Oct 5: Kingsley Flood benefit concert at Penn Social
Friday October 5 at 6:30pm
Penn Social: 801 E Street NW Washington DC
$10 suggested donation at the door
Join us for a special Kingsley Flood benefit concert for Athletes Without Limits. Kingsley Flood and their "salt of the earth type of music" has been featured on NPR, Paste and Esquire. Check out the band at kingsleyflood.com. Check out the venue, complete with cornhole and giant connect4 at pennsocialdc.com. Hosted by Kingsley Flood • Athletes Without Limits • Brenden MacPherson • Ross Vann
Sept 27: Bartending 4 Change Happy Hour at Stoneys Bar
Bartending 4 change Serves it up for Athletes Without Limits
Thursday, September 27, 2012 6-9pm
Stoney’s Upstairs Bar (1433 P Street NW Washington DC)
Join us Thursday as we celebrate the success of our local Rowing team as well as the Paralympic accomplishments of athletes with intellectual disability at the London Games (and cheer for the Nats!). Stoney's will offer great drink specials - including $3 drafts, $9 Bud Light Pitchers – as well as half off Grilled Cheese Sandwiches! We will also raffle off t-shirts, gift certificates, and a few other ...
Nation’s Triathlon Raffle: Win a Giant Road Bike from The Bike Rack!
September 7-9, 2012
Expo: Washington DC Hilton Hotel 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington DC (Fri 12-8pm, Sat 9am-8pm)
Race: East Potomac Park/Tidal Basin (Sunday 7am-3pm)
Enter in person or online at: http://awlbikeraffle2.eventbrite.com
Athletes Without Limits will be sharing a booth with our sponsor The Bike Rack at the Nations Triathlon Expo this weekend. Stop by or enter online to win a Giant Trinity Advanced SL Road Bike. A portion of your $20 raffle ticket will help intellectually disabled athletes integrate and accelerate in sport. The raffle ends ...
Jones and Masters Win Paralympic Bronze in Rowing Mixed Double
Athletes Without Limits is proud to have members of our DC-based integrated rowing team on the podium in London.
The mixed double sculls crew of Rob Jones (Lovettsville, Va.) and Oksana Masters (Buffalo, N.Y.) won bronze in the Trunk & Arms category Sunday at the 2012 Paralympic Games in Eton Dorney, outside London. Theirs is the first U.S. Paralympic medal in this event since rowing became part of the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
The U.S. crew was in sixth place at the start, but worked it's way through the field, crossing the line in 4:05.56 to edge out ...
Video: WSMV 4 Nashville News Video Feature on Paralympian Michael Murray
Watch a news feature on Michael Murray's preparation for the London Paralympics.
Michael Murray selected for Team USA headed to London Paralympics
Murray is the first U.S. athlete with intellectual disability to qualify for Paralympic Games
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington, D.C. – Athletes Without Limits, a nonprofit supporting athletes with intellectual disability and Olympic dreams, announced that history has been made as Michael Murray, 21, has qualified for the U.S. Paralympic Track Team headed to the London Games this summer. Murray, who hails from Nashville, TN, is the first and only athlete with intellectual disability currently represented on Team USA. (See 2012 U.S. Paralympic Track & Field Team ...
London-bound Michael Murray makes history and the 2012 US Paralympic Team
First athlete with intellectual disability to make Team USA
July 1, 2012 -- This morning Athletes Without Limits Michael Murray competed in the Men's T20 1500m Paralympic Trials in Indianapolis, IN. His time and achievements earned him the historic opportunity to be the first athlete with an intellectual disability to compete for Team USA at the upcoming London Games in September.
Michael lives in Tennessee, where he has trained with the Nashville Illusions USATF Track Club. Since the twelve-year international suspension of athletes with intellectual disability in ...
USA Track & Field Junior Disability Championships
Saturday July 28, 2012
Meet Start Time: 4:00pm (Registration begins at 1:00pm)
(Rain Date, Sunday July 28, 3pm)
Meet Location:
Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School
3500 Hillen Road Baltimore, Maryland, 21218
(same for rain date)
Disability Classifications & Eligibility: All 18 and under are welcome to attend (including T20 & F20 Athletes with intellectually disability).
Registration & Information: All sign-up will be done electronically using this registration link. Registration is free for USA Track & Field members (Sign up for ...
9th Annual GTAC Paralympic Swim Meet
May 19-20, 2012
The University of Cincinnati Keating Aquatic Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Athletes Without Limits staff will attend this event to coach athletes with intellectual disability (S14) interested in pursuing Paralympic Swimming opportunities.
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 competition and one lane will be ...
Strong Season for AWL’s DC Rowing Team
Coach Patrick Johnson, brings 20 years of teaching experience at the high school and collegiate level and is the founding director for two adaptive programs including the integrated Athletes Without Limits/US Paralympic Military Program (USPMP) Rowing Team in Washington DC. Johnson and his team of coaches and volunteers are experienced in motivating athletes with intellectual disability to make rowing both fun and challenging. We invite coaches to join us at the camp to share and strengthen the growing movement for the "ID" classification in US and international rowing.
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