My favorite memory,
was,
when all my team mates were scattered around
the thing and they were cheering me on,
and they were making sure that I was okay and that
I was doing it instead of just, dying.
So where can we see you in 2020?
Tokyo.
Hopefully.
Track makes me feel like,
I can do anything.
I love it because I get to meet so many
new people from so many different states
that are just like me.
And it's really cool because in New Jersey
there aren't that many people like me
that I get to compete against and I get to talk to
and everything so it's really cool to hang out with
those different people who have the same
disability as me.
Athletics has changed my life.
I mean, I decided that it's time for me to get up
and show people that a disability is not a disability.
It's an ability.
You know, we always kind of think that just cause we're
sitting it could be something that hinders us
but I feel as though my wheelchair empowers me
to do more.
Coming to Junior Nationals absolutely prepares you for
the big stage.
It gets you ready to compete against
the best of the best.
And so you slowly but surely work your way up the ranks
here at Junior Nationals.
Then you're able to go to the adult national level
and from there you can hopefully make a U.S. team
in whatever your chosen sport is
and go on to the Paralympic Games.
I wanna to go to the Paralympics,
and the Olympics as well
because it would be a great experience.
I really want to go to the Paralympics
for swimming.
I'm hoping one day
I might go to the Olympics.
You meet so many great people here
and just so many new friends
that I like, keep in touch with all year round.
The pay off for me is
knowing that I can be just like every other person
and compete in sports,
and the friendships that I've made
through so many different disabled athletes
across literally America that I've met
so, it's really awesome to have those friendships.
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