US Wheelchair Rugby Selects Athletes for Rio Summer Games

USA Wheelchair Rugby is pleased to announce the names of the 12 athletes and four alternates nominated for Team USA.

Chuck Aoki    Minneapolis, MN
Jeff Butler      Austin, TX
Josh Brewer   Battle Ground, WA
Chad Cohn   Tucson, AZ
Lee Fredette   East Moriches, NY
Anthony McDaniel Navarre, FL
Chuck Melton   Richview, IL
Eric Newby   Littleton, CO
Kory Puderbaugh  San Diego, CA
Jason Regier  Centennial, CO
Adam Scaturro  Lakewood, CO
Josh Wheeler   San Tan Valley, AZ

“The journey to this moment has been filled with extreme lows and ultimate highs, ” said Coach Gumbert. ” The challenge moving forward is to learn from each of these and capitalize on good momentum moving forward..."

The U.S. will open play on Wednesday, September 14th against France.  The Americans will go on to face Sweden and Japan in preliminary play, semi final action begins on Saturday September 17th with the medal matches scheduled to be contested on Sunday September 18th.

Source: http://usawr.org/usa-wheelchair-rugby-nominates-12-athletes-for-rio/
Author: Jen Remick