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Susannah Scaroni wins women’s wheelchair division of AJC Peachtree Road Race

Athlete won with an unofficial time of 22 minutes, 5 seconds.
Susannah Scaroni wins the women’s Shepherd Center wheelchair division race at the finish of the 56th running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race on Friday, July 4, 2025, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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Susannah Scaroni wins the women’s Shepherd Center wheelchair division race at the finish of the 56th running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race on Friday, July 4, 2025, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
By Micahya Costen – For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 4, 2025

Susannah Scaroni won the women’s Shepherd Center wheelchair division at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race on Friday.

This was the 50th anniversary of the wheelchair division.

Scaroni won with a time of 21 minutes, 26 seconds to clinch her fourth consecutive victory at the Peachtree and her fifth overall, chiseling off four seconds from last year’s winning time (21:40). She also is a gold and bronze USA Paralympic medalist and in April won her second Boston Marathon.

Scaroni was not made available to media members Friday.

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