Sept. 04, 2024 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The U.S. men’s wheelchair basketball team is a step closer to a record third straight gold medal. Led by Illini Paralympians Steve Serio and Brian Bell, Team USA routed France 82-47 on Wednesday in Paris. Serio and Bell each had seven assists as Team USA had 34 assists total […]
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Men’s wheelchair basketball wins opener in Paris Games
August 30, 2024 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Illinois alum Steve Serio had a triple-double as the U.S. men’s wheelchair basketball team began its pursuit of a third straight Paralympics gold medal with a 66-56 win over Spain on Thursday in Paris. Serio, who has helped lead Team USA to gold the past two Paralympics, had 12 […]
Illini athletes win big at Paris Paralympics
Oct. 23, 2024 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo By VINCE LARA-CINISOMO If this really was Steve Serio’s final Paralympic Games appearance, he went out in style. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alum had 24 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists as Team USA won its record third straight Paralympic Games gold medal, holding off Great Britain 73-69 […]
Men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball to play for gold in Paris
Sept. 06, 2024 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Team USA’s wheelchair basketball teams have two shots at gold this weekend. Illinois alum Brian Bell had 31 points as the Team USA men overcame an early deficit to beat Canada 80-43 Friday to advance to the gold medal game of the Paralympics in Paris. The American men will […]
Illini athletes lead the way for Team USA
Sept. 1, 2024 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo In a big night for wheelchair racing and jumps, Americans—led by athletes from the University of Illinois—brought home five medals in front of another electric crowd at the Stáde de France in Paris. Illini Paralympians Susannah Scaroni, Brian Siemann and Daniel Romanchuk all brought home bronze in their wheelchair […]
Fesemyer races toward her next challenge: A Ph.D.
Sept. 18, 2023 | Ethan Simmons Jenna Fesemyer’s enduring love of wheelchair racing boils down to two factors. First, like other skill-heavy sports, there always a way to fine-tune her mechanics and improve her craft, she said. The second reason is simpler: “I love the feeling of going fast,” Fesemyer said. While the Ohio-born Paralympian […]
Paralympians get sendoff before heading to Tokyo
Aug. 09, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Illinois Paralympians made up a large part of Team USA Half of the 20 University of Illinois-affiliated Paralympians headed to Tokyo for the 2020 Paralympic Games made an appearance Monday at the Division of Disability Resources & Educational Services for a ceremonial sendoff. One set of athletes—who were supposed to […]
A Few Minutes With … Alexa Halko
Jan. 6, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo 2016 Paralympian Alexa Halko, training at Illinois for the 2020 Games in Tokyo, speaks with College of Applied Health Sciences media relations specialist Vince Lara-Cinisomo about Illinois’ Paralympic training site, the Disability Resources & Educational Services unit and her future plans. Related news