A diagnosis of ulcerative colitis during his junior year of high school threatened to stop Ryan Burcham’s future as a competitive collegiate swimmer before it could start
In 2012, Ryan Burcham was a junior at Knoxville’s Bearden High School and ranked nationally in the butterfly stroke. A devastating diagnosis of GI disease ulcerative colitis during his junior year of high school threatened to stop Burcham’s future as a competitive collegiate swimmer before it could start.
Learn how he not only returned to the pool but to a level of performance good enough to catch the scouts’ attention. Burcham currently swims for Western Kentucky University.
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