September 6, 2016
USA Wheelchair Rugby Seeking Gold at Paralympic Games
Photo: USA Wheelchair Rugby
Doug Coil
The Paralympic Games begins tomorrow in Rio. The USA Wheelchair Rugby enter the competition ranked number one in the world in the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation rankings. The USA however, does not begin play until Wednesday September 14th.
For the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, both the NBC broadcast schedule and online streaming schedule have been released. The USA schedule of games can be found below.
Sep 14- USAvFrance – 12:45pm
Sep 15- USAvSweden – 10:30am
Sep 16- USAvJapan- 4:00pm
Sep 17- 1st Semi-final- 12:45pm, 2nd Semi-final- 4pm
Sep 18- Bronze medal- 9am and Gold medal- 12:30pm
Roster
Chuck Aoki Minneapolis, MN
Jeff Butler Austin, TX
Josh Brewer Battle Ground, WA
Chad Cohn Tucson, AZ
Lee Fredette East Moriches, NY
Chuck Melton Richview, IL
Eric Newby Littleton, CO
Kory Puderbaugh San Diego, CA
Jason Regier Centennial, CO
Adam Scaturro Lakewood, CO
Josh Wheeler San Tan Valley, AZ
Seth McBride has replaced Anthony McDaniel, who was deemed to be an ineligible athlete in the sport of wheelchair rugby.
Alternates:
Alejandro Pabon
Joe Delagrave
Nick Springer
