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Began bobsledding in 2007 and made the switch to driving after the 2010 Winter Olympics....USABS National Team Awards: Team of the Year (2017); Women's Bobsled Athlete of the Year (2016); Women's Bobsled Athletes' Choice Award (2010)...Competed in heptathlon and pentathlon at Cornell, where she still holds multiple school records...College track teammates encouraged her to try bobsled...Holds a master's degree in early education from Lesley University...Married to German bobsledder Christian Poser...Oldest of four kids...Rode horses and competed in show jumping growing up

Career Highlights

2017-2018 Women's Bobsled World Cup - 4th in Lake Placid (11/17); GOLD in Park City (11/17); SILVER in Whistler (11/17); 6th in Winterberg (12/17); 6th in Igls (12/17); SILVER in Altenberg (1/18); 11th in St. Moritz (1/18); 7th in Koenigssee (1/18)
2017-2018 Women's Bobsled North American Cup - SILVER in Park City #2 (11/17)
2016-2017 Women's Bobsled World Cup - BRONZE in Whistler (12/16); GOLD in Lake Placid (12/16); 5th in Altenberg (1/17); BRONZE in Winterberg (1/17); BRONZE in St. Moritz (1/17); SILVER in Koenigssee (1/17); BRONZE in Igls (2/17); GOLD in PyeongChang (3/17)
2015-2016 Women's Bobsled World Cup- BRONZE in Altenberg (11/15); GOLD in Winterberg (12/15); BRONZE in Koenigssee (12/15); GOLD in Lake Placid (1/16); BRONZE in Park City (1/16); SILVER in Whistler (1/16); 4th in St. Moritz (2/16)
2014-2015 Women's Bobsled World Cup- 6th overall; BRONZE in Lake Placid (12/14); 4th in Calgary (12/14); 5th in Altenberg (1/15); DNF in Koenigssee (1/15); BRONZE in St. Moritz (1/15); SILVER in La Plagne (1/15); BRONZE in Igls (2/15); BRONZE in Sochi (2/15)
2014-2015 Women's Bobsled North American Cup- GOLD in Park City #2 (11/14); SILVER in Park City #1 (11/14)
2013-2014 Women's Bobsled World Cup- BRONZE in Calgary (11/13), BRONZE in Park City #1 (12/13), SILVER in Park City #2 (12/13), BRONZE in Lake Placid (12/13), 4th in Winterberg (1/14), 4th in St. Moritz (1/14), GOLD in Igls (1/14), 10th in Koenigssee (1/14)
2012-2013 Women's Bobsled World Cup- 9th in Lake Placid (11/12), 4th in Park City (11/12), 11th in Whistler (11/12), 4th in Winterberg (12/12), SILVER in La Plagne (12/12), 11th in Koenigssee (1/13), 9th in Igls (1/13), 9th in Sochi (2/13)
2011-2012 Women's Bobsled World Cup- 11th in Whistler (2/12)
2011-2012 Women's Bobsled European Cup- 14th in Igls #1 (11/11), 15th in Igls #2 (11/11), 14th in Koenigssee #1, 13th in Koenigssee #2 (11/11)
2010-2011 Women's Bobsled World Cup- 12th in Calgary (12/10), 14th in St. Moritz (1/11), 14th in Cesana (1/11)
2010-2011 Women's Bobsled North American Cup Cup- 5th in Park City #1 (11/10), 8th in Park City #2 (11/10), BRONZE in Calgary (11/10), BRONZE in Lake Placid (1/11)
2010-2011 Women's Bobsled European Cup- SILVER in St. Moritz (1/11), 7th in St. Moritz (1/11)
2010-2011 Women's Bobsled World Cup for pilot Elana Meyers-Taylor- 6th in Lake Placid (12/10), 9th in World Championships in Koenigssee (2/11)
2008-2009 Women's Bobsled North American Cup for pilot Phoebe Burns- 13th overall; 4th in Park City #1 (10/30), 5th in Park City #2 (10/31), GOLD in Lake Placid #1 (11/20), GOLD in Lake Placid #2 (11/21), 5th in Lake Placid #3 (4/1), 5th in Lake Placid #4 (4/2)

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