Juan Celaya-Hernandez's ultimate goal has always focused on the five intertwined rings.
As nine-year-old Celaya-Hernandez gravitated toward the swimming pool, a passion for diving emerged, and the one goal he has had in mind since his first win at the junior level has been the Olympics.
Celaya-Hernandez, a native of Mexico, never thought leaving for the states was a choice until his friend, Mauricio Robles —a former diver for the University of Tennessee—gave him a reason. Robles told him about the chance to earn a scholarship, a degree, and to keep diving. Celaya-Hernandez took the advice to heart and decided to take a chance on himself.