Skip To Main Content
Craig Handel on Muck Rack

Craig Handel

Verified
  • Distributor, Blogger, Speaker, Health Consultant, Freelance
Fort Myers
As seen in: MSN, Yahoo Life, Golfweek, The Washington Post, USA Today, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo Singapore, ABC News, Aol and
Health and wellness and sports reporter for The News-Press. One day I'll write about cancer, another I'll do a video on a CrossFit athlete. Gardener, swimmer.
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Craig

Contact Craig, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

St. Pete swimmers make waves on world stage

|
By Craig Handel Verified
| Tampa Bay Beacons
ST. PETERSBURG — Jay Hansen coaches the swim teams at St. Petersburg High. He also happens to be raising three of the country’s fastest young open-water swimmers. Hansen’s oldest daughter, Karrington, now swims at Kentucky. Daughter Brinkleigh is being recruited by Ohio State and Texas, among others. Son Sawyer is a sophomore. All three, along with St. Pete freshman Ansley Bess, represented the United States at the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Argentina.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Largo cross country standout chasing state’s best

|
By Craig Handel Verified
| Tampa Bay Beacons
LARGO — Isaiah Howdeshell doesn’t mince words about what it will take to run down Belen Jesuit’s Marcelo Mantecon and Armando Cruz for a state cross country championship. “To beat them, you definitely have to go through a ton of pain,” the Largo High School runner said. “I just have to go harder than anyone.” He has already closed a lot of ground.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Blind and unbowed, Snyder chases a fourth Paralympics

|
By Craig Handel Verified
| Tampa Bay Beacons
ST. PETERSBURG — When beginning Paralympians and Special Olympians train at North Shore Aquatic Complex on Tuesday and Thursday nights, they are encouraged to stop at the plaque honoring Brad Snyder. If they can’t see it, that’s fine. Neither can Snyder. The inscription is also in braille. Snyder, who lost his eyesight to a buried bomb in Afghanistan in 2011, has won gold at three straight Paralympic Games. He is chasing a fourth at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. The comeback started Aug.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 1,911 licensed articles (2,039 Total)