Damn, these guys are my heroes...US Marines (and some Brit Marines and Aussies, too) are competing for the limited spots in the Warrior Games coming up this May. Capt. Jonathan Disbro and Cpl. Kionte Storey, Wounded Warriors with the West Team, fight for the lead in the 200-meter race during the 2012 Marine Corps Trials, hosted by the Wounded Warrior Regiment, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 19, 2012. Storey won the 100-meter, 200-meter and was a part of the winning 400-meter relay team. Wounded Warrior Marines, veterans and allies are competing in the second annual trials, which include swimming, wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, track and field, archery and shooting. The top 50 performing Marines will earn the opportunity to compete in the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., in May. Photo by Sergeant Mark Fayloga. British Royal Marine Joe Townsend, native of Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom, prepares to throw a shot-put ball during the track and field portion of the 2012 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 19. Townsend, a bilateral amputee, placed first in the 10-kilometer hand-cycling competition earlier in the day as well as in the 100-meter and 200-meter wheelchair race during track and field. Photo by Lance Corporal Chelsea Flowers. Australian Army Pvt. Kyle Ridgewood, a Wounded Warrior with the Allies Team, sprints far ahead of fellow cyclists during the last stretch of a 30-kilometer cycling competition during the 2012 Marine Corps Trials, hosted by the Wounded Warrior Regiment, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 19, 2012. Townsend, from Townsville, Australia, placed first in the race. Photo by Sergeant Mark Fayloga. Jonathan Disbro, an above-knee amputee, races through the 30-kilometer open cycling course of the 2012 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 19. Photo by Lance Corporal Chelsea Flowers. Cpl. Marcus Chischilly and Antania Jensen watch their son Avery, age 2, try out Chischilly's recumbent bicycle before the 2012 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendelton, Calif., Feb. 19. Photo by Lance Corporal Chelsea Flowers.
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