46 results for tag: Track & Field

USA Team wins Bronze at Virtus (formerly Inas) Cross Country Worlds in Poland

Athletes Without Limits is proud to add to our Inas Worlds medal count following the bronze performance by our men's cross country team.  Team members include Steven Cuomo (NY), Syd Lea (MD), and Marcus Saunders (NY).  The 2014 World Cross Country and Half Marathon Championships took place this June in Ostrzeszów, Poland.  

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 Paralympic competition was lifted for Track & Field, Swimming and Table Tennis ...

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 the $20 annual membership online or you can sign up on site at the event.) ...

Athletes Without Limits Partners with Champion System Custom Apparel

October 26, 2011 - Athletes Without Limits has partnered with Champion System Worldwide Custom Technical Apparel, as official clothing supplier for 2011-2012. Athletes Without Limits works to help athletes with intellectual disability integrate and accelerate in sports and in life and together with Champion System will work to raise awareness and promote inclusiveness in sport for individuals of all abilities. In addition to supplying the technical gear for the 2011 Global Games US Team athletes participating in cycling, rowing and track and field events in September, by late fall 2011 Champion System will also make available an array of Athletes ...

Global Games World Championships for Para-Athletes with Intellectual Disability Begins in Italy

Athletes Without Limits swimmer Leslie Cichocki takes 6th in women's 200 Backstroke; the highest world ranking by a US Paralympic S14 swimmer September 29, Loano, Italy — The competition for the team of U.S. athletes at the 2011 INAS/IPC Global Games in Liguria Italy began today when swimmers Leslie Cichocki and Sarah Gilbert took to the water at Palasporte, the 50m outdoor competition pool in Loano, Italy. Cichocki swam an aggressive morning program including the 50 freestyle where she set a personal best of 33.16 and placed 12th out of 26; the 200 IM; the 200 back where she advanced to the finals and set another personal best with a ...

US Athletes Without Limits Head to Italy for Global Games

September 1, 2011 – Athletes Without Limits, a nonprofit dedicated to helping athletes with intellectual disability integrate and accelerate in sport, is proud to announce a strong US National team for the 2011 INAS Global Games. The Games are the world championship for athletes with intellectual disability and a key qualifier in Swimming, Track & Field for London 2012 Paralympic Games. Athletes Without Limits will be leading a team of six athletes to Liguria, Italy, for the prestigious international event that takes place every 4 years in the year before the Paralympics. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to reinclude ...

Runner Michael Murray Heads to Global Games with Help from Community Sponsors

Private sponsorships from friends and local businesses keep Michaels Paralympic Dream alive as the he heads to the 2011 INAS/IPC Global Games in Imperia, Italy. Friends and family members of Michael Murray, the highest ranked track athlete with intellectual disability in the US, spearheaded a local fundraising campaign to help offset Michael's out-of-pocket expenses for the 2011 Global Games in Italy. The Global Games is an important qualifier for the London 2012 Paralympics and Michael represents the best chance for a US runner to qualify in the T20 class. Athletes Without Limits would like to thank Nashville Illusions USA Track & Field ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...