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The Magazine for Wheelchair Sports and Recreation Vol. 46 No. 4
July 2020
ADAPTIVE TRAINING
Athletes modify workouts
during pandemic
MIND GAMES
Adjusting to Paralympic
postponement
En Garde!
The art of wheelchair fencing
Inside
SPORTS ’N SPOKES
Features
16 Mental Shift
Following the postponement of the 2020
Tokyo Paralympics until 2021 because
of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic, some hopeful athletes have
had to refocus.
by Shelly Anderson
22 Parafencing Prowess
Team USA Parafencers say there’s an art
to the sport — which involves blades,
instinct and timing. As they prepare for the
Tokyo Paralympics, they want to get others
involved, too.
by Jonathan Gold
28 Staying Strong
With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic shutting sports events and
gyms down across the country, some
Paralympians found ways to adapt and still
practice their training — albeit differently.
by John Groth
28
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Inside
SPORTS ’N SPOKES
6 MY OPINION
Digital Change
by Tom Fjerstad
14 THE EXTRA POINT
Making A Major Move
by John Groth
33 PEOPLE
You Can Still Be An Athlete
by Bill Huber
16
36 OUTDOORS
Working Outside The Box
by Shelly Anderson
Also in This Issue
8 In The Game
13 Spokes Stars
27 Sports Associations
38 On The Sidelines
41 Classifieds
41 ProShop
42 Final Frame
22
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FJERSTAD My Opinion
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In The Game
NEWS FOR THE
WHEELCHAIR SPORTS
COMPETITOR
ATHLETICS 2019-2020 season intercollegiate and ju-
nior division award winners, in graphic on
VA Cancels Two Sports Events pages 9 and 10.
I n early June, the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs (VA) announced two sport-
ing events — the Sept. 13–18 National Dis-
FOOTBALL
abled Veterans TEE (Training, Exposure and USA Wheelchair Football League
W
Experience) Tournament in Riverside, Iowa,
heelchair football could be coming to
and the Sept. 20–25 National Veterans Sum-
a city near you this fall.
mer Sports Clinic in San Diego — have been
With the help of the National Foot-
canceled because of the novel coronavirus
ball League-Bob Woodruff Foundation
(COVID-19) pandemic.
The VA made this decision out of an
abundance of caution for the health, safety
and well-being of veterans and their fami-
lies, employees and community partners, it
says in a press release.
The VA plans to hold the 2021 National
Veterans Summer Sports Clinic in San
Diego, and the VA and Disabled American
Healthy Lifestyles and Creating Commu-
Veterans (DAV) plan to host the 2021 Na-
nity grant, Move United announced the
tional Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament
launch of the USA Wheelchair Football
in Iowa.
League in May. It plans to start the league
in four cities — Chicago (Great Lakes
Adaptive Sports Association), Kansas City
World Championships Moved (Midwest Adaptive Sports), Los Ange-
T he 2021 World Para Athletics Champi-
onships in Kobe, Japan, have been re-
scheduled because of the novel coronavi-
les (Angel City Sports) and Phoenix (Abil-
ity360 Adaptive Sports & Fitness Center)
— this summer.
rus (COVID-19) pandemic, moving to Aug. “We believe that sports has the unique
26–Sept. 4, 2022. The Games were originally power to bring people together and to push
scheduled for Sept. 17–26, 2021, but were them beyond what is possible, redefining
moved to 2022 to avoid a clash with the their ability,” says Move United Executive Di-
2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games. rector Glenn Merry in a press release.
In 2022, it will mark the 10th year of the Marine Corps Cpl. Bart Salgado helped
World Para Athletics Championships. More build the Wheelchair Football League and
than 1,300 athletes from 100 countries are will serve as Angel City’s coach in Los
expected to compete. Angeles. Salgado helped organize the
The World Para Athletics Championships Blister Bowl wheelchair football tourna-
will be the first major para sport competi- ment in the early 2000s and served on its
tion in Japan after the Paralympics. rules committee. He helped structure the
rules and guidelines for the Wheelchair
Football League.
BASKETBALL “It’s unbelievable to see how far I’ve come.
I’m grateful to have a hand in starting this
NWBA Award Winners Announced league,” Salgado says in a press release.
T he National Wheelchair Basketball
Association in March announced its
For more information, visit
moveunitedsport.org.
