Rockin’ Recipients Rep USA at World Swimming Championship!
January 20th, 2023
SO proud of #RockinRecipients Mary, Gretchen, Maggie, and Luke who represented the USA at the 10th Down Syndrome World Swimming Championship in Portugal in October!!
They all trained hard to qualify and it clearly paid off!! Mary was the first person with Down syndrome to attend the University of Arkansas – now she works as office manager of a communal workspace 🤩
Learn more about her here >>> https://rubysrainbow.org/recipients/2019-mary-borman/
Gretchen is applying to UC Davis for Fall 2023, and hopes to swim on the UCD Club swim team 🏊♀️
Learn more about her here >>> https://rubysrainbow.org/recipients/2022-gretchen-wahle/
Maggie is a junior at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where she loves living on campus and working as a swim instructor at the rec center! Her most memorable moment in Portugal was standing on the podium with her teammates and hearing the USA National Anthem ❤️🇺🇸
Learn more about her here >>> https://rubysrainbow.org/recipients/2022-maggie-scherder/
Luke graduated in 2018 from the Think Cardinal program at Saginaw Valley State University – now he lives independently, trains hard, volunteers in his local community, and loved representing the USA in Portugal! He also hosts a local TV Talk show called “321 Connection: Where Everyone Has A Story” 🙌
Learn more about him here >>> https://rubysrainbow.org/recipients/2016-luke-drumright/