Sun coverage: Paralympic athlete Tatyana McFadden

A salute to a Md. athlete

A Beijing-bound athlete from Maryland is featured on McDonald's beverage cups, but it's not Michael Phelps.

Runner hurt in mishap with wheelchair sidelined

The Bishop McNamara runner who collided with Atholton wheelchair athlete Tatyana McFadden in a race earlier this month will miss her conference championship meet because of injuries suffered in the incident.

Track And Field

Wheelchair accident brings spotlight back

An incident involving Atholton wheelchair athlete Tatyana McFadden last weekend has again raised questions about her competing with able-bodied athletes in track meets.

Milton Kent: Equal-access bill went too far

It's a long-held political truism that a legislative body can inflict its worst damage on its citizenry near the close of a session, when passions are high and legislators' attention is scattered toward the twin goals of getting bills passed and getting the heck out of town.

Disabled Athletes

Equal-access bill passes

Amid its flurry of final-day action, the General Assembly unanimously approved a bill requiring schools to provide disabled students access to sports programs, either among themselves or with able-bodied students.

Atholton High's McFadden wins two gold medals

Atholton's Tatyana McFadden added two more gold medals to her growing trophy case with wins in the 200 and 800 meters at the U.S. Paralympic National Track & Field Championships.

Milton Kent: Wheelchair ruling is needed, but from schools, not courts

There's a chance the matter of how to include the scoring of disabled athletes in with those of able-bodied will be resolved in time for Tatyana McFadden to accumulate points in next year's state track meet.

Wheelchair athlete loses bid

In what he described as a close call, a federal judge has rejected a Howard County teenager's effort to force state officials to allow wheelchair athletes to win points in upcoming track and field championships.

Atholton's McFadden asks for injunction

Atholton wheelchair athlete Tatyana McFadden filed suit in federal court yesterday, asking for an overturning of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association's February ruling that she can't score points for her team at either the regional or state outdoor track and field meets this year.

Wheelchair athlete's motivation quite basic

Why?

Role of disabled athletes expanded

The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association's executive council is opening the door for more participation from wheelchair-bound track and field performers in the state and regional meets this spring, but still won't allow those athletes to score team points.

Wheelchair athlete, teammate disqualified

In a development likely to re-ignite debate over whether disabled athletes should compete side by side with runners in high school track meets, a wheelchair athlete and her nondisabled teammate were disqualified from a state championship race yesterday for a rule violation.

Atholton girls denied 2A crown

The state championship meet was one that the Howard boys and Atholton girls will remember -- for vastly different reasons.

Thanks to injunction, teen is off to the races

Tatyana McFadden got her wish.

Disabled girl wins right to compete

A federal judge in Baltimore granted a preliminary injunction yesterday that will allow a Howard County athlete who uses a wheelchair to compete in track alongside nondisabled competitors.

Athlete, 16, seeks a court order

A Howard County high school track star who competes in a wheelchair and who won two medals at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens is seeking a federal court order that would let her take part in the same races as her fellow students.

Fighting for the right to race with her team

Tatyana McFadden has dusted competitors nationally and won medals at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece. But the star wheelchair athlete can't compete alongside her Columbia high school teammates - Howard County school policy effectively requires her to take the track alone.