8 SPORTS ’N SPOKES | July 2020
National Wheelchair Basketball Association Awards
(continued on page 10)
Women (Intercollegiate Division)
Academic All-American Team
Name Team Name Team
Weronika Maksimowicz University of Alabama Georgia Inglis University of Alabama
Jordan Lee University of Illinois Marissa Bartels University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Abby Farrell University of Illinois
Honorable Mention Academic All-American Team
Lindsey Zurbrugg University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Rosalie Lalonde University of Alabama
Kate Lang University of Alabama
All-Rookie Team
Élodie Tessier University of Texas-Arlington Lizzy Guerin University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Kady Dandeneau University of Illinois Catha Weiss University of Alabama
Jordan Chilton University of Arizona
Second All-American Team
Darlene Hunter University of Texas-Arlington Arinn Young University of Alabama
Élodie Tessier University of Texas-Arlington Annabelle Lindsay University of Texas-Arlington
Ali Ibanez University of Illinois
First All-American Team
Josie Aslakson University of Arizona Josie DeHart University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Lindsey Zurbrugg University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Rosalie Lalonde University of Alabama
Kady Dandeneau University of Illinois
Player of the Year: Kady Dandeneau, University of Illinois
Frank M. Brasile Sportsmanship Award: Lindsey Zurbrugg, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Men (Intercollegiate Division)
Academic All-American Team
Name Team Name Team
Phil Evans University of Arizona Will Speed Edinboro University
Eric Hamilton Jr. University of Nebraska-Omaha Alex Hummer University of Texas-Arlington
Kyle Jankowski University of Illinois
Honorable Mention Academic All-American Team
Antoine Gray University of Texas-Arlington Brian Garber University of Arizona
Adryan Powell University of Texas-Arlington Chayse Wolf Edinboro University
AJ Messmer University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Amen Alyasiry University of Arizona
Ryan Kile Southwest Minnesota State University
All-Rookie Team
Luke Robinson Auburn University Eric Hamilton University of Nebraska-Omaha
Koda Inman-Ahlstrom University of Missouri Karl Yares University of Arizona
Grady Gordon University of Alabama
All-American Second Team
Sidney Attiogbe University of Missouri Antoine Gray University of Texas-Arlington
Jeromie Meyer University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Fabian Romo University of Texas-Arlington
Tyrone Griner University of Arizona
All-American First Team
Adryan Powell University of Texas-Arlington Jesus Villa Southwest Minnesota State University
Tyler Buysse University of Missouri Colin Higgins University of Missouri
Chayse Wolf Edinboro University
Player of the Year: Jesus Villa, Southwest Minnesota State University
Frank M. Brasile Sportsmanship Award: Chayse Wolf, Edinboro University
July 2020 | SPORTS ’N SPOKES 9
In The Game
National Wheelchair Basketball Association Awards
(continued from page 9)
Junior Division
2020 Timothy J. Nugent High School Academic All-Americans
First Team
Name Team High School/State
Jack Pierre Minnesota Junior Rolling Timberwolves Edina/Edina, Minn.
Lily Lautenschlager Nebraska Red Dawgs Lincoln East/Lincoln, Neb.
Raia Ottenheimer Mad City Badgers Madison West/Madison, Wis.
Cameron Poole Rockford Junior Chariots Rockford Christian/Rockford, Ill.
Hannah Smith Sportable Spokes Smith Home-Based Education/Henrico, Va.
Honorable Mention Team
Name Team High School/State
Aidan Gravelle Minnesota Junior Rolling Timberwolves Loyola Catholic/Mankato, Minn.
Alma Velazquez Utah Rush Viewmont/Bountiful, Utah
2020 Timothy J. Nugent Academic Achievers
Name Team Name Team
Tucker Anderson Charlotte Rollin’ Hornets Zane Jasper-Jax Goodwin Lakeshore Sharks
Caleb Roach Nebraska Red Dawgs Sean Nichols Cincinnati Dragons
Mary McLendon Lakeshore Lakers Owen Horsley Dallas Junior Wheelchair Mavericks
Arelle Middleton Rancho Halos Jonathan Adam Smith Charlotte Rollin’ Hornets
Ben Edwards Kansas City Kings Eli Johnson Nebraska Red Dawgs
Skyler Fisher Dallas Junior Wheelchair Mavericks Cameron Ruis Charlotte Rollin’ Hornets
Olivia Molnar Dallas Junior Wheelchair Mavericks Elliott Murphy Kansas City Kings
Preston Howell Charlotte Rollin’ Hornets Riley Porter Utah Rush
Sadie Absher Charlotte Rollin’ Hornets Anderson Strom Kansas City Kings
Award Winners
Courage Center Award of Merit for Outstanding Leadership in Developing the Junior Division Award: Cincinnati Dragons (Greater Cincinnati Adapted Sports Club)
Dave Ruback Legacy Award: Jason Joines (BlazeSports Junior Hawks)
Dr. Robert Szyman Leadership Award: Kelly Fischbach (Nebraska Red Dawgs)
Ed Owen Coach of the Year Award: Dave Kiley (Charlotte Rollin’ Hornets – Varsity)
ing during the novel coronavirus scored points for each athlete’s in-
POWERLIFTING (COVID-19) pandemic. dividual performance.
Muratova, Torres A three-time Paralympic cham- Team Blue, featuring three-time
pion, Muratova scored 122.14 Paralympic gold medalist Ama-
Win Online Titles points, defeating fellow Russian lia Perez from Mexico, Telesca
R ussia’s Vera Muratova and Co-
lombia’s Fabio Torres each
earned individual early-May titles
teammate Anastasiia Mamad-
amirova (108.10) and Kazakhstan’s
Raushan Koishibayeva (103.92).
and Kazakhstan’s Rakhmetzhan
Khamayev, Aline Solodukhina and
Koishibayeva, won the team title
in the first Online World Cup Se- Torres finished with 194.76 with 524.22 points. They defeated
ries, presented by BIGSER. points, defeating Italy’s Donato Team Yellow (397.73), led by Ales-
Muratova was named the best Telesca (176.52) and Colombia’s sandro Boraschi (Italy), Team Red
female powerlifter, and Torres was Jainer Cantillo (173.25). (348.07), led by Sherif Osman
named the best male powerlifter The Online World Cup featured (Egypt), and Team Green (108.10),
among 25 athletes from 11 coun- a team competition, too, with four led by Pedro Meloni (Brazil).
tries who submitted videos from captains selecting two female For more information, visit
home to World Para Powerlift- and two male powerlifters. Teams paralympic.org.
