Crosby captures bronze

Former Wildcat earns 2nd Paralympic medal in 100

Chico State alumna Kym Crosby made her way back to the Paralympic Games podium Tuesday in Tokyo.

Crosby claimed a bronze medal in the T13 100-meters, just as she did in the 2016 Rio Games, the Chico State athletic department announced in a press release.

After posting the fastest time in the three preliminary heats Tuesday morning, a personalbest 12.06 seconds, the Chico State track and field alumna crossed the line in the final in 12.08 seconds to capture her second Paralympic Games medal.

Crosby, who is originally from Yuba City, will compete in the 400-meter event as well.

The preliminaries are scheduled for Wednesday at 5:28 a.m., Pacific time, and the final is set for Friday at 6:08 p.m. Pacific.

Crosby (Kinesiology, ’18) competes in the T13 classification for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. She was born with albinism and has no pigment in her hair, skin or eyes. Legally blind with 20/400 vision, Crosby can identify the white lines contrasted against dark-colored tracks, allowing her to run within them.

Known as “The Flash” during her time as a Chico

State student-athlete from 2013—15, Crosby accepted an invitation to move to Chula Vista and train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. The move paid off. She has now twice realized her dream of competing in the Paralympic Games.

Her husband, Erik Hightower, is also in Tokyo, competing in his third Paralym