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NEWS | Oct. 21, 2021

Army Athletes Pursued Victory During Military Adaptive Sports Virtual Challenge

ARLINGTON, Va. — Last week, 23 Army athletes went up against competitors from their sister services and ally nation Ukraine in the Military Adaptive Sports Virtual Challenge. The sporting event was held Sept. 13-17 with certain events livestreamed on social media.

The Virtual Challenge was open to all wounded, ill and injured active duty service members and veterans who were selected to participate as primary or alternate athletes in this year’s Department of Defense Warrior Games. All told, they competed in 11 adaptive sporting events as part of their recovery journeys.

Army athletes aimed for victory in powerlifting, track, archery, cycling, shooting, golf, wheelchair basketball, swimming, indoor rowing and the body weight fitness challenge known as the Fit Games. Army athletes placed first in 41 events, second in 12 events and third in 10 events.

The challenge was held during the same timeframe when the Warrior Games would’ve taken place, had it not been canceled, but that is the only thing the two events had common. The Virtual Challenge was not an official Warrior Games sanctioned event or program. It was a separate effort led by the Service Branches using available technology to provide the event virtually. It was a special opportunity for world-class active duty and veteran athletes to show what they can do in the pool, on the track or the court.

Most of the events were livestreamed on the Army Recovery Care Program Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/usarmyarcp/

Army athletes placed or competed in the Military Adaptive Sports Virtual Challenge events listed below:

Swimming

50 Backstroke Male Winners and Competitors

1.0
Joel Rodriguez

2.0
Brent Garlic

VI
Michael Murphy

50 Breaststroke Male Winners and Competitors

5.5L
2nd Place: Michael Shaw

VI
Michael Murphy

50 Freestyle Male Winners and Competitors

1.0
Joel Rodriguez

5.5L
2nd Place: Michael Shaw

VI
Michael Murphy

100 Freestyle Male Winners and Competitors

1.0
Joel Rodriguez

2.0
Brent Garlic

VI
Michael Murphy

Golf

Female Winners and Competitors
1st Place: Adriana de Julio

Male Winners and Competitors
2nd Place: Julian Mitchell

Rowing

1-Minute Male Winners and Competitors

2.0
1st Place: Jason Smith
2nd Place: Greg Quarles
3rd Place: Jose Alfaro

4.0
Frank Matzke

4-Minute Male Winners and Competitors

2.0
1st Place: Greg Quarles
2nd Place: Jose Alfaro
3rd Place: Jason Smith

4.0
Frank Matzke

Field

Female Seated Shot Winners and Competitors

5.0
Beth King

Female Seated Discus Winners and Competitors

5.0
Beth King

Male Seated Discus Winners and Competitors

1.0
Luis Avila

5.0
Joshua Olson

6.0
Greg Quarles

Male Seated Shot Winners and Competitors

1.0
Luis Avila

5.0
Joshua Olson

6.0
Greg Quarles

Male Standing Shot Winners and Competitors

VI
3rd Place: Michael Murphy

Male Standing Discus Winners and Competitors

VI
3rd Place: Michael Murphy

Powerlifting

Female Winners and Competitors

61KG
1st Place: Hyoshin “Gabi” Cha

79KG
1st Place: Beth King

Male Winners and Competitors

88KG
1st Place: Jason Smith
3rd Place: Joshua Olson

107KG
3rd Place: Greg Quarles

107KG+
2nd Place: Shawn Sharpe

Archery Winners and Competitors

Compound Open
1st Place: Greg Quarles
2nd Place: Michael Shaw

Recurve Open
3rd Place: Kyle Eldridge

VI
2nd Place: Michael Murphy

Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair Min
1st Place: Julian Mitchell

Wheelchair Max
1st Place: Brent Garlic
2nd Place: Hyoshin “Gabi” Cha

Shooting

Pistol Winners and Competitors

Open
2nd Place: Julian Mitchell

SH1
1st Place: Greg Quarles
3rd Place: Troy Isom

Rifle Standing Winners and Competitors

SH1
2nd Place: Robert Clary

Rifle Prone Winners and Competitors

SH1
1st Place: Greg Quarles
2nd Place: Michael Shaw
3rd Place: James McFadden

Cycling

Female Indoor Winners and Competitors

Upright C4
Kristina Carney

Female Outdoor Winners and Competitors

Recumbent T2
Beth King

Male Indoor Winners and Competitors

Recumbent T1
Kyle Eldridge

Male Outdoor Winners and Competitors

Upright Open
1st Place: Ian Crawley

Handcycle Open
Jose Alfaro

VI Recumbent
Luis Avila

Handcycle H3
Brent Garlic

VI Upright
Michael Murphy

Recumbent T2
3rd Place: Troy Isom

Track

100 Meter Male Winners and Competitors

VI
Michael Murphy

200 Meter Male Winners and Competitors

VI
Michael Murphy

400 Meter Male Winners and Competitors

VI
Michael Murphy

800 Meter Male Winners and Competitors

VI
Michael Murphy

1500 Meter Male Winners and Competitors

VI
Michael Murphy

Fit games

Male Winners and Competitors

Open

Endurance
1st Place: Michael Murphy

Seated

Endurance
Greg Quarles

The Army Warrior Care and Transition Program is now the Army Recovery Care Program. Although the name has changed, the mission remains the same: to provide quality complex case management to the Army's wounded, ill and injured Soldiers.