10 SPORTS ’N SPOKES | July 2020Perez Wins In Online Debut who won the opening tourna- Colombia’s Karmen Zuluaga
I
ment, and Colombia’s Jainer Can- was the winner among the fans’
n her Online World Cup Series
tillo (186.16) placed third. fantasy league with 624.53 points
debut, three-time Paralympic
In the team format, which was by selecting Torres, Cantillo, Mu-
champion Amalia Perez (Mexico) ratova and Perez to defeat Brazil’s
also open to the general public,
won the women’s category of the Team Green took the title. Brazil’s Debora Bretas (622.62) and Mexi-
second online powerlifting tourna- Pedro Meloni, along with Peru’s co’s Oscar Carrillo (614.01).
ment in early June. She scored 126.10 Niel Garcia Trelles, Khattab, Mura- For more information, visit
points, defeating Russia’s Vera Mura- tova and D’Andrea, totaled 572.84 paralympic.org.
tova (117.23), who won the inaugural points, while Team Yellow, led by It-
tournament, while Brazil’s Mariana aly’s Alessandro Boraschi, placed
D’Andrea (115.23) placed third. second with 569.72 points. Perez’s SHOOTING
Forty athletes from 20 countries Team Blue was third (543.68).
participated in the second edition, Additionally, there was a fan- Lonato Championships
up 62% from the first one in May. tasy league, where para powerlift-
In the men’s division, Jordan’s
Postponed
ing fans were invited to created
Abdelkareem Khattab (195.56)
squeaked out a victory over Co-
lombia’s Fabio Torres (195.04),
their own team among the par-
ticipating athletes, and they went
against the team’s four captains.
B ecause of the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic, the Sept.
22–27 Lonato 2020 World Shoot-
July 2020 | SPORTS ’N SPOKES 11In The Game
LEXI BRANTA COON
LOREN WORTHINGTON
LOREN WORTHINGTON
ing Para Sport Para Trap Champi-
onships in Lonato, Italy, have been
postponed to 2021. They’ll take
place in the second half of 2021,
with dates to be confirmed later. Chuck Aoki Adam Scaturro Lee Fredette
The Lonato Local Organizing COURTESY OF USQRA
Committee and World Shooting
COURTESY OF USQRA
Para Sport made the decision to
postpone the championships.
LEXI BRANTA COON
WHEELCHAIR RUGBY
USQRA Award Winners
S ix wheelchair rugby players
and one volunteer received
honors, as the United States Quad
Talbot Kennedy
constantly helping others on the
Kevin Crombie Kory Puderbaugh
as equipment manager, assistant
Rugby Association (USQRA) an- team improve their games. coach, camera/video operator and
nounced its award winners for the Shepherd Smash’s Talbot Ken- personal care assistant. She even re-
2019–20 season. nedy was named the Division II cently managed both the Denver
Denver Harlequins athlete Mid-Pointer Athlete of the Year. As Harlequins’ and Texas Stampede’s
Chuck Aoki (3.0 classification) was a 1.5-classification player, he com- benches during tournament play.
named the Division I High-Pointer bines speed and skill to be a dual She’s served on the USQRA devel-
Athlete of the Year. Smart, strong offensive and defensive threat. His opmental program staff to assist,
and a student of the game, he play was critical to the team’s suc- build and develop wheelchair rug-
made his line and team better. He’s cess this season and to its Division II by’s future. Rennerfeldt served in
played for the past 10 years, also championship two years ago. the Army from 1999–2012. She also
playing for Minnesota before join- The North Virginia Mutiny’s Kevin plays for the Austin Valkyries Wom-
ing Denver in 2019. Aoki contin- Crombie (1.0 classification) was en’s Rugby Club and is an advocate
ues to grow physically, mentally named the Division II Low-Pointer and supporter for wheelchair rugby.
and have a better understanding Athlete of the Year. He’s a standout Contributor: United States Quad
of wheelchair rugby strategies, and and tenacious player for a growing Rugby Association, usqra.com
his positive energy also has made and developing team who played
him a force and a team leader. beyond his class.
Denver’s Adam Scaturro (1.5 Boise’s Kory Puderbaugh was se-
Denmark Named 2022
classification) was selected as the lected as the Division II Player of the Worlds Host
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Division I Mid-Pointer Athlete of the Year. His dynamic presence can’t be
enmark will host the 2022
Year. He’s played wheelchair rugby missed when he’s on the court. His
Wheelchair Rugby World
for more than 20 years and has im- combination of speed and power,
Championships, which will run
proved his playing shape, espe- combined with his intelligence,
from Oct. 8–17, in Vejle, Denmark.
cially over the last five. He’s shown helped him receive the award. A re-
The announcement was made
dedication, hard work and focus. lentless and physical force, he took
in early May.
Lakeshore Foundation’s Lee Boise to a new level this year.
