Hunter Woodhall joins 64 elite athletes in USA Track and Field’s high-profile training program to build on their 2024 success.
Paralympic champion Hunter Woodhall is among the 64 athletes set to benefit from a high-profile training program initiated by USA Track and Field.
USATF announced that the 37 men and 27 women had successful performances at either the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships in Kobe, Japan, or the Paris Paralympic Games.
Team USA was undoubtedly one of the most successful teams having won 38 medals, 10 golds and three world records, at the 2024 Paralympics. The athletes added another 24 medals at the World Championships.
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For the training, Hunter Woodhall will be joined by five-time Paralympic champion Jeremy Campbell, and four-time Paralympic champion Roderick Townsend who once again triumphed in Paris.
Campbell has four discus gold medals to his name, while Townsend has extended a winning streak in high jump Paralympic and World championships competitions for 10 years.
World record-holders Jaydin Blackwell and Noelle Malkamaki have also made the list, thanks to their record-breaking performances in their debut in Paris.
Others who have been included in the training are two-time Paralympic champions, Ezra Frech, Daniel Romanchuk and Noah Malone. Frech, Hunter Woodhall and Malone claimed their first individual Paralympic titles in Paris.
Tatyana McFadden is also looking to make the most out of the training as she eyes her eighth Paralympic Games in LA in 2028. She has so far won 23 Paralympic medals, 22 on the track and 24 World Championships medals.
Paralympic silver medalist Arelle Middleton has also been selected and having had 2024 as her breakout year, she will be out to make 2025 unforgettable. In 2024, she won her first international medals at both the World Championships and Paris Paralympic Games.
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Others who have made the list include Paralympians Annie Carey and Lindi Marcusen, Miguel Jimenez-Vergara, Noah Scherf and Robert Hunt have also made the list.
They will be guided by California-based coach Jerome Avery and Je’Von Hutchison who is from Florida. The Talent Protection Program is headlined by Rayven Sample, Derek Smith, Dallas Wise and Tanner Wright.
