Team USA named for 2013 World Wheelchair Championship

October 22, 2012
2013 national wheelchair team named

(STEVENS POINT, Wis.) - Team USA has been determined for the 2013 World Wheelchair Championship after a three-day tryout competition held at the Madison Curling Club in McFarland, Wis.

The five-person team is composed of 2010 Paralympian Patrick McDonald (Madison, Wis.); David Palmer (Mashpee, Mass.), a member of Team USA in 2012; two-time Paralympian Jimmy Joseph (New Hartford, N.Y.); Penny Greely (Green Bay, Wis.), a member of the last two world teams; and 28-year-old Meghan Lino (East Falmouth, Mass.), who will make her debut as a member of the national team. These five athletes will represent Team USA at the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship on Feb. 16-23 in Sochi, Russia.

Source: 
USA Curling
Author: 
Terry Kolesar