119 results for author: No Limits

2011 Global Games World Championships Italy

September 24- October 4, 2011 Liguria, Italy Athletes Without Limits is organizing the eligibility, team selection and travel for the US team competing at the 2011 Global Games. This will be our second trip to the Global Games following a strong showing and 5 US medals at the 2009 Games in the Czech Republic. Global Games is an Olympic-style, world championship competition for the top athletes with intellectual disability competing in: Athletics (Track & Field, Cross Country), Cycling, Basketball (team), Futsal (team indoor soccer), Swimming, Table Tennis, and Tennis and Indoor Rowing (ergometer). There will also be an on the water ...

8th Annual GTAC Paralympic Swim Meet

May 21-22, 2011 The University of Cincinnati Keating Aquatic Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Athletes Without Limits staff will attend this event to assist and coach athletes with intellectual disability interested in pursuing Paralympic Swimming opportunities. This page has been updated to reflect the information discussed in our March 31 informational conference call. Host: The Greater Toledo Aquatic Club (International Paralympic Committee (IPC)-Swimming Approved; LCM/National Classification Available) Competition & Venue: The competition pool is an eight lane, 50 meter pool facility which is completely accessible. Seven lanes will be used for ...

Free USA Swimming Clinic for Disabled Youth (under18)

Note: Athletes Without Limits has no formal involvement in this event and INAS athlete eligibility paperwork is not necessary to participate. Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011 2:00-5:00 pm Location: Wave House Athletic Club, 3115 Ocean Front Walk, San Diego, CA 92109 http://www.wavehouseatheticclub.com Inside Belmont Park at Mission Boulevard and West Mission Bay Drive, on Mission Beach. Use the south parking lot. Who is Welcome? Swimmers with physical, vision, hearing, and cognitive disabilities aged 18 and younger. Must be able to swim at least one competitive swimming stroke (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly) profic...

USRowing Camp for Athletes with Intellectual Disability

Dates: March 25-27, 2011 Location: Austin TX Download the PDF Flyer This 3-day Development Camp will help adult athletes with intellectual disabilities to increase their individual rowing technique; build rowing confidence; provide opportunities to row in a team boat; and learn the skills of competitive racing. The purpose of this Development Camp is to identify and select athletes with intellectual disabilities for the USA National Adaptive Rowing Team. Camp Fee is $150.00 per athlete for the 3-day Camp including intensive coaching & off-water activities. Host families will be available for housing for each athlete and their coach/men...

Syd Lea Wins CrashB Indoor Rowing Event

Athletes Without Limits Syd Lea competed as part of the Capital Adaptive Rowing squad at the 2nd annual Adaptive Challenge at the C.R.A.S.H.-B Sprints in Boston February 21, 2011. The club team, which is comprised of athletes with physical or intellectual disability, brought home two hammer trophies:  Syd Lea won 1st place in the Men's open intellectually disabled class and Claudia Perry won 1st place in the Women's LTA-V. Joe Tezak missed 3rd place in the Men's AS by 1.4 seconds (but maybe even better, he won a Concept2 erg in the adaptive athlete raffle!).  Ardrena Bailey, in her first adaptive race ever, won 4th place in the women's TA, ...

Michael Murray PR’s with US Paralympic Team at IPC Athletics World Championships

Related article: Michael Murray to Compete in IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand Congratulations to Michael Murray — the first American athlete with an intellectual disability to make the US Paralympic Team in over a decade — for his PR of 4:18 in the men's 1500m World Championship last month on Christchurch. Michael is currently ranked 13th in the world in the men's 1500m. He was 6th in his heat and missed out on the finals by one place. Here's what we saw on ParalympicTV: Through 3 laps Michael was comfortably with the leaders. With 300 to go he made a strong surge and moved up on the outside. Looks as though that ...

Presidents Day Happy Hour!

February 21, 2011 5-8pm Dirty Martini Put on your other 'goggles' and join us at Dirty Martini for a happy hour to support athletes with intellectual disability and dreams of making the 2012 US Paralympic Team. If you don't live in the DC area or can't make it, we hope you'll consider an online donation to support the athletes. Directions to Dirty Martini: 1219 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 [map]

Michael Murray to Compete in IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand

Michael represents the first U.S. athlete with intellectual disability to compete at a Paralympic World Championship in over a decade with hopes of making Team USA for the London 2012 Games. Watch live online January 26 at 6:15pm Washington, D.C. – Athletes Without Limits, a nonprofit supporting athletes with intellectual disability and Olympic dreams, announced that history is in the making, as U.S. runner, Michael Murray, 19, prepares to compete for Team USA at the 2011 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, January 22-30, 2011. Murray, who hails from Nashville, TN, is is ...

Two Psychologists Join Athletes Without Limits Staff

DC-Area Psychologists Volunteer to Help Athletes with Intellectual Disability Qualify for Paralympics Washington D.C.: Two area psychologists, Pamela Meek and Brady Haycock,  joined Athletes Without Limits as National Eligibility Officers to assist in classifying athletes with intellectual disability for US teams. Athletes Without Limits is responsible for providing evidence of intellectual disability in order for athletes to represent the United States at Paralympic and other high-level competition, including the 2012 Paralympics. In addition to being top achievers in their sport, prospective athletes are required to complete an application ...

O’Rourke finishes strong at Nation’s Tri

When Athletes Without Limits co-founders Julie & Barry Holman first met Sean O'Rourke it was at a Disability Cross-Country event near their hometown in Long Island. O'Rourke soon added swimming and cycling to his workout mix and competed in small local triathlon. He then set his sights on Nations Triathlon, an epic Olympic distance triathlon at the National Mall in the heart of Washington DC. The Holman's, DC Residents and triathletes themselves, hosted Sean and his wife Pavla throughout the event week which featured a meet and greet with both Nation's Triathlon Founder and CEO Chuck Brodsky and DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, a competitive ...