TEAM USA ATHLETES WORK HARD IN NAC AND ICC EVENTS
by Abby Slenker
TEAM USA ATHLETES WORK HARD IN NAC AND ICC EVENTS
On November 22 also in Men’s Skeleton, Nicol placed 8th with a 1:40.54 time and Payne placed 13th with a 1:44.02 time. In 2-Woman Bobsled, Lauren Brzozowski and Sydney Milani placed 2nd with a 1:42.09 time. Sylvia Hoffman and Amoni Ashby placed 3rd with a 1:42.38 time. Kaysha Love and Rylie Matthews placed 4th with a 1:42.46 time and Maddy Cohen and Laura Billings placed 5th with a 1:43.72 time. In 4-Man Bobsled, Geoffrey Gadbois, Quentin Willey, Freddie Harris, and Darius Joseph placed 5th with a 1:37.77 time. Zach Snyder, Timothy Monroe, Chase Blueberg, and Charles Mangold placed 6th with a 1:42.47 finish.
Moving on to November 23, Team Brzozowski placed 1st with their 1:43.72 finish in 2-Women Bobsled. Team Hoffman placed 3rd with a 1:44.21 time, Team Love placed 4th with a 1:44.35 time and Team Cohen placed 5th with a 1:46.46 time. Team Gadbois placed 4th in 4-Man Bobsled with a time of 1:38.31.
Heading over to Winterberg, D.E. for the Intercontinental Cup (ICC) on November 26, Mystique Ro earned a 3rd place finish in Women’s Skeleton with a time of 1:56.36 and Michelle Toukan placed 12 with a 1:59.15 time. In Men’s Skeleton, Dan Barefoot placed 12th with a 1:54.52 time and Hunter Williams completed one out of two runs with a time of 58.79 in the first heat.
On November 27, Ro came in 6th with a 1:56.98 time, and Toukan placed 12th with a 1:59.13 time. Barefoot placed 9th with a 1:53.76 time and Williams placed 18th with a 1:55.74 time.
Looking ahead, the EC will continue in Altenberg, D.E., and Bludenz, A.T. while the NAC will continue in Lake Placid, NY.
For media inquiries, please contact USABS’ Digital Media & Communications Manager Abby Slenker at abby.slenker@usabs.com.
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