April 28th, 2009 by admin

© 2009 Loren Worthington

The Desert Challenge is the biggie for adaptive sports in Arizona.  The annual event, sponsored by Arizona Disabled Sports features swimming, weight lifting, archery and various events in track & field. The 3-day event is held in Mesa and is sanctioned by the various governing bodies for the respective sports. Basically it’s fun event for local athletes of all ages and a tune-up for a few of our national athletes with 2012 London Paralympic ambitions.

A special thanks to Jodi  of Jodi Davis Photography for letting me come shoot with her.  She’s the ADS team’s official photographer. Any participant wanting event photos should visit her site.  She does great kid photos too.

Click the jump for some photos of  Track & Field, Swimming, Weightlifting and Archery.

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