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Casey Followay
Ground-breaker, National Champion, National Record Holder,
JO All-American, Speaker, Advocate, Paralympic Hopeful, Model
I’m NOT a water boy,
a photographer,
or a statistician.
I’m an ATHLETE
and I want to represent my school.
-Casey Followay, 2009
2012 US Paralympic
Track/Field Trials
Congressional Briefing
D.C. 2011
In March of 2011, Casey had the
privilege of being invited to speak
at a Congressional Briefing in
Washington D.C. on the
importance of physical ativities for
students with disabilities and the
barriers they face. Charlie
Huebner, Chief of the U.S.
Paralympics, (pictured top left)
also spoke at the briefing.
National Record Holder
In just his third race ever, Casey
set the national record in the 60
meter sprint. He is a six time
national champion.
In June of 2012 at 15 years old,
Casey competed at the U.S. Paralympic Track and Field Trials. He
participated in the 100, 200 and
400 meter events. He had the
honor of competing against 100
meter world record holder, Mickey
Bushell.
USATF Junior Olympic
All-American 2012
In July of 2012, Casey
participated at the USATF Junior
Olympics in the 800 meter
wheelchair race. He came in
second place and was awarded
All-American Status.
Mentor
When not competing, you can find
Casey on the track mentoring new
wheelchair athletes. Casey enjoys
inspiring them and demonstrating
the sport. (Casey and Jenna
pictured on right.)
2009-2010 State of Ohio Ground-breaker
Casey made history during the 2009-2010 school year when
he became the first student in the State of Ohio to join his
school track team using a racing wheelchair.
He participated with Edgewood Middle School for the 20092010 and 2010-2011 school years and with Wooster High
School during the 2011-2012 school year.
2010
2011
2012
IN THE NEWS
Sports
Section
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Elbow won’t keep LeBron out of lineup
Setting
out to
reclaim
racing’ s
glory
LOUISVILLE,
Ky . — Th e
Ke ntucky Derby goes off
late Saturday afternoon and
for two glorious minutes
and change, horse racing
will be back at the center
of the universe. A nd then,
like a hangover, the sport of
kings will have to confront
its grim prospects all over
again.
Declining revenues, smaller purses, shorter fields,
less wagering and even the
biggest track operators in
North America in bankruptcy — the odds for renewal
are so depressingly long
that even mighty Secretariat
likely couldn’t make a dent.
Th at won’t stop Big Red
from trying.
At least at the movies.
Coming this fall to a theater near you, “Secretariat”
is a retelling of the greatest Tr iple Crown campaign
ever, this time through the
eyes of his owner, Penny
Chenery , who took the reins
of her ailing father’ s stable
against the advice of her
husband and turned the oldboy, old-money, bourbonfueled network that dominated the game on its ear.
“Seeing yourself in a
movie is really weird,”
Chenery said with a laugh.
Now 87 and living in
Boulder , Colo ., she returned
Th ursday to Churchill
Downs, where Secretariat’ s
saga began. Chenery walks
with the aid of a cane, but
her wit remains as sharp as
ever.
“T hey told me, ’Penny, it’s
not a documentary, it’s a
Disney movie,” ’ she added a
moment later . “ I’ ve adjusted
to a revised version of my
life.”
Th en she paused again,
looked to her left at actress
Diane Lane — who plays
Chenery in the movie
— and beamed.
“I’m younger and prettier.”
Racehorses have struck
the national nerve before
for all kinds of reasons,
but not for a long time.
Secretariat ended a Tr iple
Crown drought of 25 years
by widening margins during
the torrid summer season
of 1973, giving a country
numbed by the war in Vi etnam and the Wa tergate
scandal something, finally ,
to cheer about. Th e feat put
Big Red on the cover of
both Ti me and Newsweek.
Long before Seabiscuit,
too, became a movie star,
his rags-to-riches-story
regaled an audience suffering through the cruelest
years of the Great Depression. And harkening back to
a time when racing dueled
only baseball and boxing for
the sporting public’ s attention, Man O’W ar’ s funeral
was broadcast on the radio,
an honor in his day
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INDEPENDENCE
(AP) — LeBron James shot left-handed layups and
short jumpers at practice Th ursday, but
the Cavaliers’ superstar is not expected to miss any of Cleveland’ s playoff
games because of his strained right
elbow and bone bruise.
