JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With the 2024 Paris Paralympics in full swing, First Coast News is On Your Side with a guide on when each local athlete is scheduled to compete and what event they're set to compete in. The Paralympic Games kicked off Wednesday with the Opening Ceremony and will continue through Sunday, Sept. 8.
Morgan Ray
- Hometown: St. Augustine
- Sport: Para Swimming; first Paralympic swimmer from Jacksonville in at least the last 20 years
- 21-year-old student at the University of North Florida
- Won silver medal in 2022 for 100-meter Breaststroke SB6 - Men
- When to watch him: Friday, Aug. 30 at 4:04 a.m. (Men's 200-meter Individual Medley SM6 Heat 2 [preliminaries]); Saturday, Sept. 1 (Men's 100-meter Breaststroke SB6 Heat 1 [preliminaries])
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Gemma Wollenschlaeger
- Hometown: St. Augustine Beach
- Sport: Para Rowing
- Attends Temple University where she earned first-team All-AAC honors and was named Temple Women's Rowing's Athlete of the Year in 2023, according to her TEAM USA profile
- Won silver medal in 2023 for the PR3 mixed doubles sculls
- When to watch her: Friday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 a.m. (PR3 Mixed Coxed Four Heat 2)
Tre'Shaun Faison
- Hometown: Orange Park
- Sport: Goalball
- Was introduced to goalball in middle school at the Florida School for the Deaf & Blind in St. Augustine
- Competing in first Paralympics
- When to watch him: Friday, Aug. 30 at 3 a.m. (Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A [United States vs. Brazil])