Vejle previously held the 2019
Fredette (1.0 classification) earned Texas Stampede volunteer Hez
European Championships and the
Division I Low-Pointer Athlete of the Rennerfeldt received the USQRA
2015 European Para Table Tennis
Year honors. He shows up to prac- Spirit of Achievement Award.
Championships.
tice and doesn’t take a second off. An occupational therapist at
S’NS
He shows up early and stays late — St. David’s Rehabilitation Hospi-
and hits the gym plenty, too. He’s tal in Austin, Texas, she has served
12 SPORTS ’N SPOKES | July 2020Each issue, SPORTS ’N SPOKES recognizes
three athletes who have recorded outstanding
Spokes Stars accomplishments in wheelchair sports.
Interested in nominating someone for Spokes Stars? Then
email editorial coordinator John Groth at john@pvamag.com
with a nomination and his or her accomplishment.
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wheelchair basketball team win gold at the 2015 Parapan American Games
in Toronto, at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games and at the Inter-
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national Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s 2019 Women’s U25 Wheelchair
Basketball World Championship in Thailand.
Dunkin has complex regional pain syndrome, a brain disorder that causes
abnormal pain, and was diagnosed with neurocardiogenic syncope dysauto-
nomia with small fiber neuropathy that requires her to use a wheelchair.
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Japan, which were postponed until 2021 because of the novel coronavi-
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rus (COVID-19) pandemic. Murray, 30, helped lead the U.S. to gold med-
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als at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games — being the leading
scorer in both the semifinal win over Great Britain (31 points) and final
against Germany (33 points) — and 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games
and was on the fourth-place 2012 London Paralympic Games team.
A 2.5 classification on the court, she also helped lead the U.S. to a gold
medal at the 2010 world championships. She was born with spina bifida.
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SABINE ELLERBROCK (Bielefeld, Germany)
After 26 singles titles in 11 years, the 44-year-old de-
cided to retire from wheelchair tennis in mid-May. She
won two major Grand Slam wheelchair singles titles
— taking the 2013 French Open in three sets over the
Netherlands’ Jiske Griffioen and the 2014 Australian
Open in three sets over Japan’s Yui Kamiji — and fin-
ished runner-up in five others. She reached the world
No. 1 ranking in 2013 and during her career, she re-
corded five wheelchair doubles runner-up Grand Slam
major finishes, as well.
Ellerbrock developed a foot infection in 2007 after an op-
eration and started playing wheelchair tennis in 2009.
July 2020 | SPORTS ’N SPOKES 13The Extra Point
Making A Major Move bilities were,” says Glenn Merry, who will tive sports opportunities to 2,000 injured
by John Groth serve as Move United’s executive director, veterans and family members annually at
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in a May 7 Facebook Live stream. “Move no cost through its Move United Warfight-
wo major nonprofit adaptive sports
United brings together the sense of mo- ers program, according to a press release.
organizations are joining forces to
tion and movement but also a social “Even though there’s so much momen-
unite as one.
movement. And it unites the entire com- tum, I still see locally and nationally a little
Adaptive Sports USA and Disabled
munity together as we go through this in bit of confusion in this space of how to start
Sports USA announced in May that they
the coming eight years.” out, how to get engaged, who do I engage
were merging to become Move United.
with, who does what and who should we
Instead of two organizations with sim-
COMING TOGETHER be affiliated with,” Rossi says in the Face-
ilar goals of getting athletes involved
For Move United, which will be head- book Live stream. “And I think coming to-
with adaptive sports, they have united to
quartered in Rockville, Md., Merry and gether as a collective organization, we
make sure adaptive athletes stay physi-
ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF MOVE UNITED
Susan Rossi Glenn Merry
cally active and fit on both the local and Susan Rossi will lead the way. Merry previ- could alleviate some of that confusion and
national stages. ously served as Disabled Sports USA’s ex- really have united goals and a united vision
Move United’s goal is to fully include ecutive director in Rockville for two years moving forward in this space.”
people with disabilities in American so- and before that, he was CEO of the U.S.
ciety, using sport to challenge percep- Rowing Association from 2005–2017. He GETTING ATHLETES MORE INVOLVED
tions and redefine ability for youth and will be joined by Rossi, who was the ex- That united vision has to do with
adults with disabilities. ecutive director at Adaptive Sports USA getting more athletes with disabilities
Additionally, as a member of the U.S. in Littleton, Colo., since 2015 and will now involved in adaptive sports and hav-
Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Move serve as Move United’s director of com- ing more events for them to showcase
United hopes to have 90% of the U.S. petition. Rossi has been involved in the their talents.
population within a short drive of one adaptive sports movement for the last 20 In March, Move United started an
of its local adaptive sports programs by years, and she’s supportive of pulling to- #AdaptatHome program, encouraging
2028, when the Olympics and Paralym- gether both organizations’ history, exper- adaptive athletes and local member or-
pics return to the U.S. in Los Angeles. tise, combined chapter network, spon- ganizations to work out at home with
“If we can unite the community behind sors, partners and energy in order to help their free, live and on-demand online
us and create a social movement to drive engage people even more. adaptive fitness classes. More than 300
forward around the ideas of sports and They’ll be involved with military ath- classes have been offered so far.
