Arkansas Tech University alumna Kaitlin Bounds will compete in the women’s 1,500-meter T20 finals at the Paralympics in Paris, France, at approximately 4:09 a.m. (Central Daylight Time) on Friday, Sept. 6.
The race is scheduled to be streamed over Peacock.
Bounds, who was diagnosed with autism at age 4, graduated from ATU in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.
A resident of Russellville, Bounds earned four letters as a member of the Arkansas Tech cross country program. She was named All-Gulf South Conference in 2010 and was a multiple academic all-conference honoree, earning recognition for her classroom performance in both the GSC and the Great American Conference.
Paris 2024 is Bounds’ first Paralympic Games, but she is very familiar with international competition. She was a member of Team USA at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships track and field competition in Paris, France, and the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships track and field competition in London, England.
Bounds is the only Arkansan to earn a place on the Team USA Paralympic track and field team for Paris 2024.
