Here's a list of individuals from the University of Illinois who will be participating in the 2016 U.S. Paralympics, held from Sept. 7-18 in Rio de Janeiro, as athletes and coaches. You can watch live stream events on paralympic.org and on NBC Sports. Competitor Hannah McFadden will be taking followers behind-the-scenes of the Paralympics on the #ILLINOIS Snapchat account.
Women's and men's track and field
Brian Siemann, alumnus: 100, 400, 800
Raymond Martin, student: 100, 400, 1500
Aaron Pike, alumnus: 1500, marathon
James Senbeta, alumnus: 800, 5000, marathon
Joshua George, alumnus: 400, 800, 1500, 5000, marathon
Gyu Dae Kim (representing South Korea), Parkland student enrolling this spring: 400, 800, 1500, 5000, marathon
Chelsea McClammer, student: 400, 800, 1500, 5000 and marathon
Kelsey LeFevour, graduate student: 100, 400, 800
Hannah McFadden, student: 100, 400
Tatyana McFadden, graduate student: 100, 400, 800, 1500, 5000 and marathon
Susannah Scaroni, alumna: 800, marathon
Amanda McGrory, graduate student: 800, 1500, 5000, marathon
Adam Bleakney, USA Wheelchair Track head coach
Peter Park, USA Wheelchair Track equipment technician
Daniel Romanchuk (high school student) who trains with the Illini year-round, will also be traveling to Rio.
Women’s wheelchair basketball
Gail Gaeng, alumna
Megan Blunk, graduate student
Tracey Ferguson, alumna (representing Canada)
Helen Freeman, alumna (representing Great Britain)
Christina Schwab, alumna
Stephanie Wheeler, head coach of the U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team
Men's wheelchair basketball
Brian Bell, attended Illinois
Nik Goncin, alumnus (representing Canada)
Adam Lancia, alumnus (representing Canada)
Hiroaki Kozai, alumnus (representing Japan)
Steve Serio, alumnus
Jonathan Vermette, attended Illinois (representing Canada)
Quad Rugby
Kevin Orr, alumnus: Head Coach of the Canadian Quad Rugby Team
Rowing
Edina Mueller, alumna (representing Germany)
Sitting Volleyball
Kari Miller, attended Illinois
Tennis
Dylan Alcott, attended Illinois (representing Australia)
