Winners Announced for 2026's Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of the Northside Hospital Peachtree Road Race
Tatyana McFadden, Daniel Romanchuk race to first-place finishes
Thousands of spectators watched the 45th Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of the Northside Hospital Peachtree Road Race on July 4, 2026, cheering on the best wheelchair racers in the world in Atlanta's iconic race.
This year, Tatyana McFadden, 37, of Clarksville, Maryland, won the women’s open division with a finishing time of 23:02 and will take home a $12,500 prize for her first-place finish. This is her 9th win. In the men’s open, Daniel Romanchuk, 27, of Champaign, Illinois, took the crown to win with a finishing time of 19:00. It is his 9th consecutive win and comes with a $12,500 prize.
“We are thrilled to welcome racers to Atlanta for Shepherd Center's Wheelchair Division of the Northside Hospital Peachtree Road Race,” said Rebecca Washburn, MS, manager of Shepherd Center’s Beyond Therapy® and wellness programs. “This race draws some of the world’s most elite racers, and it’s exciting to show them and all of the racers what Atlanta and the Northside Hospital Peachtree Road Race have to offer. This race serves as a powerful display of the inclusion of athletes with disabilities, and it shows patients at Shepherd Center what’s possible as they cheer on the athletes on race day out in front of Shepherd Center.”
The 6.2-mile competition began at 6:12 a.m. 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. This year’s competition included 65 racers – 12 women and 53 men – ranging in age from 13 to 67. 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 Northside Hospital 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.