ASEA Athlete Julissa Diez Canseco has been part of the Peru National Taekwondo Team since 2003. A natural athlete who has competed in everything from volleyball to soccer to swimming and gymnastics, Julissa always dreamed of becoming an Olympian. She …
California native and ASEA® Ironman athlete Dexter Yeats remembers competing at a very young age. Her parents owned a riding stable, and she trained in long-distance horse races and endurance riding. In 1975, she and her horse were ranked third …
Our newest ASEA athlete, cross country runner Jake Smith, hails from Yuma, Arizona, and attends The University of Texas at San Antonio. He has been competing since his freshman year of high school in 2016 and was introduced to ASEA …
Triathlete and ASEA athlete Mike DiDonato competes in road race events at distances of 5k, 10k, half marathon (13.1 miles), sprint triathlons (16 miles), Olympic triathlons (32 miles), and Half-Ironman (70.3 miles), but he doesn’t do it alone. His friend …
ASEA® athletes Cody and Kathy Waite have been competing professionally in sports training and endurance racing for 25 years. For the last 20 years, Cody has been racing at the professional level in the road, mountain bike (MTB), and triathlon …
After a year of uncertainty, the ASEA® Athletes were headed into new territory of event preparation and training. As Olympic-level hopefuls, their goals ranged from improving their personal records to competing with the nation’s best athletes to qualifying for trials. …
Hailing from the small town of Mostar in Bosnia–Herzegovina, ASEA athlete Amina Kajtaz is the only swimmer from her country to ever compete in the Olympic games. She started swimming at age six, following in her mother and older sister’s …
Pickleball. You’ve heard of it. It’s growing in popularity, but still, not everyone knows quite what it is.
It might surprise you to know that it’s been around since the summer of 1965, when Joel Pritchard, a congressman from Washington …
ASEA athlete and indoor volleyball professional Melissa Fuchs Powell comes from a long line of legacy players. Both of her parents played professionally in Brazil and both of her siblings played Division 1 volleyball. Melissa is now ranked among the …
