and camaraderie James Gumbert would describe wheelchair rugby as an incredible game, something he was missing since he’d been injured. He was first introduced to the sport in 1992 by Hall of Famer Steven Scott and... full 451a814c-f75a-41a2-95e6-12a1af516225 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:45:00 +0000 2590 false false 17 1 Team USA Para Badminton Player Amy Burnett Badminton is more than a backyard sport. In fact, it is considered the 2nd largest sport in the world, although there is definitely some room for growth in the U.S. This summer, para badminton will... full 346faec3-6731-4c3a-a2ba-f9edcfd60bcc Mon, 07 Jun 2021 21:00:00 +0000 2019 false false 16 1 Para Triathlete Ashley Eisenmenger Ashley Eisenmenger is considered the first NCAA triathlete with a disability that required some sport specific adaptation. As a blind triathlete, Ashley raced varsity women’s triathlon her junior a... full d997bd04-53e3-4afe-a93f-daa2f2fb615a Mon, 31 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000 2335 false false 15 1 Wheelchair Tennis is About Problem Solving for Paralympian Dana Mathewson Dana Mathewson was 10 years old when she contracted a rare autoimmune disease which impacted her spinal cord. After being in the hospital for about a month, her mom wanted her to give adaptive spor... full 4e5d7837-3b01-49b0-861c-a9b2c4a5f1d2 Mon, 24 May 2021 09:30:00 +0000 2009 false false 14 1 Bobby Bones and Lonnie Bedwell A new show premieres on National Geographic on May 31st called Breaking Bobby Bones. In each half-hour episode, Bobby pursues his own mantra—Fight. Grind. Repeat.—by traveling to far-flung destinat... full a09360ae-7111-4591-a710-e08e84f8c63a Mon, 17 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000 2583 false false 13 1 Joe Delagrave Sees Opportunity in Obstacles Joe Delagrave was a three sport athlete throughout high school, which led him to play Division II football at Winona State University. But on July 10, 2004 a casual boating adventure with some frie... full 24a399f3-120d-42d2-afff-3fdf5c475327 Mon, 10 May 2021 09:50:00 +0000 1727 false false 12 1 Parafencing is a Game of Physical Chess Mickey Zeljkovic is a five-time Serbian National Champion as a fencer and a former Paralympic National Head Coach for Kuwait. Now, he runs his own fencing club in the Philadelphia area and has deve... full 48a3f658-e056-436e-b3bf-efa37d0affc4 Mon, 03 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000 2005 false false 11 1 Team USA Wheelchair Rugby Player Chuck Melton In 2002, Chuck Melton acquired a C7 spinal cord injury from a diving accident. Five years after his accident, he began to play wheelchair rugby in at a local program in St. Louis. For the past 12 y... full 9d7c93b5-3d19-487e-a885-85de195774c6 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:15:00 +0000 1753 false false 10 1 U.S. Para Powerlifting Coach Mary Hodge Mary Hodge has coached four Paralympic Games. When she first started, she was the only female para coach in the U.S. at the time. She first got involved in sports for people with disabilities in 19... full 134e6712-f419-4f74-8d16-67205253c91f Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000 1752 false false 9 1 Paralympian Desmond Jackson is Blazing Trails Desmond Jackson is considered the fastest above knee amputee in the United States, currently holding the national record in the 100m dash. Throughout his life, Dez has been blazing trails. In middl... full 5fed3715-cfd0-403f-84a0-3faff19d87d2 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:05:00 +0000 1049 false false 8 1 Navy Veteran Jared Lenahan is Climbing His Way to the Top Sports have been a huge part of Navy Veteran Jared Lenahan's life. As he gets older, he continues to find himself more involved in sports. It was while he was climbing in Italy that Jared fell to t... full 7b7ca01e-f2c6-4767-8d22-81f55d4c0511 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:30:00 +0000 1716 false false 7 1 Patience is a Virtue for Parafencer Ellen Geddes Ellen Geddes was actively competing in the equestrian sport of dressage when a car accident left her paralyzed at 22 years old. While she rehabilitating at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, she was i... full 88c8e85b-3771-465e-9f30-228655dd1c72 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:25:00 +0000 1595 false false 6 1 Skiing Helps Free the Mind for Retired Warfighter Kyle Moxley After suffering injuries from a roadside bomb in Iraq, retired Army Specialist Kyle Moxley tried different sports. Each new sport led him to figure how his true abilities and narrow down what he wa... full 7d5ed08e-c052-4184-86f1-5134a63340aa Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:25:00 +0000 1614 false false 5 1 Sports Have Made Paralympic Silver Medalist Sophia Herzog Confident Growing up, sports was difficult for Sophia Herzog as she felt it was not really a level playing field for individuals like her. But now the Paralympic Silver Medalist, who is an athlete ambassador... full 91c17e0b-3f36-4947-b456-ec32a32b1502 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:25:00 +0000 1134 false false 4 1 Lera Doederlein- Making Headway Sled Hockey and Nordic Skiing Lera Doederlein was 14 when she underwent amputation of her legs to ultimately help improve her mobility and gain some independence. Within six months, she would give sled hockey a try. She now pla... full 253aadc2-4c70-4d1f-82ff-f074aebe76c2 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0000 1145 false false 3 1 Kelli Anne Stallkamp Kelli Ann Stallkamp has played sled hockey for the Columbus Blue Jackets Sled Hockey Team and the USA Women's National Sled Hockey Team. She started lifting weights as part of her cross training an... full e0bc2796-0433-4b3e-bb4f-1aec7cd6a829 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 1741 false false 2 1 Parafencer Byron Branch Aiming to Compete in Tokyo Byron Branch was an elite able-bodied foil fencer. While on duty as a police officer, he was struck by a car along Interstate 75 in Ohio just before the holidays in 2016. After that accident, Branc... full 51748052-f9be-49e4-b932-b60487ed1f97 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:10:00 +0000 1302 false false 1 1 Wounded Warfighter Tony Drees: Skiing is His Jam Army Veteran Tony Drees would survive the deadliest missile attack of the Gulf War. But in February 2018, the Purple Heart recipient’s right leg was amputated at the hip due to complications from h... full 0ebfc029-58c2-48c2-b6d2-e384885b347e Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:50:00 +0000 1899 false false