"COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Six members of the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team highlight a team of 14 Americans vying for world titles this Sunday at the 2016 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The American contingent of 14 is the largest at this year’s Paratriathlon Worlds, ahead of Great Britain’s 13 athletes. A total of 100 athletes will compete across all five sport classes, completing a 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course. Complete details about the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships are available at rotterdam.triathlon.org.
The U.S. roster for this Sunday is:
- Krige Schabort (Rome, Ga.), PT1/wheelchair*
- Geoffrey Kennedy (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico), PT1/wheelchair
- Kendall Gretsch (Madison, Wis.), PT1/wheelchair
- Mary Kate Callahan (La Grange, Ill.), PT1/wheelchair
- Mark Barr (Houston, Texas), PT2/severe impairment*
- Hailey Danisewicz (Chicago, Ill.), PT2/severe impairment*
- Allysa Seely (Glendale, Ariz.), PT2/severe impairment*
- Andre Cilliers (Washington, D.C.), PT3/moderate impairment
- Chris Hammer (Salt Lake City, Utah), PT4/mild impairment*
- Jamie Brown (Carlsbad, Calif.), PT4/mild impairment
- Grace Norman (Jamestown, Ohio), PT4/mild impairment*
- Ruth-Ann Reeves (Hattiesburg, Miss.), PT4/mild impairment
- Aaron Scheidies (Seattle, Wash.), PT5/visual impairment
- Amy Dixon (Greenwich, Conn.), PT5/visual impairment
* - denotes U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team member
Schabort, Barr, Danisewicz, Seely, Hammer and Norman will race on Sept. 10 (men) and 11 (women) for the first ever Paralympic Games triathlon medals, as triathlon is set to make its Paralympic debut this year in Rio. Additionally, the Worlds team features a number of past world champions and medalists looking for more hardware on the international stage.
More, https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Triathlon/News/Articles-and-Releases/2016/July/20/Paralympic-Games-Qualifiers-Headline-US-Team-for-Paratriathlon-World-Championships
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