April 20, 2012 USADA announced today that Jane Lock, of Colorado Springs, Colo., an athlete in the sport of Judo, has received a two-year suspension for committing an anti-doping rule violation in which she failed to file her whereabouts information. Lock, 24, is a member of the USADA National Testing Pool, which consists of a…
DetailsApril 16, 2012 USADA announced today that Patrick Mendes of Las Vegas, Nev., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a two-year suspension for his use of Human Growth Hormone (hGH). Mendes, 21, tested positive for hGH as the result of two separate samples collected on February 7, 2012, and February 27, 2012…
DetailsApril 13,2012 USADA announced today that Matt Kochem, of Somerset, N.J., an athlete in the sport of rowing, has accepted a one-year suspension for committing an anti-doping rule violation in which he failed to file whereabouts information. Kochem, 25, is a member of the USADA National Testing Pool, which consists of a select group of…
DetailsMarch 30, 2012 USADA announced today that Todd Robertson of Boulder, Colo., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a 15 month suspension for an anti-doping rule violation and his competitive results from November 1, 2009, have been disqualified. Robertson, 49, tested positive for a banned oxygen-enhancing peptide hormone as the result of…
DetailsMarch 7, 2012 Hundreds of high school age athletes participating in the New Balance Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by the National Scholastic Sports Foundation, will be treated to a presentation by Dee Dee Trotter, a Track & Field Olympic gold medalist and Athlete Ambassador for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Trotter will be…
DetailsMarch 1, 2012 USADA announced today that Michael Rodgers of Hutto, Texas, an athlete in the sport of Track & Field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a suspension for his doping offense. Rodgers, 26, tested positive for methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine), a stimulant, as a result of an in-competition urine sample collected at…
DetailsFebruary 26, 2012 USADA announced today that an independent American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrator has issued a decision finding that Lenroy Thompson, of Lenexa, Kansas, a U.S. athlete in the sport of boxing, has committed an anti-doping rule violation and has received a one-year suspension for the offense. Thompson, 23, is a member of the…
DetailsFebruary 24, 2012 USADA announced today that an independent American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrator has issued a decision finding that Luis Arias, of Oak Creek, Wis., a U.S. athlete in the sport of boxing, has committed an anti-doping rule violation and has received a one-year suspension for the offense. Arias, 21, is a member of…
DetailsFebruary 3, 2012 “Unlike the U.S. Attorney, USADA’s job is to protect clean sport rather than enforce specific criminal laws. Our investigation into doping in the sport of cycling is continuing and we look forward to obtaining the information developed during the federal investigation.” USADA is responsible for the testing and results management process for…
DetailsJanuary 13, 2012 USADA announced today that Nick Brandt-Sorenson of Los Angeles, Calif., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Brandt-Sorenson, 32, tested positive for Efaproxiral, which artificially enhances delivery of oxygen to the tissues, as the result of a sample collected at the Masters…
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