recreation and other fitness and health, letes, too. Both Adaptive Sports USA Then, in late April, the organiza-
it will become apparent to the American and Disabled Sports USA were originally tion announced the launch of the USA
community that there is no such thing as formed by military veterans during the Wheelchair Football League, which it
limitations in what your goals can be. That Korean and Vietnam wars, and now that plans to start in four cities — Chicago
it’s really about this ability that you bring they’re combining, Move United will be (Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Associ-
to the table and changing the perception the largest nonprofit provider of adaptive ation), Kansas City (Midwest Adaptive
within and outside of what those capa- sports to injured veterans, providing adap- Sports), Los Angeles (Angel City Sports)
14 SPORTS ’N SPOKES | July 2020‘‘
Even though there’s so much momentum, I still see locally and nationally a
little bit of confusion in this space of how to start out, how to get engaged,
who do I engage with, who does what and who should we be affiliated
with. And I think coming together as a collective organization, we could
alleviate some of that confusion and really have united goals and a united
vision moving forward in this space. — Susan Rossi
’’
Move United plans to offer more than 50 competitive sports for 100,000 adaptive athletes in 200 communities across the U.S. before 2020 ends.
and Phoenix (Ability360 Adaptive Sports abled Sports USA was at about 126 team (the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics were
& Fitness Center) — later this summer. chapters and is currently approaching postponed a year because of the novel
Additionally, Move United will continue 150, Merry says. With the merger, he coronavirus pandemic). And he thinks
to run the Junior Nationals, the oldest and says Move United will have almost 200 by combining the two organizations,
largest continuously held competitive chapters, and by the end of the sum- it will increase the amount of available
multisport event for youth athletes with mer, he hopes that number will be well programs and make them more visible
physical disabilities ages 6 to 22 in North over 225. It’ll still take a few months to and easier to find.
America. The event started in 1984 and make everything official and file pa- “I grew up doing multiple different
gathers more than 300 athletes, coaches perwork, though. sports through both organizations,”
and family members from across the U.S. During the Facebook Live stream, says Romanchuk, who was born with
It’s served as the developmental training wheelchair racer Daniel Romanchuk spina bifida. “I think, regardless, we will
ground for many U.S. Paralympic athletes, said he’s excited about the merger. Just see an increase in people joining sports
including wheelchair racers Amanda Mc- 21 years old, the young phenom is com- and may see people want to take sports
Grory and Raymond Martin, who also was ing off an impressive 2019 racing sea- to the best of their abilities and may see
the 2012 SPORTS ‘N SPOKES Junior Athlete son. He won all four major wheelchair them in LA in 2028 or may see an in-
of the Year. marathons — Boston, New York, Lon- crease in people wanting to do multiple
Move United also plans to offer don and Chicago — in 2019 to be- sports and enjoy staying fit and active.
more than 50 competitive sports for come the youngest athlete to accom- Regardless, I think we’ll see an increase
100,000 adaptive athletes in 200 com- plish such a feat. He’s also the 800- and in movement and an increase in Para-
munities across the United States be- 5,000-meter world record holder. The lympics in the U.S.”
fore 2020 ends. Mount Airy, Md., resident who trains For more information, visit
Adding more chapters is a prior- at the University of Illinois is aiming to moveunitedsport.org.
ity, too. Eighteen months ago, Dis- make the now-2021 U.S. Paralympic S’NS
July 2020 | SPORTS ’N SPOKES 15by Shelly Anderson
Following the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
until 2021 because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic, some hopeful athletes have had to refocus.
I mpacts and reactions from this year’s Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games’ postponement
to 2021 because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic seemed to hit athletes in
ever-widening concentric circles. For some, such as swimmer Mallory Weggemann, personal
heartache hit hard.
“There’s a blessing and a curse to planning your life in four-year increments,” says Wegge-
mann, a two-time, double-medal Paralympian (gold and bronze) and 17-time world champi-
onships medalist from Lawrence, Kan. She had planned not only for a big athletic comeback
this summer in Japan, but also for a big emotional step afterward.
“My husband [Jeremy Snyder] and I got married after the 2016 Games. We very
much planned our life in these four-year quads. I’m 31 and he’s 37, and we really
wanted to start a family this fall. We had been wanting to do that for years
and put it off so we could chase this dream of Tokyo for me. That was,
for me, the kind of breaking point of realizing what weighed so
heavily on my heart — my desire to be a mom and have a fam-
ily with my husband will be postponed.”
Weggemann, who sustained a T10 complete spi-
nal-cord injury after an epidural injection to treat
post-shingles back pain in 2008, was drydocked
after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games
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Paralympic swimmer Mallory
Weggemann was hoping to start a
family with her husband, Jeremy Snyder,
this fall after the Tokyo Summer
Paralympics, but now that the
Games have been pushed back to
2021, she’s had to mentally reset.
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July 2020 | SPORTS ’N SPOKES 17bcause of
because of a left-arm
injury, which required two surger-
ies in 2017. She returned to the water in ear-
nest last fall and was just feeling back at the top of her
game about the time the pandemic shut everything
down and the March 20 announcement of the Tokyo
Paralympics postponement came. Later, it was an-
nounced they’d be moved to Aug. 24–Sept. 5, 2021.
