Cassadaga Valley graduate Rayven Sample. P-J file photo

Rayven Sample will be headed to Tokyo later this summer to perform on the world’s biggest sports stage.

The Jamestown resident and Cassadaga Valley Central School graduate confirmed Thursday afternoon that his first-place 400-meter finish in his classification at the U.S. Paralympic Team Trials in Minneapolis last weekend has landed him a berth on the paralympic track & field team.

Sample, who ran for the Falconer/Cassadaga Valley team in high school, just completed his freshman year at Bucknell University. He is one of 61 athletes (35 men and 26 women) to make the U.S. Paralympic track & field squad. He learned of the news during a virtual meeting earlier today.

The Tokyo Paralympic Games will be held Aug. 24 through Sept. 5.

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