Rohan Smith

100m, 200m, & 400m

Coach Rohan Smith is responsible for the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints from Toronto, Canada. Smith has coached for three Pan American teams in 2000, 2004 and 2006 in addition to the 2001 Summer Deaflympics as coach for the Canadian team.

Rohan still holds the title of the fastest Gallaudet athlete with a time of 10.5 in the 100m. One of his greatest experiences was being in the 4x100m relay with Donovan Bailey who won the Gold Medal in the 100m at the 1996 Summer Atlanta Olympics among several Olympic athletes.

Currently, Rohan is the chairperson for the 2012 World Deaf Athletics Championships and focusing on making the event a success. Once that is over, he will turn his focus on the USA Team in preparations for the 2013 Summer Deaflympics to win more gold medals and set world records.

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Brandy Harris

100m Hurdles, 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, & High Jump

Coach Brandy Harris is responsible for the 100m Hurdles, 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, and the High Jump from Atlanta, Georgia. This will be Brandy’s first time with USADTF. Harris is a seventh year coach from Berkmar High School and also coaches cross-country.

As a coach, Brandy’s proudest moment was coaching a player at the state championships who won Discus and came into second in the Shot Put. She looks forward to contributing to the amazing experience for an athlete to participate at the International level competition

Recently, Brandy took a break from full-time coaching to spend more time with her children, but she will continue to train and inspire the hurdlers and high jumpers to reach personal records and earn top honors for USADTF.

Dave Frank

Steeplechase, Mid Distance, & Long Distance

Coach Dave Frank is responsible for the Steeplechase, Mid and Long Distance ranging from 800m to the marathon from Montgomery Village, Maryland. This will be Dave’s first time with USADTF. Frank has served as coach for Maryland and Model School for the Deaf for three years each and the USA Youth Team at the PANMDES Games in 2004 and 2006.

Dave never competed in the international level, missing the cut for the 1977 Summer Deaflympics. However this will not stop him fom coaching in one.

Dave hopes to make a contribution for each of the individual athletes to contribute to the best of their abilities to the team’s collective effort to represent the USA in a patriotic manner.

Daniel Fitzpatrick

Shot Put & Discus

Coach Daniel Fitzpatrick is responsible for the Shot Put and Discus from Fishers, Indiana. This will be Daniel's third time in addition to 2001 and 2009 as throwing coach with USADTF. Fitzpatrick coached High School track and Field at Indiana School for the Deaf.

Daniel competed in the 1977 Bucharest Summer Games winning a Silver Medal in Shot Put. He will never forget seeing a camouflaged tower equipped with a machine gun overlooking the field. at a time period of communist Romania. He was impressed with the determination and courage of Romanians preparing for the games despite being hit with an earthquake months earlier.

Daniel believes that the 2012 World Deaf Athletics Championship will give each one of USADTF athletes an opportunity to know what they need to work on before the upcoming 2013 Summer Deaflympics.

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Willard Moers

Hammer & Javelin

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Patrick Southern

Pole Vault

Player/Coach Patrick Southern is a Pole Vaulter from Lone Tree, Colorado. In the 2013 Deaflympics, it will be the second time Patrick will be a player/coach for Pole Vault. Southern is in his fifth year of coaching at the Douglas County High School, which had 20 freshmen trying out for Pole Vault.

Patrick is a two-time gold medal winner and enjoys the experience of meeting athletes, coaches and fans all over the world during international competition. The experience has motivated him to work on a camp for Pole Vaulters. Patrick was selected as 2006 USA Deaf Sportsman of the Year and also was named ICSD's 2006 Sportsman of the Year Finalist.

Patrick hopes to continue to learn more on coaching, teaching and Deaf culture from future World Deaf Athletics Championships and Summer Deaflympics.

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Thomas Withrow

Head Coach

USA Deaf Track & Field Head Coach Thomas Withrow is from Glenn Dale, Maryland. Thomas has 28 years of playing and coaching experience in Track & Field for High School, College, National, International and Deaflympics teams

If Thomas were to explain his experiences from 8 Summer Deaflympics, it would be a book. He is grateful for each Olympics, which had their own character and personality. The 2009 USA squad that went to the Taipei, Taiwan games was one of the best, and looks forward to 2012 and 2013.

Withrow intends to find the best athletes and bring them to Toronto to represent USA. It is always great to see athletes winning medals, but seeing athletes giving everything they have to give to compete is equally inspiring.

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