The time has come for me to start traveling to Florida and get back on the water for training. This past week information was released to all Paralympic hopefuls for standards, US Team Trial date and Paracanoe World Championships, which is our qualifying event for Rio. Things are very close this year for team trials and World Championships, which means the sooner individual athletes pay to attend World Championshipts the the cheaper the cost will be for the flight to compet

The count down has begun! I have a lot of hard work ahead of me and am committed to taking it head on. USA Canoe Kayak has finally announced the following dates: USA Canoe Kayak Paralympic Team will be selected in two stages. 29-30 April 2016 USA Canoe Kayak Olympic and Paralympic Trials The Lake Lanier Olympic Venue, Gainesville, GA A maximum of two athletes in each Paracanoe KAYAK event will be selected to compete in the International Canoe Federation Paracanoe World Champi

A friend, Hannah sent me this article that Christine Miserandino wrote. The article she wrote gives great examples on what a day in the life of someone living with systemic lupus has to face. I was diagnosed with the disease 22 years ago, which changed every aspect of my life. It was not until 2012 that a life changing drug called Benlysta was released to treat lupus patients. The drug changed my life making so many things that were out of reach possible. The past year and

A few days after US National Canoe Kayak Sprint Championships, I had organized a SportsAbility Day. This day allows disabled veterans, and other community members ranging from spinal cord injury, amputations, to blindness to participate in adaptive sports. It was a great day, and I wanted to share this with you all. On Saturday, August 8th, Athletes with Disabilities Network (ADN), North East Chapter and the Camden County Board of Freeholders held their debut SportsAbility

This past month has been a great experience as an athlete and organizer for adaptive sports. I competed at the US National Spring Canoe Kayak Championships, located at the Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista, Ca. I am the 2014 and 2015 Mens Paracanoe, KL3,K1 200m and 500m sprint national champion. I still have a lot of hard work ahead to get to the competive level I need to be at and will continue to work towards that goal. There have been many challenges along the way a

Heading to bed trying to mentally prepare for the coming trials tomorrow at 8:50 am. I am very thankful for being here and with all the amazing athletes I will be competing against and watching succeed, win or lose. I will gain everything from each experience, every race and take it with me to develop as an athlete. Weaknesses, strengths, preparation, planning, condition. Live feed for tomorrow. http://boathousedistrict.org/festivals-races/live-video/ #determination #racing

Heading to bed trying to mentally prepare for the coming trials tomorrow at 8:50 am. I am very thankful for being here and with all the amazing athletes I will be competing against and watching succeed, win or lose. I will gain everything from each experience, every race and take it with me to develop as an athlete. Weaknesses, strengths, preparation, planning, condition. Live feed for tomorrow. http://boathousedistrict.org/festivals-races/live-video/ #determination #racing