Bio Jason Pryor represented the USA at the 2016 Rio Games as a fencer in Men’s Epee. Jason augments his tremendous physical skills with an unshakable belief system. “I am success” is the mantra he learned as a child, and he carried that attitude to Rio. He also carried Shaklee Performance Pure Hydration Drink. “Fencers…
Grace under Pressure BioAchievements Donna Vakalis started modern pentathlon at the age of 12. After her first three years, she quit in order to focus on her education. But while working on her master’s degree, she realized she needed an escape from the long hours of work—and she missed competing in sports. She went to…
The Competitive Edge BioAchievements Kelley Hurley comes from a family of fencers—her mother, father, and sister are all versed in the sport. She often competes alongside her younger sister, Courtney, and represents the United States in competitions around the globe. Coached by their father and mother at the Team Hurley Fencing Club, Kelly and Courtney…
It Runs in the Family BioAchievements Courtney Hurley and her older sister, Kelley, have been fencing since childhood. Her mother and father trained both of them in their family-owned fencing club, and now they represent the United States in competitions around the globe. This year, the Hurley sisters were the first siblings to qualify for…
Instagram One day—five sports BioAchievementsMore Suzanne represented the US in the 2012 London Games as a competitor in the modern pentathlon—an intense one-day performance of equestrian skills on an unfamiliar horse, fencing, running, shooting, and swimming designed to highlight the skills a nineteenth century solider would need to survive behind enemy lines. She first competed…
Website Facebook Twitter Master one sport? Try five. BioAchievementsMore Modern Pentathlon consists of five events: fencing, 200m freestyle swimming, show jumping (on an unfamiliar horse), and a final combined event of pistol shooting, and a 3200m cross-country run. For modern pentathlete Margaux Isaksen, a class with her sister played a key role in her development…
Facebook Twitter Riding through pain BioAchievementsMore In a sport that thoroughly tests both the mind and body of an athlete, Dennis Bowsher is a force to be reckoned with. On the strength of a fourth-place finish in the men’s modern pentathlon competition at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Dennis qualified for the…
Related Article He fights to win BioAchievementsMore After trying a number of other sports (basketball and kung fu among them) Seth Kelsey tried épée fencing and stuck with it because, “I really liked the one-on-one nature of fencing. It’s a fun combination of physical and mental ability.” Although he claims he was “terrible” his first…
Website Overweight kid to world-class athlete BioAchievementsMore Eli Bremer is simply amazing. As a modern pentathlete, he fences, swims, rides a horse, runs, and shoots all in a single day’s competition. He’s also the captain of the Shaklee Pure Performance Team. It’s hard to believe that this top-ranking athlete went from being an overweight kid…
