Justin Meaders

Justin has been competitive for most of his life. It all started when he got his first motorcycle on his 5th birthday. He learned to ride it that day and he was hooked. He lived and breathed motorcycles and racing until a high speed racing accident left him paralyzed at the age of 22. After this unfortunate accident he realized that he was still very competitive. Even in rehab while learning to use a wheelchair he was trying to do things faster or more efficiently than anyone else. Once out of the hospital he knew he didn’t want to sit around and that is when he discovered handcycle racing. Just 6 months after first seeing a handcycle Justin entered his first race. The goal was not to finish last, which he accomplished, and the racing bug was back. A few years later he started racing wheelchairs and dabbled with swimming. After much improvement and some good race results he thought it would be a great idea to put all three of those sports together and try this thing they call Triathlon. His goals for the upcoming season will be to improve his swim first of all, get as many local triathlons in as possible and head to Lubbock for buffalo springs half ironman in an attempt to qualify for Hawaii. (If he is able to qualify for Hawaii we will update you with his goal for that, but if you read the bio I am sure you know what his goal will be.)