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USABS announces organizational and personnel changes
May 24, 2018
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (May 24, 2018)- After falling short of the performance goals set for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, USA Bobsled & Skeleton (USABS) announced today organizational and personnel changes as Chief Executive Offer Darrin Steele realigns USABS’ structure to his vision for 2022 and 2026. The changes will be effective July 1.
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Summer Series: Getting to Know Barry Schroeder
May 18, 2018
Originally from Sebring, Ohio, para bobsled athlete Barry Schroeder juggles competing, a full-time career as a paramedic and fatherhood. He has been racing on the para bobsled World Cup circuit for the past three years and was Team USA’s most consistent slider this year, finishing in the top-six in every race.
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Summer Series: Getting to know Greg West
May 11, 2018
After a season that saw him win USA Skeleton National Team Trials and compete on the World Cup circuit, Greg West is preparing for another Olympic Quad as one of Team USA’s top returning men’s skeleton athletes. West, a Missouri native and former football player at Baker University, began sliding on a dare from a roommate after watching the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
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USABS coach, alum named to President's Council on Sport, Fitness and Nutrition
May 05, 2018
Bobsled coach Shauna Rohbock, former bobsledder Herschel Walker named to two-year terms on President's Council of Sport, Fitness and Nutrition.
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Summer Series: Getting to know Kristi Koplin
April 24, 2018
Kristi Koplin was born in American Fork, Utah, just a short distance from the city that would later host the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. After moving around as a kid and a college track and field career at Southern Utah University, Koplin would make her way back to Park City, this time as a bobsled athlete.
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Summer Series: Getting to know Andrew Blaser
April 24, 2018
Originally from Meridian, Idaho, skeleton athlete Andrew Blaser was a standout track and field athlete at the University of Idaho before transitioning to skeleton post-collegiately. Blaser won his first-ever international medal in his first season competing on the North American Cup (NAC) tour in 2015-2016, but this year was by far the most successful season of his career. In eight NAC races, Blaser medaled six times and finished second in the overall men’s skeleton NAC rankings behind only teammate Austin Florian.
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Summer Series: Getting to know Josh Williamson
April 20, 2018
Lake Mary, Fla. native Josh Williamson hadn’t given bobsled much thought until he tried out for the United States Olympic Committee’s show “Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful” last summer.
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USABS athletes share stories through UnderArmour's #WillFindsAWay campaign
April 19, 2018
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Summer Series: Getting to know Kelly Curtis
April 13, 2018
A Princeton, N.J. native, skeleton athlete Kelly Curtis is coming off of her best competitive season yet, having won the 2017-2018 North American Cup (NAC) title by more than 100 points. She medaled in five of the eight NAC races in her first year on tour as a skeleton athlete.
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Para skeleton athlete Robbie Gaupp makes history in Lake Placid
April 06, 2018
In last week's Adaptive Sports Foundation's training camp, Robbie Gaupp accomplished something that no other para skeleton athlete has ever done in Lake Placid.
