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Operation Warrior Athlete: Join the Mission, Support a Wounded Warrior

Welcome to the LifeQuest Military Transitions: Operation Warrior Athlete website. Here you will find inspirational stories of the men and women that have become wounded, injured or ill serving our country and now are going to participate in the 2012 Warrior Games held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Follow this site and participate in the blog to support our Warrior Athletes.

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50 Meter Baseline Swim Times

As a baseline result, I had each of the soldiers do a 50 meter all-out effort at the start of the program. Below are their times, throughout the training program we will be reassessing each athlete to determine his/ her rate of improvement.

K,C

1:18

T,R

1:40

B,M

1:24 

R,M

:37 & :36

L,C

:35

D,G

:37

M,J 

  

F,T

  

CLK

:51 

B,M

:34

O,R

1:24 and :54

R,B 

  

W,M

1:03 

P,B

:38

W,B

Present, but no time

R,N

  

D,R

:56

M,G

  

D,M 

  

January 19, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

Congratulations

One of the Warrior Games Applicants just competed in her first ever Marathon this past weekend. She had a goal time of 4:45 and absolutely crushed her goal time with a 4:22:19, we are so proud of you!!! Congratulations!

January 16, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

Warrior Game Athletes Who Made It Into The Paralymics

Many Paralympic athletes get their start through the Warrior
Games. Several soldiers come together each year to compete in a very
competitive week of competition known as the Warrior Games. Through these
competitions, a select few then go onto the very prestigious status of making the Paralympic
team! Please visit this link to see all the members of the 2008 Paralympic team
who competed in the past Warrior Games. Here you will also find the 2012
hopeful Paralympic athletes, who also competed in the past Warrior Games: http://usparalympics.org/military-and-veteran-programs/military-athletes

 

December 12, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

7 Events for the Warrior Games

7 Events 

Shooting- Allowed 4 per company, each participant picks 2 events. 

  • 10m Air Rifle Standing- Open, SH2 and SH1
  • 10m Air Rifle Prone (seated) -Open, SH2 and SH1
  • 10m Air Pistol Standing- Open and SH1

Archery- Allowed 4 per company 

  • Compound Open
  • Recurve Open

Cycling -Fastest 20K- Allowed 4 per company

  • Bicycle
  • Hand Cycle
  •  

Track & Field- Allowed 7 per company

  • Discus- seated and standing -men
  • Shot-Put-seated and standing- men & women
  • 100m- men & women
  • 200m- men
  • 800m- men & women
  • Relay 4x100m -Coed

Swimming-Allowed 5 per company

  • 50 back- men & women
  • 50 free- men & women
  • 100 free- men
  • Relay 200 meter free- Coed

 Sitting Volleyball- Allowed 10 per company 

 Wheel Chair Basketball- Allowed 10 per company

Events that have crossover training:

  • Seated Volleyball & Wheel Chair Basketball
  • Shooting and Archery
  • Track, Cycling and Swimming
  • Shot put and Discus

November 29, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

Join the Mission, Become A Follower!

Welcome to the LifeQuest Transitions Warrior Games Blog. Here you will find inspirational stories of Soldiers that have paid the ultimate price in serving our country and now are going to participate in the 2012 Warrior Games held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

LifeQuest Transitions is a nonprofit organization that has developed a 5 month training program for Fort Carson’s Army Wounded Transition Battalion (WTB) to properly train and prepare for the 2012 Warrior Games. This program is being lead by Danielle Kehoe the Athlete’s Program Director at LifeQuest Transitions.

Please check back weekly for progress stories and specific workouts.

For more information about LifeQuest Transitions please visit: www.mylq.org.

November 29, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »