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Jeff May, native of Wallaceburg Ontario is a fifteen year veteran in the Ontario track and field scene. While in high school at Wallaceburg District Secondary School, May was the first athlete to compete in the wheelchair 1500m event in Chatham-Kent.

In 1998 he moved to Windsor Ontario where he enrolled at the University of Windsor. While achieving a degree in Communication Studies which he finished in 2001, May was the first athlete with a disability to train as an active member of the National Powerhouse University of Windsor Lancer track and field team.

May is also the current and two time President of the Windsor Bulldogs Disabled Sports Club, one of the longest running sports clubs in Ontario that cater to athletes with a physical disability. May took over as Head Coach of the Windsor Bulldogs track & field program in January of 2009.

In 2007 May Co Founded with his former coach & fellow U of Windsor Alum Dave Greig the Boiling Point Wheelchair Track Classic, a high performance international track meet for athletes with a disability. In the events first year it played host to the International Paralympic Committee's wheelchair 1500m Selection Trials for the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka Japan. Within the event's three year history Boiling Point has welcomed 56 Paralympic Games medalists from eleven countries around the world. During competition four new World Records have been established, cementing Boiling Point as the premiere annual Para Athletics meet held in North America today.

As President & CEO May is responsible for the day to day operations of the incorporated non profit. Some of his duties include; sitting as Chair of the local Organizing Committee, Treasurer, Media liaison, Sponsorship recruitment, Elite Athlete recruitment, Transportation Coordinator as well as Meet Director.

On the track May has won twenty six Ontario Championships at distances ranging between 100m - 5000m and in 2007 May captured his first National title in the 5000m at the Canadian Track & Field Championships. May has also completed three Marathons with his crowning achievement to date being his victory at the Maui Marathon in beautiful Maui, Hawaii in 2005.

May has won numerous awards throughout his career, highlighted by the 2009 Odyssey Award from the University of Windsor Alumni Association & the 2004 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wallaceburg Sports Hall of Fame.

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