INDIANAPOLIS – Following an unprecedented 2024 season that saw both a Paralympic Games and a world championships contested, USA Track & Field today announced the 62 athletes and two guides named to its 2025 Tier athlete program. The roster is composed of 37 men – including the two guide athletes – and 27 women, nearly all of whom competed at either the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships in Kobe, Japan, or the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

The 2025 Tier athlete program is led by a seasoned group of Paralympic and world champions who contributed to the team’s success in Kobe and Paris. Team USA brought home 38 medals, including 10 golds and three world records, at the 2024 Paralympics, and added another 24 medals at world championships in May.

Headlining the roster are eight athletes who won gold medals in Paris. Five-time Paralympic champion Jeremy Campbell (Perryton, Texas) and four-time Paralympic champion Roderick Townsend (Stockton, California) extended their eras of dominance in the discus F64 and high jump T47, respectively, to lead the way in Paris. Campbell has won four discus gold medals in the past five Games, while Townsend has not lost a high jump Paralympic or world championships competition in a decade.

Joining Campbell and Townsend are world record holders Jaydin Blackwell (Oak Park, Michigan) and Noelle Malkamaki (Decatur, Illinois), both of whom set their record-breaking marks during their Paralympic debuts in Paris. Blackwell burst onto the Para track and field scene at the 2023 world championships and has subsequently won every Paralympic and world championships 100-meter and 400-meter T38 race, most recently picking up his first two Paralympic titles in world record fashion in Paris. Similarly, Malkamaki, the 2023 and 2024 shot put F46 world champion, became the first woman in her class to break the 14-meter mark when she won her first Paralympic title in Paris.

Rounding out the Paralympic champions making the 2025 Tier athlete program are two-time Paralympic gold medalists Ezra Frech (Los Angeles, California), Daniel Romanchuk (Mount Airy, Maryland) and Noah Malone (Fishers, Indiana), and five-time Paralympic medalist Hunter Woodhall (Syracuse, Utah). Frech, Woodhall and Malone won their first individual Paralympic titles in Paris, while four-time medalist Romanchuk added a gold medal in the 5000-meter T54 to his resume.

The most decorated athlete on the 2025 team, Tatyana McFadden (Baltimore, Maryland) returns with sights set on her eighth Paralympic Games in 2028. Over her illustrious career, McFadden has amassed 23 Paralympic medals – 22 of which are in track – and 24 world championships medals. She became the most decorated U.S. Paralympic track and field athlete in history in Paris.

Six athletes are set for their first full-year berths, led by Paralympic silver medalist Arelle Middleton (Rancho Cucamonga, California). The teenager excelled in her breakout 2024 season, winning her first international medals in the shot put F64 with silvers at both worlds and Paris 2024. Paralympians Annie Carey (Boise, Idaho) and Lindi Marcusen (Spokane, Washington) join Middleton on their first, as do Miguel Jimenez-Vergara (Lawrenceville, New Jersey), Noah Scherf (Michigan City, Indiana) and Robert Hunt (Spokane, Washington), all of whom have previously competed on the international stage.

The full 2025 Tier athlete program roster can be found below.

2025 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field Tier Athlete Program

Women
Femita Ayanbeku (Boston, Massachusetts)
Sydney Barta (Arlington, Virginia)
Kaitlin Bounds (Russellville, Arkansas)
Annie Carey (Boise, Idaho)
Breanna Clark (Los Angeles, California)
Liza Corso (Newmarket, New Hampshire)
Kym Crosby (Yuba City, California)
Hannah Dederick (Mead, Washington)
Jenna Fesemyer (Ravenna, Ohio)
Beth Grauer (Palm Bay, Florida)
Catarina Guimaraes (Cranford, New Jersey)
Beatriz Hatz (Lakewood, Colorado)
Jessica Heims (Swisher, Iowa)
Samantha Heyison (Adamstown, Maryland)
Eva Houston (Omaha, Nebraska)
Erin Kerkhoff (Coralville, Iowa)
Noelle Lambert (Manchester, New Hampshire)
Noelle Malkamaki (Decatur, Illinois)
Lindi Marcusen (Spokane, Washington)
Brittni Mason (Richmond Heights, Ohio)
Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Maryland)
Arelle Middleton (Rancho Cucamonga, California)
Cassie Mitchell (Atlanta, Georgia)
Jaleen Roberts (Kent, Washington)
Susannah Scaroni (Tekoa, Washington)
Taylor Swanson (Spokane, Washington)
Taleah Williams (Norfolk, Nebraska)

Men
Korban Best (Southlake, Texas)
Jaydin Blackwell (Oak Park, Michigan)
David Blair (Eagle Mountain, Utah)
Mikey Brannigan (Northport, New York)
Jeremy Campbell (Perryton, Texas)
Josh Cinnamo (San Diego, California)
Ezra Frech (Los Angeles, California)
Lex Gillette (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Joel Gomez (Encinitas, California)
Jonathan Gore (Fayetteville, West Virginia)
Sam Grewe (Middlebury, Indiana)
Devin Huhta (Battle Mountain, Nevada)
Robert Hunt (Spokane, Washington)
Desmond Jackson (Durham, North Carolina)
Isaac Jean-Paul (Grayslake, Illinois)
Miguel Jimenez-Vergara (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
Hagan Landry (Delcambre, Louisiana)
Blake Leeper (Kingsport, Tennessee)
Derek Loccident (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Noah Malone (Fishers, Indiana)
Nick Mayhugh (Manassas, Virginia)
Ryan Medrano (El Paso, Texas)
Leo Merle (Folsom, California)
Trenten Merrill (San Juan Capistrano, California)
Justin Phongsavanh (Des Moines, Iowa)
Aaron Pike (Park Rapids, Minnesota)
Isaiah Rigo (Cheney, Washington)
Max Rohn (Fallbrook, California)
Daniel Romanchuk (Mount Airy, Maryland)
Noah Scherf (Michigan City, Indiana)
Brian Siemann (Champaign, Illinois)
Roderick Townsend (Stockton, California)
Jarryd Wallace (Athens, Georgia)
Hunter Woodhall (Syracuse, Utah)
Marshall Zackery (Ocala, Florida)

Guides
Jerome Avery (Lemoore, California)
Je’Von Hutchison (Boynton Beach, Florida)

Talent Protection Program
Rayven Sample (Jamestown, New York)
Derek Smith (Niles, Michigan)
Dallas Wise (Columbia, South Carolina)
Tanner Wright (Fort Worth, Texas)