Intellectual turned athlete takes gold at Army trials

EL PASO, Texas (Army News Service, April 20, 2015) -- Adaptive sports helped one Army Reservist trade in his high school image of being an intellectual for a new image - that of athlete.

Sgt. Zed Pitts, a heavy equipment operator with the 465th Engineering Company in Birmingham, Alabama, competed in the Army Trials, March 28 through April 3 on Fort Bliss, Texas. The trials helped determine who will compete as part of the Army team during the 2015 Department of Defense's Warrior Games, June 19 - 28, on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.

Pitts took gold in upright cycling, his team took gold in the 4x100 meter relay in track, he took silver in the 400-meter in track, and he took bronze in both 100-meter and 200-meter in track. His goal is to make the Army team for the 2015 Department of Defense's Warrior Games and then to make the Paralympics team.

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