COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and NCAA Office of Inclusion today announced the activation of a historic Para track and field initiative which will crown the first wheelchair track champion at the 2023 Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom.
The historic effort comes as a result of the USOPC/NCAA Para-College Inclusion Project. The program, a partnership between the USOPC and NCAA Office of Inclusion, launched in Fall 2022 as a collaborative effort to engage schools with adaptive sport while simultaneously increasing Paralympic sport understanding, awareness and connection across the collegiate landscape.