Tekoa's Scaroni rolls to 5th in Boston marathon

Susannah Scaroni, a 2009 graduate of Tekoa High School, placed fifth in the women’s open wheelchair race of the Boston Marathon last week with a time of 1:50.44.

She is now a junior at the University of Illinois and made the trip to Boston as a member of the wheelchair race team.

Ten athletes from UI at Champaign made the trip to Boston.

Wheelchair racers at Boston are required to qualify under 2:20.

Susannah did that last fall with a 2:02.46 in the Chicago Marathon in October.

Susannah plans to return to eastern Washington next weekend to race in Bloomsday.

The daughter of Barbara Scaroni and...