Aaron Scheidies, whom we wrote about the other day, accomplished his dream yesterday of breaking the 2 hour Olympic distance record for a disabled athlete in 1 hour, 58 minutes, 8 seconds in Dallas. Scheidies and his guide, Ben Collins, finished 48th overall, about 14 minutes behind race winner Greg Bennett. His previous Olympic-distance PR was 2:03. “It’s amazing,” Scheidies said, still in disbelief. “This has been my goal for a long time, and I had to have a perfect race to do it.”
It was the first time Aaron raced with partner Collins. Scheidies is a Michigan State graduate who lives in Seattle. He suffers from juvenile macular degeneration, a condition that’s left him legally blind since fourth grade.
