Monday, October 26, 2009

World Cup Team Announcement

The World Cup team has been announced and I have made my third consecutive World Cup team! We are currently in Whistler for a week of training on the Olympic track! Here's the press release: http://bobsled.teamusa.org/news/article/28560

Friday, October 23, 2009

News Spot: 11 Alive News Atlanta

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Team Trials

Team trials have officially begun! Team trials consists of a series of four races, two in Lake Placid, New York, and two in Park City, Utah. We are currently in Park City, Utah, about to begin the second round with the final races this Friday and Saturday to decide the World Cup team. Last week in Lake Placid I raced the first race with pilot Jamia Jackson, where we placed second and pushed a new start record- a 5.46, smashing the previous start record by .08 (a huge margin in bobsled)! The second day, I raced with pilot Erin Pac and we pushed the fastest start times of the day, with starts of 5.49 and 5.48, and finished second as well. The top 2 women's pilots will be named to the World Cup team (pilot Shauna Rohbock has already been named to the team), and the races are very close! This week I will race with pilot Bree Schaaf and then with Shauna Rohbock as a pilot sled (not officially in the race). Someone's Olympic dream may begin, or end, this weekend- so stay tuned for the finale!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Vancouver 2010

Back on the Ice!

Today was the first day back on the ice as the bobsled track opened in Lake Placid, NY, for the season. I slid today with pilot Jamia Jackson and we took two trips, down and safe! As always, the track in October is a little bumpy and slow- as it's pretty warm for bobsledding, but I'm so excited the season has started. We race next week on October 14-15 and I'll be sure to re-post all the details. As of now, I'm scheduled to race with pilot Jamia Jackson on Oct 14 and Erin Pac on Oct 15. As exciting as it is, there's other things coming up sooner- like my 25th birthday on Saturday.....

In the meantime- here's some push video from today.