PARIS — Jessica Heims of Swisher finished sixth in the Women’s Discus Throw (F64) in the 2024 Paralympic Games Sunday, Sept. 1. Heims scratched on her first throw and clinched her medal with a 34.68 effort on the sixth and final throw. She set a Paralympic Record with a 34.89 throw in Tokyo in 2021.

Solon’s Erin Kerkhoff is also competing in Paris this year in the Women’s 100-meter and 400-meter events (T13). Kerkhoff ran a personal best 12.70 in heat 1 of the first round of the 100-meter dash on Tuesday with the finals set for later in the day (after this edition had gone to print). She will compete in Round 1 of the 400, set for 2:31 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5. The final for the 400-meters is set for Saturday, Sept. 7 at 3:21 p.m. NBC, through their Peacock platform, is providing live streaming coverage. Also, the Paralympic Games have their own YouTube channel at www.youtube. com/@paralympics, and www.paralympic.org/paris-2024 will have videos and results as well.