Roderick Sewell is one of the NCA athletes preparing for the Paralympic Trials in Charlotte next month. Please come support Roderick at the GO For Gold event this Saturday at Alga Norte 11-1pm.

Name: Roderick Sewell

Height: 6-1

Weight: 165

Classification: SB6

Date of Birth: 4/29/1992

Hometown: Florence, Alabama

Current Residence: San Diego, California

College: University of North Alabama

Career Highlights

• 2015 Parapan American Games, bronze (100 backstroke)
• 2015 CanAm Para Swimming Championship, gold (100-meter breaststroke)
• 2014 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championship, gold (100-meter breaststroke)
• 2014 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championship, bronze (200-meter relay)

Personal

Roderick Sewell made his debut with the U.S. Para-swimming team at the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-swimming Championships where he won both a gold and bronze medal. He first began swimming at the Lakeshore Foundation when he was ten years old. Because of a tough childhood, Sewell was forced to live homeless during his teen years. When he became involved with the Challenged Athletes Foundation, an organization that helps to provide disabled athletes with a path to success as well as running legs, his life quickly changed for the better. In his free time, Sewell enjoys running, surfing, volunteering and teaching at an outreach swim program at his local San Diego YMCA.