Tatyana McFadden celebrates victory at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.Athletics events have been a part of the Paralympic program since the first Paralympic Games in Rome, Italy, in 1960 and is the biggest sport within the Paralympic Movement in terms o...
USA Track & Field has developed a U.S. athlete ranking list for 2025 based on performances submitted to USATF. The below ranking list reflects marks accomplished at any track and field competition in 2025 and ranks them based on the National A Standard...
Soon after moving to the United States at age 15, Jacob Allen learned that he needed to play either a sport or a musical instrument at his high school in Texas. Picking an extracurricular activity wasn’t so easy for him, though. Allen, who was adopted ...
July was a big month for Linden Williamson.A T34 wheelchair racer, Williamson started the month by winning all three of her events at the Olomouc WPA Women’s Grand Prix in Czechia. That included a July 3 victory in the 800-meter with a time of 2:10.19 ...
Abuchi Osuala wanted to show that he could hold his own while competing against some of the nation’s top Para athletes at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on June 14. The star-studded field included Paralympic gold medalists Noah Malone, Jaydin Blackwell and...
When it came time for Dani Kanas to scout colleges to attend, participating in track and field at the next level wasn’t a consideration for her. Honestly, she wasn’t very aware of colleges that had adaptive sports programs, much less a university close...
The last time Violet Hall was in New York was when she was 8 years old.Her return will come this weekend when the sprinter and long jumper from Bloomington, Indiana, competes in four events at the 2026 Toyota USA Track & Field Outdoor & Para Na...
Ask Noah Malone about winning the 100-meter at the recent Los Angeles Grand Prix and he gives you a matter-of-fact answer. Ask about his first individual Paralympic gold medal and you get something similar.The 100 is the premier race in track and field...
When she reflects on where she’s been, Chelsea Stein can’t help but smile. “I definitely won the lottery,” she said. Stein isn’t exaggerating. As a disabled orphan in China, Stein’s odds of prospering were not much better than win...
There is a pretty simple reason why Kaitlin Bounds loves to run, much less run competitively. “It frees me from the autism,” Bounds said. “The autism just controls my entire mindset in life. When I get to run, I’m free from it and I feel lik...
