Most of the brakemen/pushers on the US bobsled team have track backgrounds - both the women were nationally ranked - Johnson as a heptathlete and Vonetta Flowers (nee Jeffery) in the LJ (6.62m/21-8.75). For the men, in addition to Hines, both Steele twins (Darrin and Dan) and Bill Schuffenhauer are/were 8100-plus decathletes and are in the four-man event.
Mike Takaha At 07:09 AM 2/18/02 -0800, Kelley Halliburton wrote: >I've been told that Garret Hines, another US >bobsledder, was a hurdler at Southern Illinois. And >then, of course, there's Gea Johnson (heptathlete) in >the women's bobsled. > >--- Mike Prizy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There's at least one U.S. Winter Olympian with a > > track and field background. Dan Steele, who has a > > twin, Darrin, competed at Eastern Ill. University in > > the mid-1980s, is the breakman on the USA 2 > > two-man bobsled team. I'm not sure who is who, but > > one of the Steeles was A-A in the 400-hurdles and > > the other a decathlete. I think both eventually > > concentrated on the decathlon, and, obviously, other > > sports. I think USA 2 was in ninth place heading in > > to Sunday's final run. > > > > >===== >Kelley Halliburton > >Trade Marketing Manager >Human Kinetics Publishers >Champaign, IL > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games >http://sports.yahoo.com
