Kidney recipient Sharon Reusch crosses the finish line with a gaggle of supporters!
Sharon Reusch spent more than 20 years overseeing the Special Olympics Delaware VIP Program. In that role, she managed everything from top to bottom, and served as a head coach for many sports and an assistant for others.
One of her favorites sports was track & field. In addition to serving as the VIP head track coach, she was the head track & field coach for the Delaware team that competed at the 1991 Special Olympics Wold Games in Minneapolis. So being around a big track meet at a major competition was nothing new to her. However, being on the inside of the fence was.
Reusch, a kidney transplant recipient, recently competed at th 2018 Transplant Games of America, held August 2 – 7 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was her second Transplant Games, which are held every two years.
“The last games were in Cleveland, Ohio,” Reusch reminisced. “I only did the 100-meter. I came in dead last. I was going to cross that line if I had to crawl. I was very proud of myself.”
Read Sharon’s full story here.
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