A Busy Summer
Josh Swoverland plays wheelchair basketball for the Turnstone Flyers varsity team and is involved with different adaptive sports through RHI.
Last Saturday, June 28, 2008 in Eugene, Oregon at the Olympic Trials Josh competed in the 1500m exhibition with the top Junior Track athletes in the USA where he finished 2nd. Check it out the close finish on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bnJpGFhMmc
Through invitation from the Paralympic Academy Beijing Josh will attend this year’s 2008 Paralympic Games from September 4-11, 2008. Josh is one of 25 student-athletes selected to attend. Josh was chosen based on an essay that focused on how sports have affected their lives.
June 12-15, 2008 Josh was in Tempe/Mesa, AZ for Track & Field Team Trails. Josh finished with his best times in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1200 and 5000. Final results can be found at http://www.2008paralympictracktrials.com/fullresults.html
July 14 - 16, 2008 Josh will be at University of Illinois Track camp
July 19-27, 2008 Josh was selected to represent the USA in the 2008 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Junior World Championships (over 20 countries involved) held at Rutgers University (New Jersey). He was selected to compete in both Track and Swimming, but decided to compete only in track. During this same time, Josh will also be racing on the National Junior Disability Championships (NJDC) track team. He’ll complete for both the IWAS and the NJDC in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 & 5000 and will also be on 2 relay teams. During Josh’s spare time he’ll participate in a 3-on-3 basketball exhibition game.
Saturday, May 10, 2008 Josh was invited (along with the top 6 Juniors) to compete in the Glenn D. Loucks Games (White Plains, NY) as he finished 1st in 800, 1,500 & 5k road race and 2nd in the 100m.
On Friday, May 16, 2008 Josh was at Ohio Wheelchair Regional Games (OWG) where he competed in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,500, 5,000m event.
Below is a picture of Josh competing during Paralympic team trials http://paralympics.usoc.org/multimedia/photo_gallery/69?photo=960
Speaking of the Paralympics below is a link to a video that has been passed around recently: