Mayhugh Named to United States Paralympic Track and Field Team

RADFORD, VA. – The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Thursday afternoon that Radford men's soccer alumnus Nick Mayhugh has been named to the United States Paralympic Track and Field team.

Mayhugh had an incredibly successful showing at the Paralympic Trials earlier this week setting a new world record for the 100m event, a new American record for the 200m event, becoming a national champion in both events as well as being ranked first in the world for both events.

Mayhugh will now join the Paralympic team as it heads to Tokyo, Japan for the 2020 Paralympics. During the Paralympic Games, track and field will be contested between August 27-Sept. 5, 2021, at the Olympic Stadium. At the last Paralympics in 2016 at Rio, the track and field team brought home 43 medals. The full 2020 U.S. Paralympic team roster will be announced in early August and will feature an estimated 250 athletes.

The success at the global level just keeps coming for Mayhugh as he also collected many accolades while playing for the U.S. Paralympic soccer team. In 25 national team games played he has scored 34 goals and notched 31 assists while playing in 1,384 minutes. In 2019, he was named the U.S. Soccer Player of the Year with a Disability. He led the charge on offense for the fourth ranked national team, its highest-ever world ranking, the midfielder netted 19 goals in 11 games at the IFPCF World Cup and the 2019 Para Pan American Games.

Mayhugh is a Radford Men's Soccer alumnus where he competed for four seasons with the team. While at Radford he scored a game-winning goal against Winthrop as well as assisting two goals during his senior campaign. He also totaled 799 minutes over 28 games played and 10 games started during his career as a Highlander.

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