It was such a jolt on multiple levels that it took
Weggemann a couple weeks to scale back the in-
tense workouts she was doing in her garage with
equipment loaned to her after all the pools closed
— she even painted a black lane line to
use with a swimming bench. Her body
just wanted to keep going.
“We’re all pivoting,” Weggemann says.
Adapting With
The Change
McKenna Geer would agree with that.
The 24-year-old was born with amyopla- CHRIS DEWITT
sia arthrogryposis in her left hand and
both feet, causing her muscles not to form
properly, and she uses a wheelchair. She
was preparing for her second Paralympics
Paralympic shooter McKenna Geer, above and left, will have
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to wait another year before she can compete in her second
Paralympics, after becoming the first U.S. woman to medal in
shooting at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games.
in rifle after collecting a bronze medal at Rio in the R5
10-meter Air Rifle Prone SH2 division in 2016. She was
the first U.S. woman to win a medal in shooting at the
2016 Summer Paralympics.
“It was really hard to have everything I’ve been
working for the last four years, since the last Games,
postponed,” says Geer, a Colorado Springs, Colo., res-
ident. “I absolutely understand why it needed to hap-
pen, and I think it was the best decision that they
could have made. On top of that, honestly it was really
good to just have an answer. There was so much un-
certainty around the Games and training. … Postpon-
ing was a better alternative to canceling.”
Geer retreated to in-home workouts, mental train-
ing and Zoom video chats with fellow team members.
18 SPORTS ’N SPOKES | July 2020“I know that all of us are try-
ing to work through the same
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through the same feelings of a little disappoint-
ment, maybe a little bit of relief that we don’t have
to try to train through a pandemic.” Wheelchair racer Daniel
Geer says she felt confident about medaling in Romanchuk qualified for the
Tokyo, where she was in line to compete in three now-2021 Tokyo Paralympic
Games by winning the 2019
events, but now she’ll have to wait. Chicago Marathon men’s
Wheelchair racer Daniel Romanchuk had every wheelchair division.
reason to believe he would do well in Tokyo. Since
competing in several track events at Rio, he has
stormed onto the wheelchair marathon scene, win- “At that point, from my perspective, I had already
ning the Chicago, London, New York and Boston had to rearrange my schedule with races earlier in the
men’s division races. He had already qualified for year, and so it wasn’t the first thing that I was changing
Tokyo by winning the 2019 Chicago Marathon men’s the plan with,” says Romanchuk, who was born with
wheelchair division. spina bifida. “One thing that racing has taught me is
Romanchuk, 21, of Baltimore and out of the pres- that I can make a plan as detailed as I want, but halfway
tigious training program at the University of Illinois, through the race, that plan could entirely fall apart, and
seemed to be as even-keeled as anyone when he I have to adapt. So it’s about taking it one race at a time, Daniel Romanchuk,
in blue jersey, is
heard about the Games’ postponement. being ready to adapt to whatever happens.” accustomed to
adapting his plans.
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July 2020 | SPORTS ’N SPOKES 19JOE KUSUMOTO/UNITED STATES OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE
Athletes Show Resilience
That kind of resilience is what Julie Dussliere,
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee chief
of Paralympic sport, has come to expect from the
community of disabled athletes, and it’s what she
found in the postponement’s wake.
“It’s a wide range of emotions. I’ve had contact
with athletes, coaches and national governing bod-
ies here domestically, as well as a lot of my colleagues
internationally, whether they’re my counterparts in
other countries around the world or staff at the Inter-
national Paralympic Committee or Tokyo 2020. I think
it’s a mix of disappointment and apprehension and a
little bit of nervousness around a lot of the uncertain-
ties that happened,” Dussliere says. “But I can tell you
that when the Games did get rescheduled, there was
a lot of relief. By and large, the athletes I’ve spoken
to are really just turning their focus back into being Paralympic swimmer Colleen Young was relieved when the
prepared. They’re looking forward. They’re look- Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games were rescheduled.
ing ahead. They’re planning. They’re being thought-
ful about things — and generally with a very positive
outlook on having the opportunity to … be prepared
for Tokyo next summer.”
Colleen Young, a swimmer who competed in the
past two Paralympics and won a bronze medal in
the SB13 women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the
Rio Paralympic Games to go with nine world cham-
pionships medals, shared that sense of
relief, “because I thought, ‘OK, I can find
time to myself now. I can kind of relax, re-
group, see how going forward I’m going
to train.’”
Young, 22, of St. Louis, also was relieved
because athletes and everyone else in-
volved with the Games would not have to deal
United States with the stress involving the pandemic.
Olympic & Paralympic “It’s important to focus on our health,” says Young,
Committee Chief of who is legally blind.
Paralympic Sport Julie
Dussliere says as a One thing athletes and others apparently won’t
whole, Paralympic have to stress over is major financial repercussions
athletes are turning incurred by the postponement.
their focus toward
being prepared for Although Geer noted that Paralympic years are
Tokyo next year. more lucrative because of increased sponsorship
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20 SPORTS ’N SPOKES | July 2020Colleen Young, in
white cap, who is
legally blind, won a
bronze medal in the
SB13 women’s 100-
meter breaststroke
at the 2016 Rio de
Janeiro Summer
Paralympic Games.
