Athlete Stories


A gold medal winner at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Youth World Games and a 2018 Para Athlete All Scholastic, Mikayla Chandler will soon enter her senior year at Old Rochester Regional High School. Mikayla, who was born with dwarfism,  will compete once again in field hockey, winter […]

Mikayla Goes Global


By Crea Baker-Durante Sam Borek will be entering his senior year at Scituate High School in the fall of 2019. He will be a three-sport athlete his senior year, competing on the cross country team as well as the winter and spring track teams. Sam has been running since he […]

Meet Sam Borek


I was born with glaucoma and aniridia, two conditions that leave me with no depth perception, only light perception vision out of my right eye and limited vision out of the left. I started to swim competitively when I was 8 years old. Four years ago, I was leaving a […]

Babcock tells story on USA Triathlon website


This week, we had the privilege of catching up with Erich Manser (Littleton, MA.) Erich works in the tech world, helping to develop new technology for the Visually Impaired. He also is the current world record holder for the Iron Man in the Blind/ VI classification!  1. Can you give a […]

Q and A with Ironman World Record Holder Erich Manser




Katrina Gerhard Katrina started out racing in her every day chair, pioneering the inclusion of wheelchair racing in Massachusetts high school track and field (MIAA). Now, she is a member of the wheelchair racing team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 1. Can you give us a little background about […]

Q&A with Katrina Gerhard


As summer comes to an end, and the beginning of  school and fall sports draws near, we can’t help but express our excitement for all of our athletes who will be competing on their school and college teams! For this week’s Q & A we caught up with Chris Kimball. […]

Q & A with Chris Kimball


Femita Ayanbeku     Femita is a  T44 100 and 200 meter T & F Paralympian.  She recently competed in the 2017 World Para Track and Field Championships. We caught up with her to see how it went!  What was your training like leading up to London? Leading up to […]

Catching up with Femita Ayanbeku