East Northport Star Runner Competes at Paralympics Track and Field World Champs

Photo Credit: Joe Kusumoto

About 1,400 athletes from 100 countries will compete at the Suhaim Bin Hamam stadium in Doha, Qatar in the Paralympics Track and Field World Championships this week.

East Northport’s own Mikey Brannigan was among 84 athletes chosen to represent the United States.

Brannigan is scheduled to toe the line in the Men’s 1,500m T20 on Sunday and the Men’s 5,000m T20 on Friday, Oct. 31. Find results here.

It’s been a great past couple of months for the star runner from East Northport. Brannigan was selected by U.S. Paralympics Track and Field as the 2015 Male Track Athlete of the Year after winning his first U.S. Paralympics Track and Field national title this summer.

More on Brannigan:

• Star Northport Runner Reveals Post-Graduation Plans
• Mikey Brannigan Named U.S. Paralympics Male Track Athlete of the Year

“We’re thrilled to bring our largest team ever to world championships,” Cathy Sellers, U.S. Paralympics track and field high performance director said in a press release. “With less than a year to Rio, Doha will set the ultimate stage for our athletes to prove themselves against the world’s best before the Paralympic Games next September. We hope to have as much success from Team USA’s 52-medal performance at the 2013 world championships with our seasoned veterans and promising newcomers.”