Recap: 2025 Individual Push Champs

LAKE PLACID, NY (September 10, 2025) – Team USA Bobsled wrapped up the individual leg of the 2025 Team USA Push Championships, held at the only indoor bobsled/skeleton track in the United States at the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex.

In a sport where winners are determined by hundredths of a second, every aspect of the bobsled push matters. Push Champs marks the kickoff to the 2025–26 bobsled sliding season as athletes put their summer training to the test on the ice track. Competitors are measured on the speed and velocity of their bobsled starts, and results are drawn from the two fastest runs each competitor puts down.

September 8 brought the pilot's individual push competition.

Women's Pilot Competition: The order of the fastest combined push times from their fastest two heats of pushes is as follows:

1- Kaysha Love - 11.337 seconds

2- Sylvia Hoffman - 11.414 seconds

3- Kaillie Armbruster Humphries - 11.881 seconds

4- Elana Meyers Taylor - 11.938 seconds 

Lauren Brzozowski also competed, recording a one-heat time of 5.884 seconds.

Men's Pilot Competition: The order of the fastest combined times from their fastest two heatsof pushes is as follows:

1- Kris Horn - 10.553 seconds

2- Frank Del Duca - 10.690 seconds

3- John Eldridge - 10.750 seconds

4- Shane Fisher - 10.878 seconds

5- Rob Soderholm - 11.174 seconds

6- Grady Mercer - 11.186 seconds

Jace Johnson slid with a one-heat time of 5.322 seconds and Quinten Arello had a one-heat time of 5.239 seconds.

The competition concluded September 9, with the push athlete competitions.

Women's Push Athletes: The top six from their best two pushes are as follows:

1- Jasmine Jones - 11.112 seconds

2- Sylvia Hoffman - 11.118 seconds

3- Azaria Hill - 11.150 seconds

4- Emily Renna - 11.352 seconds

5- Jadin O'Brien - 11.368 seconds

6- Lolo Jones - 11.389 seconds

Men's Push Athletes: The top six from their best two pushes are as follows:

1- Charlie Volker - 10.132 seconds

2- Carsten Vissering - 10.272 seconds

3- Ryan Rager- 10.339 seconds

4- Caleb Funnell - 10.359 seconds

5- Josh Williamson - 10.367 seconds

6- Bryce Cheek - 10.373 seconds

Full Individual Push Champs results from the individual leg can be found here: https://www.usabs.com/events

Looking Ahead 

Team USA Bobsled Push Championships will continue with the combo push competitions, scheduled for September 11 and 13th. The full schedule is as follows:

Thursday, Sept 11

-9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Combo Competition (Women)

-10:30 AM – 1:00 PM: Combo Competition (Men)

Saturday, Sept 13

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Combo Competition (Women)

10:30 AM – 1:00 PM: Combo Competition (Men)

Watch In- Person:

Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex, Lake Placid, NY

Watch Online:

@USABS on Instagram