Link to results from 5th Annual Martin Richard Memorial Mile (on Cool Running) http://www.coolrunning.com/results/18/ma/Aug16_Martin_set1.shtml
Joe Walsh
By Becky Wentworth “Even though swimming may be difficult in the moment, the rewarding feeling you get afterwards is always worth it” Lena Williamson started swimming at 7 years old and hasn’t stopped since. She began with swim lessons and eventually swam all four years for her high school swim […]
Lena Sets Sights on Future
The 5thAnnual Martin Richard Memorial Mile was held at South Boston’s Joe Moakley Park this Thursday, and for the 5thtime, Adaptive Sports New England was there to encourage and facilitate participation by individuals who have a visual or mobility impairment. “Inclusion” is the word used to describe this, but only […]
Inclusion is Nothing Special
By Becky Wentworth “I play sports because they give me a chance to go out and show people how even though I’m in a wheelchair, it doesn’t mean I can’t participate. I like the independence that sports gives me”. Owen Anketell is 18 years old and a recent graduate […]
Next Challenge for Owen? – College
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Martin Richard Memorial Mile
By Ann LeVarn, Adaptive Sports NE Manager of Outreach & Administration “I was scared” “My sense of balance was off” “It is way easier being a guide” “I had to really trust and listen to my partner” “I was not focused on my running, I was just listening to my […]
A New Viewpoint for Student Leaders
By Crea Baker-Durante With over 1000 kids competing in the New England Kids Triathlon, a particular 6 stood out to me and to the rest of the crowd. The New England Kids Triathlon is the first sporting event I have attended that had Para-athletes competing in it. Being an athlete […]
Seeing Adaptive Sports in Action
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 […]
