RIO DE JANEIRO — Illinois graduate student Tatyana McFadden placed second Friday in the T-54 women’s 100-meter final at the Paralympics.
McFadden finished in 16.13 seconds to take the silver medal, crossing the line just behind China’s Wenjun Liu (16.00). Current Illini Hannah McFadden just missed the race’s podium, placing fourth in 16.34.
In men’s track and field, former Illini Brian Siemann took seventh in the T-53 100 final, clocking 15.23. Also, ex-Illini Joshua George moved on in the men’s 5,000 competition, taking third in the preliminaries at 10 minutes, 20.36 seconds.
In men’s tennis, former Illini Dylan Alcott, representing Australia, defeated Israel’s Shraga Weinberg in two sets in a first-round match.