Currently, Wallace trains under Bulldog head coach Petros Kyprianou at the Spec Towns Track in Athens. Up next, Wallace will prepare for the IPC World Championships held in Doha, Qatar in October. He is the defending champion in the 200. This season, he has been focusing on the 100.
Wallace, a former state-ranked athlete in both track and tennis at Oconee County High School, signed a track scholarship with the Bulldogs in 2007. However, due to compartment syndrome in his right leg and subsequent surgeries, he was never able to compete. In February of 2010, he made the decision to have his leg amputated with the goal of not just being able to run again but to compete one day as a Paralympian.
Wallace competed for the United States at the 2012 London Paralympics and was part of the gold-medal winning relay team at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France. He is the son of Jeff and Sabina Wallace. Jeff is the head women’s tennis coach at UGA while Sabina is a former All-SEC distance runner for the Bulldogs.
For more on Jarryd Wallace, check out his website at www.aleginfaith.com.
