Pittsburgh Steelwheelers

🎯 Today’s the day—registration is officially OPEN!

We are proud to announce the upcoming WPTLA President's Challenge 5K Run/Walk/Wheel. Whether you are running, walking, or wheeling, your participation makes a lasting difference in our community.

🏅 The Details:
📅 Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
📍 Location: Allison Park, PA
👕 Perk: Register before August 27th to guarantee your official race t-shirt!

100% of the proceeds directly benefit the Pittsburgh Steelwheelers, an incredible local non-profit providing adaptive athletic programs (including wheelchair basketball, rugby, and handcycling) that promote fitness and peer support for individuals with physical disabilities.

Let’s come together to support a fantastic cause. Secure your spot today! 👇
🔗 Register Here: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/AllisonPark/WPTLAPresidentsChallenge5kRunWalkWheel

such a good day cycling with friends!
huge thank you to , our volunteers, and all the cyclists (new and experienced) who made this Summer’s clinic a success! 🛞 🚲🌤️

This week! Come try out cycling with Steelwheelers and on Saturday!

Interested in trying adaptive cycling? Join us on Saturday June 20th! RSVP to [email protected]

Interested in trying adaptive cycling? Come join us and our friends from on June 20th! RSVP to [email protected]

Huge thank you to the for their generous sponsorship and invitation to their annual Judiciary Dinner to award the Steelwheelers the proceeds from 2025’s 5k! We couldn’t do what we do without you! Check out the rare pics of our athletes and board members all dressed up and outside of a gym or trail for the event last week!

Congrats to our Steelwheeler Handcycle athletes on a successful Pittsburgh Marathon! Go Tom, Nick, Shaun, and Lee!

Some of the Steelwheelers spent time t the this week watching a wheelchair football game, taking in the sights for the draft, and even one of our athletes announced a pick in the draft! Check out Darryl announcing the 250th pick!

Throwing it way back with some Steelwheelers and Mister Rogers!

Mister Rogers and Marilyn Barnett go to see some students who are in wheelchairs, play basketball: misterrogers.org/episodes/all-about-basketball

🎉 50 YEARS AGO, a major milestone for Pittsburgh adaptive sports occurred.
On April 5, 1976, a team from Pittsburgh rolled onto the court at the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Center in Johnstown, PA for the very first time — facing off against the Johnstown Flood City Rollers in what would become the first chapter of an incredible story.
From that single basketball game, the Pittsburgh Steelwheelers have grown into something far bigger than anyone could have imagined:
📋 1977 — Became a registered non-profit
🏀 1978 — Joined the National Wheelchair Basketball Association
🏊 1980s — Added track & swimming programs
🏉 1992 — Expanded with a wheelchair rugby team
🚴 2010s — Grew again with a handcycle team
Fifty years. Countless athletes whose lives have been changed by the power of adaptive sport.
Here’s to the pioneers who showed up that day in Johnstown, and to every Steelwheeler who has carried that legacy forward. The best is still ahead. 💛🖤
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