Morgan Ray has his first Paralympics medal.
The Bartram Trail High School graduate and current University of North Florida student helped the United States win silver in the 20-point mixed 4x50-meter medley relay at the Paralympics on Thursday.
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The US team finished in 2:31.01, well behind gold medalist China (2:24.83). But the performance was an American record. Ray swam the second leg and clocked a 37.2 over his 50 meters while swimming the breaststroke. The US team was in first place when Ray was in the pool but the Chinese team surged back.
Ray celebrated silver with teammates Ellie Marks, Abbas Karimi and Leanne Smith. Ukraine took the bronze (2:31.53).
Ray had a fourth in the 100-meter SB6 breaststroke, barely missing a medal in that event, a sixth in the 4x100 meter medley relay and a 13th in the 200-meter SM6 individual medley earlier in the Paralympics.