David Brown and guide Jerome Avery, pictured above at the 2015 Parapan American Games, will compete with Team USA at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru from August 24-28.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Sixty athletes and four guides will represent Team USA in track and field at the 2019 Parapan American Games as announced today by U.S. Paralympics Track & Field. Highlighting the roster of 39 men and 25 women are 25 Paralympians who will line up at the Athletics Stadium in the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster in Lima from Aug. 24-28.
“Lima is the beginning of a very exciting year for our program," said Joaquim Cruz, head coach of the U.S. Paralympics Track & Field Parapan American Team. “The Parapan Am Games will be great preparation for our athletes of all levels to compete internationally ahead of our world championships and ultimately the Paralympic Games next summer.”
The U.S. will bring a strong contingent of Paralympians to Lima, including Paralympic champions Deja Young (Mesquite, Texas), David Brown (St. Louis, Missouri) and guide Jerome Avery (Lemoore, California), Jeremy Campbell (Perryton, Texas), Breanna Clark (Los Angeles, California), Jerome Singleton (Irmo, South Carolina) and Gianfranco Iannotta (Garfield, New Jersey). Also adding their experience to the roster are Paralympic medalists Lex Gillette (Raleigh, North Carolina) and guide Wesley Williams (Visalia, California), Sam Grewe (Middlebury, Indiana), Scot Severn (Caro, Michigan), Femita Ayanbeku (Boston, Massachusetts) and Kym Crosby Hightower (Yuba City, California).
Sixteen athletes on the 2019 roster competed at the last edition of the Parapan Am Games in 2015 where Team USA athletes won 53 medals, including podium performances from Brown, Avery, Gillette, Williams, Iannotta, Hightower and David Prince (Marietta, Georgia).
The Games will feature 1,850 athletes competing in 17 sports, making it the biggest Parapan American Games to date. For more information, visit Lima 2019’s website.
2019 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field Parapan American Team
*Denotes U.S. Paralympian
| Name | Hometown | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson Atwood | Spokane, Wash. | T54 |
| *Jerome Avery | Lemoore, Calif. | Guide |
| *Femita Ayanbeku | Boston, Mass. | T64 |
| Sydney Barta | Arlington, Va. | T64/F64 |
| *Scout Bassett | Harbor Springs, Mich. | T63 |
| Stephen Binning | Phoenix, Ariz. | T53 |
| Kaitlin Bounds | Russellville, Ark. | T20 |
| Mark Braun | St. Paul, Minn. | T54 |
| Jack Briggs | Fort Collins, Colo. | T47 |
| *David Brown | St. Louis, Mo. | T11 |
| *Jeremy Campbell | Perryton, Texas | F64 |
| Annie Carey | Boise, Idaho | T44 |
| Mikayla Chandler | Marion, Mass. | F41 |
| Josh Cinnamo | Lakeville, Minn. | F46 |
| *Breanna Clark | Los Angeles, Calif. | T20 |
| Antoine Craig | Richmond, Va. | T11 |
| Phillip Croft | Spokane, Wash. | T53 |
| Michelle Cross | Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. | T37 |
| Hannah Dederick | Liberty Lake, Wash. | T54 |
| Connor Faint | Winchester, Va. | Guide |
| *Tobi Fawehinmi | Arlington, Texas | T46 |
| Jenna Fesemyer | Ravenna, Ohio | T54 |
| Elizabeth Floch | Spokane Valley, Wash. | T54 |
| Casey Followay | Wooster, Ohio | T53 |
| Norris Foster | Cranford, N.Y. | T34 |
| Ezra Frech | Los Angeles, Calif. | T63 |
| Mike Gallardo | Los Angeles, Calif. | F64 |
| *Lex Gillette | Raleigh, N.C. | T11 |
| Joel Gomez | Encinitas, Calif. | T13 |
| *Sam Grewe | Middlebury, Ind. | T63 |
| Catarina Guimaraes | Cranford, N.J. | T38 |
| Beatriz Hatz | Lakewood, Colo. | T64 |
| *Jessica Heims | Swisher, Iowa | F64 |
| *Lacey Henderson | Denver, Colo. | T63 |
| *Kym Hightower | Yuba City, Calif. | T13 |
| *Erik Hightower | Glendale, Ariz. | T54 |
| Yen Hoang | Vancouver, Wash. | T53 |
| Kevan Hueftle | Eustis, Neb. | T64 |
| *Gianfranco Iannotta | Garfield, N.J. | T52 |
| *Cody Jones | Simi Valley, Calif. | F38 |
| Hagan Landry | Delcambre, La. | F41 |
| Jared Lane | Piscataway, N.J. | Guide |
| *Kelsey LeFevour | Chicago, Ill. | T53 |
| Sebastiana Lopez | San Bernardino, Calif. | F54 |
| Noah Malone | Fishers, Ind. | T12 |
| *Trenten Merrill | San Juan Capistrano, Calif. | T64 |
| Jasmine Murrell | Plainfield, N.J. | T12 |
| Justin Phongsavanh | Ankeny, Iowa | F54 |
| Conner Pierce | Seattle, Wash. | T36 |
| *Markeith Price | Baltimore, Md. | T13 |
| *David Prince | Marietta, Ga. | T64 |
| Arielle Rausin | Cape Coral, Fla. | T54 |
| Isaiah Rigo | Cheney, Wash. | T52 |
| Jaleen Roberts | Kent, Wash. | T37 |
| *Nick Rogers | Chula Vista, Calif. | T62 |
| Nelya Schasfoort | Avon Lake, Ohio | T45 |
| Noah Scherf | Michigan City, Ind. | T13 |
| *Scot Severn | Caro, Mich. | F53 |
| *Jerome Singleton | Irmo, S.C. | T64 |
| *Taleah Williams | Norfolk, Neb. | T47 |
| *Wesley Williams | Visalia, Calif. | Guide |
| Tanner Wright | Cypress, Texas | T46 |
| *Deja Young | Mesquite, Texas | T47 |
| Marshall Zackery | Ocala, Fla. | T35 |
