ATHLETICS: Warwick long jumper Carlee Beattie will spend a lot longer in camp in the US than most of her fellow Paralympians.

Today, she was one of 44 Paralympians officially named in the athletics team but has numerous qualifiers for Rio and the announcement was only a formality.

She left on Saturday for an Australian team training camp in Florida, which she had to do to continue training under coach Gary Bourne.

Beattie won silver at the London Paralympics in long jump and backed up to win gold in last year's world championships.

She is one of the favourites in Rio de Janeiro but is not taking anything for granted.

There will be a lot of coaching in Florida under Bourne as well as some helpful hints from Brooke Stratton, the current Australian record holder in able-bodied long jump.

With the Paralympics starting a month later than the Olympics, Beattie will have time for a lot of training in Florida.

She is not the only Paralympian to leave Australia early. Others with coaches involved with Olympians are also in camp in Florida.

Bourne will be involved with coaching at the Olympics but once the athletics is over in Rio, he will return to his coaching commitments with the Paralympians. He has coached Beattie since late 2012.

Her father Rob Beattie was trackside at the London Paralympics but will be watching from home in Warwick this time.

While Beattie was outstanding in athletics while a student at St Mary's, Assumption College and Warwick State High School, she starred with Warwick teams in netball and hockey.

She was unlucky to miss state schoolgirls selection in netball when she put a disability to the side to mix it with the best across the state.

Beattie will be able to compare notes this week with Allora Olympian Matthew Denny who is at the same training camp in Florida.