Move United Junior Nationals


The Move United Junior Nationals is an annual multi-sport event organized by Move United for junior athletes between the ages of 6 and 22 who have disabilities, with sports including para-athletics.
Several Paralympic athletes started out as competitors at the NJDC.
The 2019 Junior Nationals were hosted from July 14–19, by Eden Prairie, Minnesota, at the Eden [Prairie High School] campus. The 2020 event was to be hosted in Denver, Colorado but was cancelled and deferred to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events

The event was founded in 1984 by Wheelchair & Ambulatory Sports, USA and was first held in July 1984.
Similar to the Olympic Games, the Junior Nationals are held every year in a different host city in the United States through a bidding process.

Participant Eligibility Requirements

All participating athletes must be at least 23 years or younger to participate. In 2020 the games were canceled and deferred to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When the Junior Nationals returned the following year 2021 the decision was made to allow athletes, 23 years of age that would have aged out of Junior Nationals in 2020 to compete.
Athletes must have a physical, visual, or intellectual impairment that is classifiable under the International Paralympic Committee’s Classification System.
Athletes must also achieve required qualifying standards prior to the Junior Nationals registration deadline.

Qualifying Events

List of Move United Sanctioned Competition, an NGB or High School Athletic Association sanctioned event that qualifies for the Junior Nationals that are held throughout the United States of America.
March
  • Baltimore Para Classic presented by EY
  • Tri-State Regional Swim Meet
April
  • Texas Regional Games
  • GUMBO North
  • Lone Star Para Invitational
  • Palmetto Games
May
  • Challenge Games
  • Dairyland Games
  • Desert Challenge Games
  • Dixie Games
  • Gateway Games
  • Great Lakes Games
  • IM ABLE Foundation’s Got the Nerve?
  • Lone Star Para Invitational
  • Russ Harvey Memorial Archery Tournament
  • Thunder In the Valley Games
June
  • 5280 Challenge
  • Angle City Games
  • Adaptive Sports New England Track Meet
  • Bennett Blazers Invitational
  • UCO Endeavor Games
  • Beehive Games
  • Gopher State Games
  • KC Ultimate Games
  • Peachtree Paragames
  • Pine Cone Classic
  • Southeastern Regional Wheelchair Games
  • Sportable River City Slam
  • Turnstone Endeavor Games
  • Tri-State Wheelchair & Ambulatory Games
  • University of Michigan Adaptive Track & Field Meet
August
  • Adaptive Sports New England Track Meet
  • Chicago Para-Archery Championship
  • JTCC College Park Championships
September
  • GLASA USTA Tennis Tournament
October
  • GUMBO State Governor's Games