March 8, 2019 USADA announced today that Chelsea McClammer, of Champaign, Ill., an athlete in the sport of Paralympic track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance, which was determined to have been ingested by her without fault or negligence. As a result, McClammer will not face a period of ineligibility for her…
October 10, 2017 USADA announced today that Shaquille Vance, of Houston, Miss., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a four-year sanction for evading sample collection. Based on Vance’s prompt admission of the violation, and in accordance with the rules, the sanction was subsequently reduced to three years by USADA and…
June 8, 2017 USADA announced today that Peter Park, of Champaign, Ill., an athlete in the sport of para track and field, has accepted a 21-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. Park, 39, declared the use of an anabolic agent during a doping control session at the New York City Marathon on November 4, 2016.…
(February 1, 2016) USADA announced today that Patrick Blake Leeper, of Spring Valley, Calif., an athlete in the sport of Paralympic track & field has accepted a one year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Leeper, 25, tested positive for benzoylecgonine from a sample collected on June 21, 2015 at the U.S. Paralympic Track &…
September 23, 2013 USADA announced today that Camdin Crouse, of Snow Shoe, Pa., an athlete in the sport of Paralympic track & field, has tested positive for prohibited substances and received a two-year suspension for his doping offense. Crouse, 25, tested positive for Amphetamine and Methylhexaneamine as the result of an in-competition urine sample collected…
August 3, 2012 USADA announced today that Matthew Brown of Lubbock, Texas, an athlete in the sport of Paralympic Track & Field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a suspension for his doping offense. Brown, 35, tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide and chlorothiazide in a sample collected on June 29, 2012 at the…
June 22, 2012 USADA announced today that Angela Madsen of Long Beach, California, an athlete in the sport of Paralympic Track & Field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and has accepted a public warning and loss of results from May 19, 2012, for her anti-doping rule violation. Madsen, 52, provided a urine sample…
July 18, 2011 USADA announced today that Matthew Brown of Idalou, Texas, an athlete in the sport of Paralympic track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a suspension for his doping offense. Brown, 35, tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol acid, a marijuana metabolite in the class of Cannabinoids, in a sample…
May 11, 2011 Students participating in the District 11 Annual Ron Hein Track and Field Festival on Thursday, May 12, 2011 will be treated to a special visit by April Holmes, Paralympic Gold medalist and Athlete Ambassador for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Holmes will also speak to students at Russell Middle School, sharing her…
January 29, 2009 USADA announced today that U.S. Paralympic Track & Field athlete LeAnn Sagmeister (Jacksonville, FL) has received a two-year suspension for an Anti-Doping Rules Violation (ADRV). Sagmeister, 27, refused to take part in a USADA Out-of-Competition (OOC) doping control test on November 14, 2008. Under the rules of the International Paralympic Committee and…