James was re-examined We dnesday
night by team doctors, who took more
X-rays and an MRI exam that revealed
the strain and a bruised bone near the
elbow. James was not wearing a padded sleeve over the elbow at practice
Th ursday, but acknowledged it was
more of a film session and walkthrough
rather than a physical practice. He did
sit out one portion of contact drills .
“T he best thing about
it is there’ s no structural damage,” James said.
“T he docs have given
East Semis
me clearance that I
Game 1:
can’t hurt it worse and
Celtics at
I can go out and play.
Ca valiers
Maybe it’s a strain in
( Saturday,
the muscle or the tentime TB A )
don.”
Cleveland opens its
best-of-seven playoff series against
Boston on Saturday , and the Celtics
are preparing for the same player who
averaged 36.5 points against them in
four regular-season games this year.
“He’ s fine,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers
said. “If he goes three or four games
and shoots left-handed only, then I’ ll
believe it’s hurting. W e’ll be ready for
the LeBron we’ve seen all through the
playoffs .”
James’ achy elbow has been the focus
since Tu esday’s Game 5 victory over
Chicago , when he shot a free throw
left-handed in the final seconds. He
made the first foul shot with no sign of
trouble to give Cleveland a four-point
lead with 7.8 seconds remaining. But
he said the shot made his arm go numb
— a recurring problem the last few
weeks — and instead of burning one
of Cleveland’ s two remaining timeouts,
he missed badly after shooting with his
left hand.
He walked around the practice court
Th ursday with his arm tucked close to
his body, much like it was in the final
seconds of Tu esday’s game. Cleveland
hid the injury for weeks and no one
would have known the severity of the
elbow had it not been for the awkward
free throw.
James wouldn’t say Th ursday whether he regrets the shot attempt — and
all the attention it has created.
“I’ ll be ready for Game 1,” he said,
“and I’ ll be a productive player .”
Th e Celtics are expecting nothing
See Pg. C5 — LeBRON
NC AA
field is
now 68
teams
Mike Schenk photos/www.buydrphotos.com
Orrville Middle School eighth-grader Mekio Jarvis (left) and Edgewood seventh-grader Casey Followay round the
bend in the 200-meter dash on Thursday during their middle school meet at Orrville. The two wheelchair athletes
are believed to be the first-ever Ohioans to compete in a school meet.
History on Thursday
Fo lloway, Jarvis pave
the way for Ohio
wheelchair athletes
By CHRISTY JOHNSON
Daily Record Sports Writer
ORR VILLE — Casey Fo lloway and
Mekio Jarvis sat filled with anticipation
as the track official raised her arms to
start the 100-meter dash at the Orrville
Middle School Invitational on Th ursday
afternoon.
Wh en the gun went off, they weren’t
just racing — they were making history.
Casey, a seventh-grader at Edgewood
Middle School, and Mekio , an eighthgrader at Orrville Middle School, sped
down the track in their Invacare To p
End Eliminator chairs for what many
believed was the first school wheelchair
track competition in Ohio .
Both boys have been disabled since
birth. Casey was born with spina bifida,
which affects his body from the hips
down and Mekio was born with muscular dystrophy, which affects his lower
legs.
Casey, who’s been actively racing since
2005, won the 100 with a time of 18.65,
followed by Mekio (20.88), who has only
been involved in the sport for six weeks.
Th e boys also competed in the 200,
which Casey also won clocking a 35.45,
while Mekio finished in 39.40.
“I am proud and excited,” said boys
coach Brett Fo lloway, who is also Casey’ s
father . “ We want to get this out in front
Casey Followay has a big lead on Mekio Jarvis in Thursday’ s 100-meter
dash.
of as many eyes as we can, because someone has to know somebody who is in a
chair that can do this too in our area.”
“It is really cool to see Casey out there
racing,” said Ke vin Wh ite, a Wo oster
seventh-grader and teammate. “ Fo r him
to go out there and race really fast like
that, is really awesome. It would be really
cool to see a lot more wheelchair events
at track meets, and to actually have a
wheelchair division of a race.”