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and medal incentives, Dussliere says many of the “I think it’s just the magnitude that athletes —
athletes had not yet bought airline tickets to Paralympians and Olympians all over the world
Tokyo or invested in new equipment for the — sacrifice so much for our careers,” Weggemann
Games, as some sports had not officially says. “Many of us say we would do it again tomor-
determined their rosters. row or the next day … but sometimes situations like
“Up to this point, I have not heard of too many this highlight that sacrifice. Our hearts are healing.
challenges that individuals have had in that space,” There are days when [my husband and I] realize still
Dussliere says. “Most of the airlines have been really that we’re not coming up on the Games, which also
accommodating with refunding the tickets that have means we’re not coming up on that exciting time of
been booked.” trying to build a family. But what’s going on in our
It’s the emotional rebooking that remains at world really puts it in perspective.”
the forefront. S’NS
Colleen Young
has competed in
the past two
Paralympic Games.
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T erry Hayes is drawn by the competitiveness
of parafencing.
Ellen Geddes is in love with solving the puzzle that is
her opponent.
pizza — there are any number of reasons they got
into the sport.
Now, their goal is to help others get involved.
Mickey Zeljkovic was hooked the first time he heard
a blade slashing through the air, and Ginny Boydston
Feeling Powerful
is enthralled every time she sees a new fencer find a Geddes, 32, is unsure at which point her bullhead-
brighter tomorrow. edness became a virtue, but it probably coincided
For those involved at the highest levels of with the first time she picked up a sword.
parafencing — both those familiar with it and those “Before I broke my back, people found it a fault,”
for whom a foil is something you wrap around cold Geddes says about her legendary stubbornness.
22 SPORTS ’N SPOKES | July 2020Team USA Parafencers say there’s
an art to the sport — which
involves blades, instinct and
timing. As they prepare for the
Tokyo Paralympics, they want to
get others involved, too.
Team USA Parafencing
member Terry Hayes,
left, battles against an
opponent. In 2011, Hayes,
61, was diagnosed
with primary cerebellar
degeneration, which affects
motor function and has no
cure or treatment.
GINNY BOYDSTON
“After I broke my back, people praised me about it. I asked about their regalia and was directed to Den-
don’t think my attitude about the world changed at nis Aspy, a former Team USA parafencer who runs
all; the world’s attitude about me changed quite a bit. Shepherd Fencing Club.
Bullheaded somehow turned into tenacious.” “He asked me if I wanted to stab people, and I told
When you’re as quick as Geddes is with a blade, him, ‘Yes,’ ” Geddes says.
you can understand not wanting to get in her way. Even she was a bit surprised. She grew up rid-
In 2011, Geddes was still in rehabilitation at Shep- ing and caring for horses, which she still does for
herd Center in Atlanta for her T12 spinal-cord injury a living as a breeder for Magnolia Sport Horses in
— she sustained a broken back after being involved Aiken, S.C.
in a car accident at age 22 — when she ran into a But it wasn’t only the immense feeling of infinite
pair of people dressed for parafencing practice. She power in her grasp that drew Geddes to fencing.
July 2020 | SPORTS ’N SPOKES 23Team USA’s Ellen
Geddes, left,
competes at the
2019 Wheelchair
Fencing World
Championships
in Cheongju,
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‘‘ He asked me if I wanted to stab people, and I told
’’
him, ‘Yes.’ — Ellen Geddes
Geddes loves the chess match, the imposition of
her will and her game plan on an outwitted mind.
Making The Most Of Life
“Your opponents are a puzzle you’re trying to fig- If she’s smiling at you, you’re on Terry Hayes’
ure out,” she says. “Fencing is faster than our brains good side.
work. If you look at the science of sight, we’re living Once she gets in the frame with another young
in the past. You have to build in — and this is true in parafencer, she’ll give a little salute and say, “Let’s
baseball, as well — the instinct and timing. You can’t have fun.” She’ll flash her pearly whites and try to act
wait until the timing is right. By then, it’s too late.” the part of wise sage, even if she’s only been fencing
This, of course, took Geddes some time. for a few years.
But once she did — whoosh — she took off faster But in international competition, Hayes’ smiles are
than one of her parries. doled out like nuggets of gold. She holds onto those
After narrowly missing the 2016 Rio de Janeiro grins as tight as she grips her saber.
Summer Paralympic Games, Geddes is a favorite to “I smile at them and they give me a death stare, but
lead Team USA to the Tokyo Paralympics, which will once I drop that mask, I ain’t smiling anymore,” says
be held Aug. 24–Sept. 5, 2021, after being postponed the 61-year old Team USA parafencer.
a year because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Years ago, while serving in the Army, Hayes began
pandemic. And she’s ready. to have trouble walking every so often. Gradually, her
“The way to frame your life well is to just keep condition worsened. In 2011, she was diagnosed with
moving forward,” she says. “You can either sit on primary cerebellar degeneration, a progressive brain
the couch or go do things, and I can tell you doing disease that affects motor function and has no cure
things is a lot more fun.” and no treatment. Hayes had trouble walking, then
Especially when they involve a sword. she began to stumble, then she’d fall on her face. She
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broke her left hip and left femur.
Eventually, she couldn’t walk by
herself, then went from using
a scooter to being a full-time
wheelchair user.
