Charley Nordin, who walked onto Gonzaga’s crew team in 2016, is now rowing his way to the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Games — one stroke at a time.
Competing in the games was never one of Nordin’s original life goals. But then again, neither was becoming a rower.
Before coming to GU, Nordin was an all-league cross country and track star on his way to fulfill Division I dreams as a runner.
That is, until they were abruptly shattered — along with three of his lower vertebrae in his lumbar spine in a devastating rope swing accident.