Jessica Lewis Competes in Daniela Jutzeler Memorial


The World's Elite Wheelchair Athletes including Bermuda's Jessica Lewis competed in the Daniela Jutzeler Memorial.


Lewis took to the Track for the T53 Women's 400m, and the T53 Women's 100m.

 

Lewis in the T53 Women's 400m finished 5th clocking a time of 1:00.14.

 

Catherine Debrunner clocked a World record time of 50:45 winning the heat, with Samantha Kinghorn second in 52:66, and Angela Ballard finished third clocking a time of 56:64.

 

Lewis would then finish 2nd in the T53 Women's 100m clocking a time of 17:40, Kinghorn clocked a winning time of 16:25, with Anita Scherrer finishing third clocking 18:74.

 

Lewis has competed in three Parapan American Games in which she won four medals and two Paralympic Games where she was the first ever Paralympic athlete from Bermuda to compete in the Games when she made her debut appearance in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

 

Lewis competed at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, winning the Bronze Medal in the T53 Women's 100m.