Keene State’s Hawkes Competes At Paralympic Games

From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information: Keene State’s Sabra Hawkes completed her participation in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China (September 6 – 17). The junior placed eighth in her 100-meter heat with a time of 15.75 and finished sixth in the first heat of the 200-meter race with a time of 32.36.

Hawkes, who was born with a mild case of cerebral palsy, qualified for the U.S. team at the Paralympic Team Trials held at Arizona State University’s Sun Angel Stadium. She won the 100-meter dash and placed second in the 200-meter race.

A member of the KSC track team, Hawkes has an impressive list of accomplishments on the track. She earned gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter races at the 2007 U.S. Paralympic Track and Field Championships in Atlanta, Ga. She won a gold medal in the 200-meter and a silver medal in the 100-meter at the 2007 ParaPan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a silver and a bronze medal at the 2005 Cerebral Palsy Worlds in New London, Conn.