COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Today U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, announced the Team USA roster comprised of 54 athletes (34 males and 20 females) for the 2011 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships which will take place in Christchurch, New Zealand, January 21-30, 2011.
Athletes were selected for the team based on meeting the qualifying standards (between September 1, 2009 – August 31, 2010) and competition results from the 2010 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships.
The team roster is as follows:
Women
Sydney Bolen (Cordova, Tenn.)
Catherine Callahan (San Antonio, Texas)
Zena Cole (Toledo, Ohio)
Julie Crisp (Portland, Ore.)
Anjali Forber-Pratt (Natick, Mass.)
Jessica Galli (Hillsborough, N.J.)
April Holmes (Chula Vista, Calif.)
Cheryl Leitner (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
Chelsea McClammer (Benton City, Wash.)
Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Md.)
Amanda McGrory (Kennett Square, Pa.)
Kristen Messer (Austin, Texas)
Kerri Morgan (St. Louis, Mo.)
Christine Nielson (Spokane, Wash.)
Krista Pylkki (St. Paul, Minn.)
Shirley Reilly (Tucson, Ariz.)
Robyn Stawski (Tampa, Fla.)
Katy Sullivan (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Jeanette Thompson (Chicago, Ill.)
Amberlynn Weber (Greenacres, Wash.)
Men
Kasey Andrews (Riverside, Calif.)
Jordan Bird (Wichita, Ks.)
Jim Bob Bizzell (Odessa, Texas)
Sean Burns (Charlotte, N.C.)
Jeremy Campbell (Perryton, Texas)
Ryan Chalmers (Churchville, N.Y.)
Tommy Chasanoff (Bradenton, Fla.)
Kortney Clemons (Little Rock, Miss.)
Sam Craven (Walnut Creek, Calif.)
Scott Danberg (Cooper City, Fla.)
Jeremy Finton (Daytona, Ohio)
Josh George (Fairfax, Va.)
Elexis Gillette (Raleigh, N.C.)
Chris Hammer (Cheyney, Wash.)
Erik Hightower (Glendale, Ariz.)
Josiah Jamison (Vance, S.C.)
Blake Leeper (Church Hill, Tenn.)
Carlos Leon (N. Lauderdale, Fla.)
Michael Murray (Nashville, Tenn.)
Paul Nitz (Bloomfield, Ct.)
Dennis Ogbe (Louisville, Ky.)
Aaron Pike (Park Rapids, Minn.)
Markeith Price (Nashville, Tenn.)
David Prince (Marietta, Ga.)
Austin Pruitt (Greenacres, Wash.)
Daniel Rizzieri (Cohocton, N.Y.)
Josh Roberts (Morris, Ala.)
Scot Severn (Caro, Mich.)
Brian Siemann (Millstone, N.J.)
Jerome Singleton (Irmo, S.C.)
Jeff Skiba (Sammamish,Wash.)
Kevin Stokes (Roswell, Ga.)
Casey Tibbs (Augusta, Ga.)
Scott Winkler (Grovetown, Ga.)
Complete details and the competition schedule for the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships can be found at the official competition Web site: http://www.ipcathleticsworldchamps.com/
For more information, please contact: beth.bourgeois@usoc.org.
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