Go, Marcus, go: Blindness, cerebral palsy can’t hold back 7th-grade cross country runner
By Teri Maddox © Belleville News-Democrat, Illinois — Marcus Boyer may not be the fastest runner at Collinsville Middle School, but he’s a rock star to members of his cross country team. Several gathered around the legally blind student — who also has cerebral palsy on his right side — after a competition at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville last week. They patted him on the back and congratulated him for finishing the 2.1-mile race, which included a relatively steep hill at the end that gave him trouble…. READ ARTICLE