Winners Announced for 2024's Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race
Susannah Scaroni, Daniel Romachuck race to first place finishes.
Thousands of spectators watched the 43nd Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race on July 4, 2024, cheering on the best wheelchair racers in the world in Atlanta's iconic race.
This year, Susannah Scaroni, 33, Champaign, Illinois, won the women’s open division with a finishing time of 21:39 and will take home a $12,500 prize for her first place finish. This is her fourth win. In the men’s open, Daniel Romanchuk, 25, of Champaign, Illinois, took the crown to win with a finishing time of 19:37. It is his seventh win and comes with a $12,500 prize.
“We are thrilled to welcome the world’s most elite racers back to Atlanta for Shepherd Center's Wheelchair Division of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race,” said Rebecca Washburn, MS, manager of Shepherd Center’s Beyond Therapy® and wellness programs. “The athletes in the wheelchair division embody hard work and hope as they speed up Cardiac Hill and past Shepherd Center.”
The 6.2-mile competition began on Lenox Road in the heart of Buckhead, Atlanta’s shopping district, and followed Peachtree Road for six miles, passing Shepherd Center, before slicing through the heart of Midtown to the finish line at 10th Street and Piedmont Park. The race is one of the country's largest and fastest wheelchair 10Ks.
The first place finishers in the open men’s, women’s, and quad divisions received peach-shaped crystalline trophies in a ceremony following the race.
The Atlanta Track Club was the event's platinum sponsor, and MARTA was the silver sponsor. Other donors included InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta and the Kyle Pease Foundation. Sponsors defrayed travel and lodging expenses for racers and awarded cash prizes to winners.
Learn more about the results from the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of The Atlanta-Journal Constitution Peachtree Road Race.
With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation, Shepherd Center is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again.