Th ursday’ s races were about much
more than first place, as Brett Fo lloway and Wh ite indicated, they were
See Pg. C2 — HIST OR Y
By MICHAEL MARO T
AP Sports Writer
INDIAN APOLIS
— Th e
road to the Fi nal Fo ur will
have a new look next season.
On Th ursday, the NC AA ’s
board of directors approved
expansion from 65 to 68 teams
and endorsed a proposal to
add three more opening-round
games to the schedule. T he
board also approved new rules
governing concussions, and
may sanction schools that do
not comply.
It’ s only the second time in
a quarter-century the NC AA
has increased the number of
teams competing for the men’s
national championship.
Now it’s time to start mapping out the details, which
could include putting at-large
teams in the early games.
“T he (men’ s basketball)
committee will have to study
any variety of options and certainly the notion of looking at
options involving the last atlarge teams in would be one
possible option,” NC AA vice
president Greg Shaheen told
Th e Associated Press. “W e
would expect the committee
to examine all of the options.”
Th e decision was not a surprise.
NC AA officials recommended the 68-team field last week
after the public loudly complained that going to 80 or 96
teams would water down the
NC AA ’s marquee event, and
network executives insisted
they did not need more tourney games to make a profit on
the next television contract.
So the NC AA backed the
most modest expansion, at
least for now. T he board gave
unanimous consent to the 68team field with a caveat — it
wants the “play-in” games to
have more significance.
“Expanding to 68 teams gave
See Pg. C6 — NC AA
Lindberg, Wooster
knock off Orrville
BY RAND Y WO RRELL
Daily Record Sports Staff
ORR VILLE
— Wo oster
High School’ s Erik Lindberg
sure picked a good night for a
breakout match.
Lindberg , the Generals’ first
singles player , set the tone
with a 6-2, 6-2 opening-match
win leading Wo oster (6-8, 4-3
OCC) to a 4-1 victory against
arch-rival Orrville (4-11, 2-5
OCC) in Ohio Cardinal Conference boys tennis action
Th ursday at Orrville’ s Orr
Park.
“T hat’s the best I’ ve played
all season,” said Lindberg .
“T he transition from being a
third-singles player last year
(7-2 record in 2009) was a little
more difficult than l anticipat-
ed it being.
“It’ s been
a little disappointing
this year, but
l was pretty
Generals 4 excited about
tonight’s
Red Riders 1 match,” he
said. “I went
to bed early last night because
l wanted to be ready to go.”
Although Orrville’ s first-singles player Ke vin Baldwin was
battling flu-like symptoms all
day, Red Riders coach Ke nt
Smith knew coming in it would
be an uphill battle against
Wo oster.
“(K evin) was a little out of
See Pg. C2 — WO OSTER
Mike Schenk photo/www.buydrphotos.com
Wo oster High’ s Eric Lindberg makes a back-hand return in Thursday’ s first singles
match with Orrville’ s Kevin Baldwin. Lindberg won to spark the Generals’ 4-1 victory
over the Red Riders.
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Casey’s Challenge 5k/10k
Wooster, Ohio
Leaving a Legacy
Casey’s parents, Brett and Lisa Followay, founded the Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio (ASPO) in
2009 to enable other individuals with disibilities in the State of Ohio the oppourtunity to participate
in paralympic sports. Since 2009, the organization has grown to offer eight sports and field eleven
teams. Sports include: Archery, Power Wheelchair Soccer, Sled Hockey, Swimming, Wheelchair
Basketball, Wheelchair Softball, Wheelchair Track, and Wheelchair Rugby.
4th Annual
Casey’s
Challenge
July 13, 2013
AdaptiveSportsOhio.org/Caseys-Challenge
Equiping Athletes
Casey’s Challenge is a 5k/10k run/walk that was started in 2010 as a way to raise funds for ASPO
to purchase racing chairs for other students in Ohio, enabling them to participate on their school
track teams. 284 people turned out in 2012 to support Casey’s Challenge and this year the goal is
to have 500 participants. The next Casey’s Challenge is on Sat. July 13, 2013 in Wooster, Ohio.
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