Anastasia “Tas” Pagonis, a Garden City resident whose family owns Louie’s diner in Manhasset, concluded her Paralympic competition Saturday by finishing seventh in the women’s S11 100-meter freestyle.

Tas Pagonis, a blind swimmer who competes in the S11 category with fellow blind swimmers, finished the race in 1 minute and 9.31 seconds.

At the 50-meter mark, Tas Pagonis was in last place but was able to pull ahead of Japan’s Tomomi Ishiura, who finished in last place.

She finished 4.43 seconds behind the first-place Russian swimmer Daria Lukianenko who set the world record as a neutral Paralympic athlete.

Lukianenko finished in 1:04.88, with Dutch swimmer Liesette Bruinsma behind her at 1:05.95 and China’s Xiaotong Zhang finishing in third with a time of 1:06.84.

The previous world record for this race had been set by Bruinsma in 2018, who had also set the prior Paralympic record of 1:05.23 the day before.

Tas Pagonis competed in two other races in Paris’ 2024 Paralympics, which concluded Sunday.

This included a fourth-place finish in the S11 400-meter freestyle and an eighth-place finish in the 50-meter freestyle.

Team USA finished third overall in the Paralympic games, securing 36 gold medals, 42 silver medals, and 27 bronze medals. In total, the United States brought home 105 Paralympic medals. It finished behind China in first place and Great Britain in second.

Tas Pagonis is the daughter of Peter Pagonis, co-owner of Louie’s in Manhasset. The diner held multiple watch parties in their dining room for Tas Pagonis’ races to bring together the Pagonis family and the community.

Tas Pagonis’ uncle, Tommy Pagonis, who also co-owns Louie’s, spoke to the proudness that he and his family had to be able to see her compete on the international stage despite injuries leading up to the competition.

“It’s pretty amazing that this little girl became so influential,” Tommy Pagonis said.

Tas Pagonis made her international swimming debut in 2020, later competing in the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo in 2021 at just 17 years old.

She has set multiple class world records, including in the 2020 Olympics for the 400-meter freestyle S11 event, where she won her first Paralympic medal and gold with a time of 4:54.49.

Tas Pagonis has also garnered 2.5 million followers on Tik Tok, where she shares her experience as a Paralympic swimmer and raises awareness of blindness.