She is, as she says, “making
the most of whatever I have left,
as long as I have left.”
It took her a little while, but
Hayes adjusted to her new
world. Her community club-
house offered dances and par-
ties — Hayes added a disco ball
to her chair.
“I love to laugh. I love to smile.
I love to have a good time. I love Parafencer Ellen
Geddes, left, loves the
to be around people happy and joyful; I don’t know South Korea, Poland, Hungary, the United Arab Emir- sport because it gives
how you can sit at home and have that,” she says. “Al- ates, Brazil and the Netherlands. her power. Geddes,
though, right now, I guess we’re all figuring that out.” She packs her smiles with her, even if she only 32, injured her back
10 years ago but now
Now confined to her Florida home by COVID-19, breaks them out after competition. competes for Team
Hayes is without fencing for the first time in three USA Parafencing.
years, and she’s sorely missing her favorite sport.
After attending a women-in-wheelchairs sports
Increasing The Footprint
camp a few years back — where she was encouraged Neither Hayes nor Geddes, two of the six female
to participate in rock climbing, handcycling, shoot- members of the 2019 Team USA Wheelchair World
ing, aerial yoga and horseback riding — her juices Championship squad, knew a lick about fencing be-
were pumping again. fore they picked up a blade for the first time.
Hayes, who played varsity lacrosse at Old Domin- Neither did Brandon Dyett, Team USA Parafenc-
ion University in Norfolk, Va., and played softball and ing’s sports performance manager, who was hired by
participated in competitive racewalking for years USA Fencing in December 2017 after working with
after college, returned to her home in Florida, began USA Boxing, USA Volleyball and USA Weightlifting
searching online for local adaptive sports and found and tenures that included three Olympic trials and
a YouTube video of 2016 Paralympic parafencer Lau- many national champi-
ryn DeLuca. Hayes was interested, even if she knew onship events.
next to nothing about fencing rules. She reached out
to Boydston, team manager for Team USA Parafenc-
ing, who suggested Hayes find a local fencing club to
learn the ins and outs.
“At first, it was very awkward,” Hayes says. “The
whole thing was just awkward. This was so not what Wheelchair fencing
I’ve ever done — stabbing things. You have this big items pictured here include
glove on, and this mask on your head, and you’re hold- a sword, protective face
mask and gloves.
ing this big, long weapon. At first, it’s a little freaky.”
Now, three years in and competing against fenc-
ers who could be her grandkids, Hayes says the sport
has become her biggest motivator and thrill. And it’s
taken her all over the world.
In her years in the Army, from 1977 to 1979, Hayes
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remained stateside. But parafencing has taken her to
July 2020 | SPORTS ’N SPOKES 25Shelby Jensen, left,
and Ellen Geddes,
right, face off at the
2019 USA Fencing
Parafencing National
Championships in
Salt Lake City.
“To me, it’s a
chicken and an
egg issue,” he
says. “That’s a
constant battle
GINNY BOYDSTON
on both fronts.”
Dyett says the
Dyett is charged with helping fencing increase program has had increasing success on the ground
its footprint in the United States, particularly on the floor of the sport, as local clubs are sprouting up
parafencing side. and offering parafencing options, which Boydston
His goal is helping balance two missions — a top-to- echoes. She has been involved in therapeutic sports
bottom approach, which would see the national teams for four decades and has seen a marked rise in
improve their international standings and compete parafencing interest.
for international medals, potentially increasing visibil- “Whether it’s a certain amount of liberty and free-
ity; or a bottom-up, grassroots approach, which would dom or entitlement, now someone has a sword in
see an increased focus on local clubs in the hope that their hand and they win points by literally stabbing
Team USA’s Terry
enhanced development could bolster the ranks and someone,” Boydston says. “One guy I know was into
Hayes, left, has
traveled all over the heighten awareness of the sport nationally. boxing, and he was into the aggressiveness. It was his
world for parafencing. way to sit in a chair and get it all out. Then, I’ve had
some people tell me it’s their relaxation time, and I’m
thinking, how do you relax when you’ve got a sword
in your hand and you have an opponent who has
a sword in their hand? You have to have a physical
game and to learn the sport and the tactics. But once
you learn it, you have to put it all into play, and you
have to have your emotions and focus in check and
your mental game, too. When you bring all that to-
gether, game on.”
For that, Team USA Parafencing turns to Zeljkovic, the
team’s Serbian-born head coach, who treasures his role in
helping people redefine their circumstances.
“I never look at any parafencer or any of my students
as they have a disability,” he says. “You try to find a
way to move their limits and to help them to be better.
Every coach needs to find what a specific fencer can
do and try to break their limits.”
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GINNY BOYDSTON
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usfencing.org & Outdoor Adventures (215) 379-2359 / 663-0102 (fax)
255 East Bonita Avenue
NRA Disabled Shooting Services
FLYING Pomona, CA 91769
11250 Waples Mill Road
(909) 596-7733 / 593-0153 (fax)
Freedom’s Wings International Fairfax, VA 22030
casacolina.org
324 Charles Street, Apt. 25 (703) 267-1495 / 267-3941 (fax)
Coopersburg, PA 18036
(800) 382-1197
freedomswings.org
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