Pittsburgh
will be the site of the
National Veterans Wheelchair Games, 01-06 August 2011

Shelly Unser, Cody Unser, and Scott Taylor note the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act before Cody is lowered into the Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado during a scuba dive that was held during the 2010 National Veterans Wheelchair Games in July.

RESULTS


from the 2010 National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Denver


• Air Guns
  Tom Strang, 1st in Class SH1, Masters Division., score of 515
  
• Archery with compound bow
  Chris Fidler, 2nd, Class Para, Masters, score of 648
• Bowling, ramp (hand controls)
  James Riemer, 1st in Class IA, Masters, score of 551
  
• Bowling, ramp (head/mouth controls)
  Jim Balfe, 2nd in Class IA, Masters, score of 442
  
• Field: Discus
  Jerry Baylor, 1st in Class IB, Masters, distance of 7.46 meters
  
• Field: Javelin
  Jerry Baylor, 1st in Class IB, Masters, distance of 7.75 meters
  
• Field: Shot Put
  Jerry Baylor, 2nd in Class IB, Masters, distance of 3.76 meters
  Chris Fidler, 3rd in Class II, Masters, distance of 4.90 meters
• Motorized Rally
  Jim Balfe, 2nd in Class IA, Master, Masters, score of 15
  
• Motorized Slalom--hand controls
  Joe Allshouse, 3rd in Class IB, Masters, time of 4:13.19
  Jim Riemer, 2nd in Class IA, Masters, time of 2:48.42
  
• Nine Ball
  Gary Orlando, 1st in Class IB, Masters
• Power Soccer
  Bruce Shaffer, 2nd
  
• Quad Rubgy
  Raymond "Joe" Gilkinson, 1st
• Slalom
  Rory Cooper, 1st in Class III, Masters, time of 3:32.40
  Joe Gilkinson, 1st in Class IB, Novice
• Swimming, Backstroke, 50 yards
  Rory Cooper, 1st in Class III, Masters, time of 1:06.35
• Swimming, Breaststroke, 50 yards
  Rory Cooper, 1st in Class III, Masters, time of 1:39.68
• Swimming, Freestyle, 50 yards
  Rory Cooper, 1st in Class III, Masters, time of 1:07.13
• Swimming, Individual Medley, 100 yards
  Rory Cooper, 1st in Class III, Masters, time of 2:09.14
• Track: Power Chair 200 (hand controls)
  Bruce Shaffer, 3rd in Class IV, Masters, time of 2:09.33
  
• Track: Power Chair 200 (head-mouth controls)
  Jim Balfe, 1st in Class IA, Masters, time of 1:32.00
  
• Track: 100 meters
  Jerry Baylor, 1st in Class IB, Masters, time of 0:43.33
  Joe Gilkinson, 1st in Class IB, Novice, time of 0:36.94
  William Lightner, 1st in Class II, Masters, time of 0:37.90
  Tom Strang, 2nd in Class III, Masters, time of 0:49.20
  
• Track: 200 meters
  William Lightner, 1st in Class II, Masters, time of 1:27.37
• Weightlifting, Quad
  Jerry Baylor, 2nd in Class IB, Master's Division, 185 lbs.

The medal counts for Keystone PVA athletes in this and the past five years:

2010--18 GOLD, 8 Silver, and 2 bronze
2009--20 GOLD, 7 Silver, and 5 bronze
2008--16 GOLD, 7 Silver, and 5 bronze
2007--14 GOLD, 7 Silver, and 5 bronze
2006--15 GOLD, 8 Silver, and 4 bronze
2005--10 GOLD, 10 Silver, and 5 bronze

Athletes complete within three divisions--Masters (over age 40), Novice (first-time competitors in the Games), and Open (all others, or those who choose to compete in this category). They also compete within classes according to the level of their physical ability, with three quadriplegic-level classes and four paraplegic-level or amputee classes. These divisions and classes are not shown here but can be viewed on the results pages for the Games at the Department of Veterans Affairs web site, http://www1.va.gov/opa/speceven/wcg/wcg-events.asp. They are also in the July-August edition of The Parascope. Click here (soon) to see it on line and print it yourself.