Illini Paralympians score in London
Thirty-one athletes and coaches represented the UI at the Paralympic Games in London this summer, competing for the U.S., as well as Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. Current and former Illini athletes won medals in 13 events.
Current student athletes:
• Freshman Ray Martin, of Jersey City, N.J., won four gold medals in the T52 classification. He won the 100 meters in 17.02 seconds; the 200 meters in 30.25 seconds; the 400 meters in 50.58 seconds; and the 800 meters in 2:00.34.
• Junior Tatyana McFadden, of Clarksville, Md., won gold in the T54 800 meters in 1:47.01. She also won gold in the 400 meters in 52.97 seconds and in the 1500 meters in 3:36.42. McFadden won a bronze in the women’s 100 meters in 16.15 seconds.
• Senior Aaron Pike, of Park Rapids, Minn., competed in the T54 4x400 meter relay, 1500 meters, 5000 meters and the marathon, placing 16th.
• Junior Susannah Scaroni, of Tekoa, Wash., placed eighth in the marathon.