When Tahmar Upshaw steps onto the track, he repeats a simple mantra: In order to change, I have to be something I’m not. “When I get on the line,” Upshaw said, “if you want to compete, you have to surpass your previous self. Find something el...
During the Paralympic Summer Games Paris 2024, Tatyana McFadden won two medals and brought her career total to 22, making her the most-decorated American Paralympic track-and-field athlete of all time. On April 7, McFadden had to make more room in...
For Brittni Mason, being a part of Team USA isn’t just about medals. It’s an experience that keeps evolving in unexpected ways. As a standout on the track, Mason has won five medals over the last two Paralympic Games — and four more at the World Para A...
In a famous scene in “Hoosiers,” coach Norman Dale brought in a tape measure to prove that the basket was 10 feet high and the free-throw line 15 feet away. The team had just walked into the fieldhouse for the state championship game and were stunned b...
Coming into the 2025 season, Hannah Dederick had been succeeding as a wheelchair racer for many years. At the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 in the women’s 400-meter T54 she finished in fourth place. That matched her result in the 100-meter at...
At her core, there is one word that defines Alicia Guerrero — a word that conveys who she is as a person, an athlete and a member of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation. “One word?” Guerrero said, pausing for a moment. “I would say ‘resilience.’” Afte...
At just 17 years old, Arelle Middleton is young to be a world traveler, but that’s what happens when you dominate in an international sport.The Rancho Cucamonga, California, native traveled to Paris in 2024 to make her Paralympic debut, earning a silve...
INDIANAPOLIS – On the heels of a season that saw U.S. athletes bring home 28 medals at the 2025 Para Athletics World Championships, USA Track & Field today announced the 69 athletes and two guides named to its 2026 Tier & Talent Protection Prog...
Nearly four years ago, when Sydney Barta texted her mom, Laura, that she had gotten into Stanford, she received a rather casual response — her mom hit the like emoji on the message. So, when the 21-year-old Barta texted her mom last month about winning...
Allabaugh, Davis, Hall and Middleton named USATF Para High School Athletes of the Year
