(l-r) Allison Jones, Barb Buchan, Karissa Whitsell and Katie Compton, who combined for eight medals at last week's National Championships, have all been nominated to go to Switzerland in September for the 2006 IPC Cycling World Championships.

The 2006 U.S. Paralympics Cycling World Championships Team will feature the seven U.S. cycling medalists from the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. That group includes Barb Buchan (Bend, Ore.), who won two gold medals and a silver at last week's U.S. Paralympics Cycling National Championships, as well as Dan Nicholson (Richmond, Va.), who won two gold medals at Nationals, and the tandem of Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Karissa Whitsell (Springfield, Ore.), who won three medals last week.

The following athletes have been nominated to this year's World Championships Team:

Men

Alejandro Albor (HCC, Elk Grove, Calif.)
Seth Arseneau (HCC, Albuquerque, N.M.)
Mike Farrell (CP4, Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Stuart Flacks (CP2, Davie, Fla.)
Scott Gadberry (LC3, Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Bruce Gordon (LC1, South Bend, Ind.)
Greg Hockensmith (HCB, Tucson, Ariz.)
Sam Kavanagh (LC2, Bozeman, Mont.)
Paul Martin (LC2, Boulder, Colo.)
Dan Nicholson (CP3, Richmond, Va.)
Oscar Sanchez (HCC, San Diego, Calif.)
David Swanson/Scott Smith (pilot, Tucson, Ariz./Tucson, Ariz.)
Matt Updike (HCB, Denver, Colo.)
Ron Williams (LC2, Birmingham, Ala.)

Women

Monica Bascio (HCC, Evergreen, Colo.)
Barb Buchan (CP3, Bend, Ore.)
Katie Compton/Karissa Whitsell (pilot, Colorado Springs, Colo./Springfield, Ore.)
Allison Jones (LC3, Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Greta Neimanas (LC1, Chicago, Ill.)

The 2006 U.S. Paralympics Cycling World Championships Team will be in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 19 - Sept. 4 for a preparatory camp leading up to the event.