AMTV/CHULA VISTA, CA, May 20 – On a day where Paralympic veterans were victorious in many of the events at the 2023 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships, presented by Toyota, it was teenagers Ezra Frech (Los Angeles, California) and Samantha Heyison (Adamstown, Maryland) who came away with Americas Records in their respective competitions.
Frech, who turned 18 this month and made his Paralympic debut at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, competed in the men’s long jump T63 and jumped 6.62 meters for his Americas Record. Frech also placed second behind Paralympian Desmond Jackson (Durham, North Carolina) in the 100-meter.
The high school senior, who also won the high jump T63 yesterday, is looking to make his second world championships team this summer as Team USA heads to Paris for the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships.
Heyison, meanwhile, joined Frech this year as one of U.S. Paralympics Track & Field’s High School Athletes of the Year and earned her first national team berth. In her women’s discus F44 competition today, Heyison threw an Americas Record 37.89 meters.
This weekend is Heyison’s first major meet as a member of Team USA’s national team. She will compete in shot put on the final day of the event tomorrow.
“I feel great,” Heyison said. “I’m really happy with where I am and just want to keep staying consistent. It’s been awesome to be here this weekend. It’s been a great environment, and it’s been an honor.”
Several Team USA athletes won multiple events on day two, including Paralympic medalists Isaac Jean-Paul (Grayslake, Illinois), Jaleen Roberts (Kent, Washington), Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Maryland), Hunter Woodhall (Syracuse, Utah), David Brown (St. Louis, Missouri), Gianfranco Iannotta (Garfield, New Jersey) and Daniel Romanchuk (Mount Airy, Maryland).
All seven athletes won their 100-meter races – Romanchuk and McFadden in the men’s and women’s T54, Jean-Paul in the men’s T13, Woodhall in the men’s T62, Iannotta in the men’s T52, Brown in the men’s T11, and Roberts in the women’s T37. McFadden, in a bid for her fifth world championships team, added a win in the 400-meter and took silver behind Susannah Scaroni (Tekoa, Washington) in the 1500-meter. After winning the 5,000-meter race yesterday, Scaroni also brought home silver behind McFadden in the 400-meter.
Romanchuk has not lost a men’s T54 race this weekend – adding 400-meter and 1500-meter national titles in addition to his 100-meter win today. The reigning Paralympic champion in the 400-meter, Romanchuk also has 2019 world championships golds in the 800 and 1500-meter events. A three-time Paralympian, Siemann also put together a hat trick of wins, taking home the gold in the men’s 100-meter, 400-meter and 1500-meter T53 competitions. Iannotta, a two-time Paralympic medalist, also added a 400-meter win to his 100-meter victory today.
In addition to his 100-meter win, Jean-Paul, the 2020 Paralympic bronze medalist in the long jump, brought home the win in his signature event with a 7.33-meter jump. Jean-Paul is also coaching the San Diego State Adaptive Athletics team while competing in Chula Vista.
“This is a beautiful experience,” Jean-Paul said. “Seeing all of these adaptive athletes out here with university names on their chests, it’s special. It’s one thing to compete, but to see the sport grow, it’s beautiful.”
Roberts, meanwhile, continued her domination in her women’s T37 events, adding victories in the 100-meter and long jump to her 200-meter win yesterday. Woodhall also nabbed a win in the 400-meter, his best event, as he seeks a spot on his third world championships team.
“I’m happy with it,” Woodhall said of his 100-meter effort. “It was my first 100 of the year. I had a good start, I stood up a little too fast but finished strong. It was fun, and it’s been a great competition. Training has been good, I feel good and my body feels good, so I can’t complain.”
Working with guide Je’Von Hutchinson (Boynton Beach, FL), Brown surged to wins in the 100-meter and 400-meter T11 races. The 2016 Paralympic champion in the 100-meter, Brown is also a five-time worlds medalist.
Paralympians Erin Kerkhoff (Coralville, Iowa), Taylor Talbot (Ontario, Oregon), Brian Siemann (Champaign, Illinois), Joel Gomez (Encinitas, California), Tanner Wright (Abilene, Texas), Rayven Sample (Jamestown, New York) and Yen Hoang (Vancouver, Washington), as well as newcomer Jaydin Blackwell (Oak Park, Michigan) impressed on the track as well with multiple victories on the day.
Kerkhoff and Talbot, already national champions this weekend after meet-opening wins yesterday, won the women’s 400-meter and 100-meter T13 and T12 races, respectively. Gomez put together a strong mid-distance program, winning the men’s 1500-meter and 400-meter T13 competitions. Wright and Sample each earned titles in their 100-meter and 400-meter T46 and T45 races, while Hoang was the women’s 1500-meter and 400-meter national champion in the T53 class.
Blackwell, a newcomer to Para sport, strung together victories in the 100-meter and 400-meter T38 races, edging four-time Paralympic medalist Nick Mayhugh (Arlington, Virginia), who placed second in both races. Newcomer Ryan Medrano (Savannah, Georgia), in his first major track and field meet since his classification, was close behind in third in both races. Medrano, who was a contestant on Survivor 43 alongside Paralympian Noelle Lambert and was recruited to the sport by Lambert, also won the men’s long jump T38 with a 5.76-meter jump.
