paralympic games

The 5th District Volunteer Fire Department appreciated the great turnout during a break in February's foul weather. Lots of residents came out for the department's country breakfast. You have one more opportunity to share a country breakfast with family, friends and neighbors on March 30 from 8 a.m. until noon.

Paralympic star Tatyana McFadden reflects on her experiences in Sochi, where she won a silver medal in her first winter games.

Tatyana McFadden, a Clarksville native, concluded her time in the Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, with a seventh-place finish in the women's cross country skiing 5-kilometer sit race.

Tatyana McFadden, a Clarksville native, won her first medal today in the Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, earning a silver in the women¿s 1-kilometer sit sprint.

Stan Ber's Bits and Pieces Column for the week of March 13

Anne Arundel Special Olympics, a nonprofit sports program, seeks volunteers ages 16 and over. Volunteer orientation will be held March 19. Russett resident Bill Berned will cycle solo in July in the New England Tour de Cure to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association.

Clarksville native Tatyana McFadden has already dominated in the summer Paralympics. In Sochi, she'll take her first shot at gold in the winter games.

On Feb. 1, the Howard County Women's Athletics Hall of Fame will induct five new members. Since being established in 1997, the Hall of Fame has honored 68 men and women who have made extraordinary contributions to Howard County women's athletics. This year's inductees are Mike Bossom (Andover, 1988), Shannon Saltzman Webster (Centennial, 1993), Allison Valentino (Atholton, 1993), Tatyana McFadden (Atholton, 2008) and Merri-Ellen James (Glenelg, 1983). The induction ceremony will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. at Mt. Hebron High School. An alumnae basketball game will be played prior to the ceremony at 5 p.m. and a high school girls varsity game between Centennial and Mt. Hebron follows at 7.

Within a year after an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan cost him his sight in September 2011, Navy Lt. Brad Snyder had won seven gold medals at the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs as well as one silver and two gold medals at the Paralympics in London.

McDaniel College graduate Greg Wagner will share his story on overcoming a ruptured brain aneurysm Dec. 13 at a Carroll County Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Athletes Serving Athletes and other Baltimore-based groups help those with physical challenges to bike, run and swim in mainstream events.

Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of Nov. 7

The legend of Paralympic star Tatyana McFadden seems to keep growing by the day. Already a proven world-class wheelchair athlete, Tatyana recently traveled to France for the IPC Athletics World Championships and once again etched her name into the record books.

Clarksville native Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon on Monday, adding to her resume as one of the elite Paralympic athletes in the world.

C.F. Martin Co. presented blind Navy veteran Brad Snyder with a one-of-a-kind guitar Monday morning in Nazareth

To Heather and Aaron Whaley, they're already parents to a 4-year-old girl living in a Russian orphanage off the Sea of Japan.

Champion swimmer stands out in the swim lane, on the red carpet

Kennedy Krieger Institute, which treats individuals with developmental disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal system, put together the festival's largest charity team with 208 race participants, who raised nearly $90,000 to support future running participants with disabilities.

Paralympian Jessica Long came to Pinewood Elementary School in Timonium on Tuesday, Oct. 9, to talk to youngsters about her experiences and challenges.

Tatyana McFadden wins four medals at 2012 Paralympics

Paralympian and gold medal swimmer Ian Silverman, of Towson, got a surprise welcome back today, Sept. 12, from staff and students at McDonogh School in Owings Mills on his return from the games in London.

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McFadden finishes ninth in marathon

Tatyana McFadden takes bronze in Pralympics 100-meter race

Tatyana McFadden wins third gold medal in Paralympics

At the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Clarksville's Tatyana McFadden won five medals, but none of them were gold. She's adding to her medal collection at the 2012 London Paralympic Games, but this time she's collecting gold.

Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long says she's primed for the 2012 games in London after leaving her Middle River home to train in Colorado the last two years.

In a sense, Tatyana McFadden is turning the wheelchair racing on its ear. Never before has a wheelchair athlete raced as varied a schedule in the Paralympics as she will starting Sept. 3.

Wheelchair athletes and sisters Tatyana and Hannah McFadden are preparing to compete in the 2012 London Paralympic Games. It's Hannah's first Paralympics, and Tatyana's third, and Tatyana is looking to make history by competing in five events, including sprints and a marathon.

British seem wary of hosting Olympic Games as security and traffic concerns rise

Loyola University Maryland swim coach Brian Loeffler 'opened the door' for U.S. Paralympic Team swimmers Ian Silverman and Becca Meyers

The 2012 Paralympics will be held in London in late August. This summer, Snyder is training under Loyola University head coach Brian Loeffler and also working for Red Owl Analytics, a startup software company in Baltimore run by two West Point graduates.

Clarksville resident selected as one of 19 US women for Paralympic squad

Wheelchair athlete Tatyana McFadden going for gold

McFadden sisters to compete in 2012 Paralympic Games

Daniel Romanchuk gives you a blank stare when you try and explain to him why he is an inspiration.

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Paratriathlon clinic

26-year-old Syd Lea from Taneytown, Carroll County, has traversed the world several times on the way to becoming the premier cyclist among American Special Olympians. Lea was a top winner for Team USA in the recent Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece, earning three of the team's 10 gold medals in the international competition.