By Priscilla Jepchumba Viral rugby star and Vermont native Ilona Maher joined the Burlington, Vt. community Saturday morning to celebrate the U.S. women’s rugby
Viral rugby star and Vermont native Ilona Maher joined the Burlington, Vt. community Saturday morning to celebrate the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team’s first-ever Olympic medal.
The rugby and social media star, Ilona Maher gathered with the Burlington, Vt. community on Saturday morning to mark the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team’s inaugural Olympic medal. Maher spoke to over 100 members of her community during the event. “It’s so much easier to be yourself than it is to be anybody else,” said Maher.
Burlington's mayor, Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, and Allyson Archacki, Maher's former field hockey coach, were present at the event and delivered speeches at the celebration. As part of the event, the rugby star was presented with keys to the high school's athletic fields.
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