INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Indiana State track and field's Noah Malone received a congratulatory resolution on the floor of the state Senate on Monday for winning three medals at the Tokyo Paralympics.
 
Malone, who is legally blind but has some peripheral vision, won silver medals in the 100 and 200 meters and a gold as part of the universal relay, a co-ed event where athletes with different disabilities compete as one team.
 
Malone made his season debut with the Sycamores track star competing at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational on January 29. He finished third overall in the 60m dash in the preliminary rounds with a time of 6.91 in his first action of the 2021-22 indoor season.
 
He's also been a standout on the international circuit and boasts several world, Paralympic, Americas Area, and U.S. National records. His 200-meter dash time of 21.55 set at the 2021 Pacesetter Invitational last May earned a T12 official world record designation. He also ran the opening leg of the world record-setting 4x100-meter universal relay at the 2021 Paralympics that crossed the line in 45.52.
 
The resolution read in part, "Malone's inimitable spirit, perseverance through adversity, and general excellence shows, as he has said, that when "you have something that motivates you or inspires you, there's always a way to get it done."
 
Sen. Kyle Walker read the resolution after which senators gave him a standing ovation.
 
It was the highlight of ISU Day at the Statehouse, where 28 students mingled with lawmakers while promoting their campus organizations and their research at tables in the Statehouse atrium. ISU President Deborah J. Curtis was among the university leaders at the event.
 
Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and local legislators Sen. Jon Ford, Rep. Tonya Pfaff, and Rep. Bob Heaton, were among about 60 lawmakers who talked with students.
 
Malone, from Fishers, Indiana, was accompanied at the Statehouse by his father Kyle, his mother LaTasha, and his sister Zion. ISU Athletic Director Sherard Clinkscales and sprint coach Anthony Bertoli were also present.

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