In a busy day for the Team USA long jumpers, notable gold medalists included five-time Paralympic medalist Lex Gillette (Raleigh, North Carolina), who was victorious in the men’s T11 jump, working with longtime guide Wesley Williams (Visalia, California) for a top jump of 6.13 meters. Paralympic bronze medalist Trenten Merrill (San Juan Capistrano, California)’s jump of 7.63 meters in the men’s T64 competition was enough to beat out an impressive performance by Derek Loccident (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), who finished with a jump of 7.56 meters.
Tokyo Paralympian Taleah Williams (Norfolk, Nebraska) turned in a personal best jump of 5.61 meters to win the women’s T47 event, while yesterday’s high jump champions Roderick Townsend (Stockton, California) and Dallas Wise (Columbia, South Carolina) repeated in the men’s T46 and T47 long jump, respectively. Paralympians Beatriz Hatz (Lakewood, Colorado) and Lacey Henderson (Denver, Colorado) won the women’s T64 and T63 long jump, respectively.
In the women’s discus F64, Paralympian Jessie Heims (Swisher, Iowa) won with a throw of 35.19 meters. Tokyo Paralympian Femita Ayanbeku (Boston, Massachusetts) won the women’s 100-meter T64 race, while Paralympic champions Breanna Clark (Los Angeles, California) and Michael Brannigan (Northport, New York) won their signature 400-meter T20 races. Paralympic medalists Jarryd Wallace (Athens, Georgia) and Brittni Mason (Cleveland, Ohio) placed first in the men’s 100-meter T64 and women’s 100-meter T46.
Rounding out the Paralympic athletes who earned national titles on the day, Marshall Zackery (Ocala, Florida) won the men’s 100-meter T35 competition and Eva Houston (Omaha, Nebraska) won the 100-meter T34 women’s race.
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8月6日德州沃斯堡讯,美国航空公司(American Airlines)宣布,自8月25日起,将停止在美国境内航班,包括部分跨大陆和夏威夷航线的精英常旅客提供经济舱升为商务舱的升舱服务,但将有机会免费升舱至高端经济舱。 此举将使该航空公司的精英常旅客,不得不告别部分长途国内航线上的免费经济舱升舱至商务舱的福利。 此变化再次表明,美国航空公司和其他航空公司正努力减少高价座位的免费赠送,以增加收入和利润。随着越来越多的乘客选择购买价格更高、空间更宽敞的座位,许多航班的升舱难度也随之增加。 此次将免费升舱至高端经济舱的航线包括:纽约肯尼迪国际机场至洛杉矶;波士顿至旧金山;达拉斯-沃斯堡国际机场至夏威夷檀香山、科纳和毛伊岛;凤凰城至檀香山;以及芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场至檀香山和毛伊岛。 总部位于德克萨斯州沃斯堡的美国航空公司表示,购买了高级经济舱机票,或在购买经济舱机票后升舱的精英会员仍可享受免费升舱。 美国航空公司还表示:“我们将尽力满足您的座位偏好,但具体选择可能因机型和座位供应情况而异。高级经济舱的部分机型包含中间座位,因此如果其他座位已满,您可能会被安排在中间座位。”,
8月6日华盛顿讯,白宫表示,新指令将依据现有移民当局的权力,缩小自动获得公民权的资格范围。 美国总统特朗普今天签署了两项针对出生公民权和生育旅游的行政命令,以应对美国最高法院做出裁决,新的行政命令将依据现有移民当局的权力,缩小自动获得美国公民权的资格范围。 此前,美国最高法院驳回了特朗普总统旨在限制根据宪法第十四修正案自动享有的出生公民权的行政命令。 特朗普总统表示:“我们正在做出调整,因为这非常不公平,他们正围绕出生公民权建立商业帝国。这根本不是事情原本应该有的样子。这太可耻了。他们用钱买通关系,我们绝不会让他们得逞。” 白宫政策副幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒(Stephen Miller)表示,新指令依据现有的行政和移民授权,旨在缩小某些情况下自动获得公民身份的资格范围,同时严厉打击前往美国生育的外国人。 米勒表示,第一项命令扩大了政府认定不符合出生公民权资格的人员类别,其中包括“美国的敌对势力、外国恐怖组织成员以及代表外国政府进行游说和行动的大量人员”。 米勒还表示,第二项命令是“美国历史上首次禁止生育旅游”。他说,美国政府将拒绝向那些试图进入美国“生育子女,使子女自动获得公民身份”的人,以及向组织此类旅行的人发放签证。 米勒援引《移民和国籍法》第215(a)条,称生育旅游“从定义上讲,就是对美国制度的欺诈”和“对美国政府的欺诈”。 特朗普总统在被问及美国政府计划如何执行这项命令时说:“我们将采取非常非常严厉的打击行动……这将赋予我们以更强硬的方式执行命令的权力。” 特朗普总统在被问及这些行政命令能否经受住法律挑战时说:“我认为可以。” 白宫幕僚秘书威尔·沙夫(Will Scharf)表示,这些行政命令旨在通过拒签签证和执法手段打击有组织的生育旅游活动,并强调特朗普政府所依据的是“合法有效的手段”,并不与美国最高法院的裁决相冲突。
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