Paralympic Sport Tampa Bay, a program of Hillsborough County Parks & Recreation, set 14 National Records at the 2016 National Junior Disability Championships, from July 16-23 in Middleton, Wisconsin. Team members returned home with 60 medals, including 42 gold, 17 silver, and one bronze.
The team’s achievements earned them first place in the Small Team Division (team size of 2 to 5 participants). It marks the third year in a row that Paralympic Sports Tampa Bay has finished at the top of its team division.
Individual athlete achievements include:
Beecher Bruno (11 gold, 3 silver)
- 1st place in five swim events: 50, 100, 200-yard freestyle, and 50 and 100-yard backstroke
- 1st place, 4×25 and 4×50 freestyle relay team
- 1st place, shot put, discus, javelin, and long jump
- 2nd place: 100, 200, and 400-meter track events
Danielle Kanas (15 gold)
• 1st place, shot put, discus, javelin, long jump.
- 1st place, shot put, discus, javelin, long jump.
- 1st place, 25, 50, and 100-yard freestyle and 25 and 50-yard backstroke
- 1st place, 25-yard breast stroke
- 1st place, 4×25 and 4×50 freestyle relay team
- 1st place, 100, 200, and 400-meter track events
Eric Lowry (7 gold, 9 silver, 1 bronze)
- 1st place, javelin
- 1st place, shot put
- 1st place, archery — cadet division
- 1st place, weightlifting
- 1st place, 200-yard freestyle
- 1st place, 4×25 and 4×50 freestyle relay team
- 2nd place, 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 50-yard backstroke and 100-yard backstroke
- 2nd place, discus
- 2nd place, 100, 200, 400, and 1,500-meter track events
- 3rd place, 800-meter track
Zach Woodke (4 gold, 5 silver)
- 1st place in shot put, discus, and javelin
- 1st place, 1,500-meter track
- 2nd place, long jump
- 2nd place, 100, 200, 400, and 800-meter track events
Logan Krepop (5 gold)
- 1st place shot put, discus and javelin
• 1st place 100 and 200-meter track
