U.S. Paralympics Track & Field Names National Team for Paralympic Year

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO – U.S. Paralympics Track & Field today announced the 61 athletes and four guides named to its 2024 national team ahead of the Paris Paralympic year. The roster is comprised of 39 men – including the four guide athletes – and 21 women, many of whom competed at either the 2023 Para Athletics World Championships, or at the 2023 Parapan American Games.

Headlined by Paralympic and world champions and also featuring several athletes making their national team debuts, the 2024 national team will compete this season with focus on the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships in Kobe, Japan, and the Paralympic Games Paris 2024.

“With the unique situation of having both a world championships and a Paralympic Games, this is one of the busiest and most exciting years we’ve ever had in Para athletics,” Sherrice Fox, Director of U.S. Paralympics Track & Field, said. “We will be looking to our national team to lead us into 2024, and we have no doubt that this group has the experience and talent to excel on the world stage.”

Returning to the national team are 10 2023 world champions, who proved themselves the best in the world last summer en route to earning their 2024 roster slots. Five athletes secured their first career world championship titles, including sprinter Jaydin Blackwell (Oak Park, Michigan) and thrower Noelle Malkamaki (Decatur, Illinois), who burst onto the scene in their first career international meets. Both Malkamaki and Blackwell, as well as teenager Ezra Frech (Los Angeles, California) and Paralympic medalists Breanna Clark (Los Angeles, California) and Roderick Townsend (Stockton, California) earn national team berths after setting world records in their world championships performances.

2023 world champions on the 2024 national team also include Paralympic medalists David Blair (Eagle Mountain, Utah), Isaac Jean-Paul (Grayslake, Illinois), Noah Malone (Fishers, Indiana), Brittni Mason (Richmond Heights, Ohio) and Jaleen Roberts (Kent, Washington).

Four athletes who have already qualified for Paris 2024 make their return to the national team. Wheelchair racing stars Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Maryland), Aaron Pike (Park Rapids, Minnesota), Daniel Romanchuk (Mount Airy, Maryland) and Susannah Scaroni (Tekoa, Washington) qualified for the Games in the marathon via the TCS New York City Marathon in November 2023. It’ll be the seventh Paralympic appearance for Pike and the 20-time Paralympic medalist McFadden, the fourth for Scaroni and the third for Romanchuk.

After strong performances at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile, four athletes make their national team debuts at an opportune moment in the Paralympic quad. Newcomers Taylor Swanson (Spokane, Washington), Brianna Salinaro (Massapequa, New York) and Austin Spalla (Chicago, Illinois) excelled in their first major international competitions and earn roster spots on their first national teams. The athlete-guide team of Antoine Craig (Richmond, Virginia) and Treyton Stuckey (Chula Vista, California) also make their national team debuts after winning bronze in Santiago.

The full 2024 national team roster can be found below.

2024 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Team

Men

Jaydin Blackwell (Oak Park, Michigan)

David Blair (Eagle Mountain, Utah)

Mikey Brannigan (Northport, New York)

Jeremy Campbell (Peyton, Texas)

Josh Cinnamo (San Diego, California)

Antoine Craig (Richmond, Virginia)

Ezra Frech (Los Angeles, California)

Lex Gillette (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Joel Gomez (Encinitas, California)

Tyson Gunter (McCammon Idaho)

Devin Huhta (Battle Mountain, Nevada)

Gianfranco Iannotta (Garfield, New Jersey)

Desmond Jackson (Durham, North Carolina)

Isaac Jean-Paul (Grayslake, Illinois)

Cody Jones (Simi Valley, California)

Hagan Landry (Delcambre, Louisiana)

Blake Leeper (Kinsport, Tennessee)

Derek Loccident (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

Noah Malone (Fishers, Indiana)

Nick Mayhugh (Manassas, Virginia)

Ryan Medrano (Savannah, Georgia)

Leo Merle (Folsom, California)

Trenten Merrill (San Juan Capistrano, California)

Matthew Paintin (Littleton, Colorado)

Aaron Pike (Park Rapids, Minnesota)

Justin Phongsavanh (Des Moines, Iowa)

Max Rohn (Fallbrook, California)

Daniel Romanchuk (Mount Airy, Maryland)

Brian Siemann (Savoy, Illinois)

Austin Spalla (Chicago, Illinois)

Roderick Townsend (Stockton, California)

Jarryd Wallace (Athens, Georgia)

Dallas Wise (Columbia, South Carolina)

Hunter Woodhall (Syracuse, Utah)

Tanner Wright (Abilene, Texas)

Marshall Zackery (Ocala, Florida)

Women

Sydney Barta (Arlington, Virginia)

Kaitlin Bounds (Russelville, Arkansas)

Breanna Clark (Los Angeles, California)

Liza Corso (Newmarket, New Hampshire)

Kym Crosby (Yuba City, California)

Hannah Dederick (Mead, Washington)

Jenna Fesemyer (Ravenna, Ohio)

Beth Grauer (Palm Bay, Florida)

Catarina Guimaraes (Cranford, New Jersey)

Beatriz Hatz (Lakewood, Colorado)

Jessica Heims (Swisher, Iowa)

Samantha Heyison (Adamstown, Maryland)

Yen Hoang (Vancouver, Washington)

Eva Houston (Omaha, Nebraska)

Aubrey Jumper (Mountain Top, Pennsylvania)

Erin Kerkhoff (Coralville, Iowa)

Noelle Malkamaki (Decatur, Illinois)

Brittni Mason (Richmond Heights, Ohio)

Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Maryland)

Cassie Mitchell (Atlanta, Georgia)

Jaleen Roberts (Kent, Washington)

Brianna Salinaro (Massapequa, New York)

Susannah Scaroni (Tekoa, Washington)

Taylor Swanson (Spokane, Washington)

Taleah Williams (Norfolk, Nebraska)

Guides

Jerome Avery (Lemoore, California)

Je’Von Hutchison (Boynton Beach, Florida)

Treyton Stuckey (Chula Vista, California)

Wesley Williams (Visalia, California)