These athletes will be racing in the 7-mile Falmouth Road Race, and the Wheelchair Mile at the Falmouth Track Festival.

Men’s Bios

Hermin Garic

Utica, NY

2021 ASICS Falmouth Road Race champion and multiple time top finisher. Hermin is also the course record holder at the Cooper River Bridge Run, as well as multiple time champion of the Beach to Beacon 10k.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2022: 2nd (25:30)
2021: 1st (25:24)
2019: 3rd (25:28)
2018: 2nd (28:41)
2017: 6th (26:59)
2016: 2nd (29:15)
2015: 4th (26:57)
2014: 4th (27:25)
2013: 6th (28:10)

Delmace Mayo

Jamaica Plain, MA

2022 Sports and Spokes Jr. Athlete of the Year Delmace Mayo makes his return to Falmouth this year. An up and coming star in para athletics, Delmace was the first wheelchair athlete to compete at the New Balance Indoor Nationals for Track (mile). He was also a US Paralympian Track & Field High School All American for the 100m. In addition to wheelchair racing, Delmace also competes in sled hockey, WCMX, basketball, surfing, and baseball.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2022: 11th (32:44)
2021: 8th (36:28)

Daniel Romanchuk

Champaign, IL

Four-time Falmouth Road Race Champion, and course record holder. Daniel is a two time Paralympian with a gold medal in the 400m and a bronze medal in the marathon in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. He is also the world record holder in the 800m. He was also the youngest to win the Boston Marathon in 2019, and the first American to win since 1993.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2022: 1st (22:02)
2019: 1st (21:58) *Course Record
2018: 1st (23:48)
2017: 1st (23:16)
2013: 4th (26:51)

Krige Schabort

Cedartown, GA

5-time Falmouth Road Race champion Krige Schabort, who lost both legs as a corporal in the South African Army when his unit came under attack in 1987 in the Angola Border war, became a U.S. citizen in 2009. A 6-time Paralympian — including the triathlon in 2016 — Schabort has also competed in Hawaii’s famed Ironman Triathlon.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2022: 4th (25:36)
2019: 6th (27:42)
2017: 2nd (23:29)
2014: 2nd (25:13)
2013: 1st (24:170
2012: 1st (24:16)
2011: 1st (24:11)
2009: 1st (26:13)
2008: 1st (23:35)

James Senbeta

Champaign, IL

James graduated from the University of Illinois in 2014. That same year he won Grandma’s Marathon and was 9th at the BAA Boston Marathon. In 2016 he represented the U.S. at the Paralympics.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2021: 2nd (27:18)
2019: 7th (27:46)
2017: 4th (26:08)
2015: 1st (21:42)
2014: 1st (23:42)

Women’s Bios

Hannah Babalola

Newark, NJ

2016 Paralympian for Nigeria, Hannah Babalola returns to Falmouth this year. Coming off a win at the 2023 Cooper River Bridge Run and the 2022 Twin Cities Marathon, Hannah looks to return to the podium again in Falmouth.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2022: 4th (35:34)
2018: 4th (35:47)
2017: 2nd (29:12)

Jenna Fesemyer

Champaign, IL

A 2020 Tokyo Paralympian, Jenna is returning to compete in Falmouth this year. Jenna has won the gold in the 2019 Parapan American Games in the 800m, as well as reaching the podium at the Chicago Marathon in 2021, winning third place. In 2023, she claimed victory at the Boilermaker 15k, Grandma’s Marathon, and Kessler 10k.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2016: 3rd (38:03)

Yen Hoang

Vancouver, WA

A 2019 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Yen participated in the 2014 and 2015 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships. In 2015 she was 4th in the 100m, and was 5th in the 400m, 800m, and 1,500m. In 2014 she was 4th in the 100m and 5th in 400m, 800m, and 1,500m. In 2021. She also competed in the Tokyo Paralympics for team USA in the 100m, 400m, and 800m.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2017: 4th (33:19)
2016: 1st (35:59)

Katrina Lambeth

Natick, MA

A multiple time top finisher in the ASICS Falmouth Road Race, Katrina Lambeth returns again this year to compete in the wheelchair division. Katrina was a member of the US Paralympic Track and Field Team, and she won first place at the 2019 LA Marathon.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2019: 2nd (28:06)
2018: 2nd (32:38)
2017: 3rd (29:32)
2015: 2nd (30:10)
2014: 2nd (33:38)

Emelia (Emi) Perry

Colorado Springs, CO

2021 ASICS Falmouth Road Race and 2023 Broad Street Run champion Emi Perry returns to compete in Falmouth this year. Emi recently relocated to Colorado Springs to train at the US Olympic & Paralympic Training Center for the Paratriathlon. Emi has competed in multiple World Triathlon Championship Series races in Yokohama, Japan, Montreal, Canada, and Long Beach, California.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2021: 1st (37:59)

Susannah Scaroni

Champaign, IL

2022 ASICS Falmouth Road Race champion and course record holder Susannah Scaroni returns to defend her title this year. Scaroni has dominated the road circuit in 2023 winning the Boston Marathon, New York Mini 10K and AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta. She recently broke the world record for the 10k at the BAA 10k in June 2022. Susannah is a 3 time Paralympian and won the gold medal in the 5,000m in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, in addition to the bronze medal in the 800m.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2022: 1st (25:30) *Course Record