National Guard World Class Athletes

02/27/2012

Check out our four-man bobsled World Champions! It must feel like home standing on top of that podium. Photo credit: Faye Hendrick.

02/27/2012

Congrats to SGT Justin Olsen who was part of USA 1 and winning the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 4 man bobsled title this weekend. All of our National Guard Soldiers did an amazing job this weekend! Read more about it at http://bobsled.teamusa.org/news/2012/02/26/usa-1-sweeps-world-championships-with-four-man-bobsled-win/46863?ngb_id=23

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (Feb. 26, 2012)–Steven Holcomb (Park City, Utah) made history with his USA-1 push crew of Justin Olsen (San Antonio, Texas), Steve Langton (Melrose, Mass.) and Curt Tomasevicz (Shelby, Neb.) as the first U.S. pilot ever to sweep the two and four-man bobsled World Championship races...

02/21/2012

Congrats to Team USA for capturing GOLD at the World Championship 2-man bobsled event. Past World Class Athlete Soldier Steve Holcomb claimed the gold with civilian Steve Langton. WCAP Soldiers finished 6th (SGT John Napier and CPT Chris Fogt) and 9th (PFC Nick Cunningham and SGT Dallas Robinson). SGT Olsen and Steve Holcomb also helped Team USA-1 claim the Team event gold medal. Also in the Team Competition, SGT Robinson teamed with PFC Cunningham in the 2-Man Bobsled run helping Team USA-2 to a fourth place finish.

More information and complete results can be found at http://bobsled.teamusa.org/

Brad Stewart worked at the Utah Olympic Park as a tour guide and wanted to try the sport of skeleton since he got a discount on the intro. camp More

02/18/2012

Check out the National Guard tent while cheering on our Soldier-athletes as they compete at the 2012 World Championships in Lake Placid, NY! GO USA!!

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If you're at the event in Lake Placid, be sure to make your way to start 3 to check out the National Guard tent. Take your turn hitting the punching bag and pick up a cowbell to enhance your cheering!

02/09/2012

Learn more about the National Guard Soldier/athletes and how they train at www.nationalguardcreatingchampions.com

02/06/2012

Competition updates:

SGT Spenser Mango took 1st place with a 4-0 record in the Dave Schultz Memorial International Tournament in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
You can follow him at: www.themat.com


SGT Dallas Robinson and SGT Nick Cunningham competed in the Whistler World Cup at Whistler, Canada 3-4 February 2012. They placed 9th in the 2 and 4-man competition.
Follow them at: http://bobsled.teamusa.org/news/2012/02/04/cunningham-teams-with-robinson-to-finish-ninth-in-world-cup-debut/46508

WHISTLER, Canada (Feb. 3, 2012)–Rookie pilots Nick Cunningham (Monterey, Calif.) and Cory Butner (Yucaipa, Calif.) put forth a solid effort in tonight’s two-man bobsled World Cup race in Whistler. Cunningham teamed with Dallas Robinson (Georgetown, Ky.) for his World Cup debut as a driver to lead t...

02/06/2012

Keep up with the National Guard Soldier-athletes at http://www.thearmywcap.com/

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01/17/2012

Great job, SGT Mortensen and SGT Griffall on a 6th place finish in the Oberhof, Germany World Cup competition!

01/04/2012

Hope everyone had a great holiday break! Now it's time to get back to competing!

12/21/2011

Congrats to SGT Spenser Mango for coming in 1st with a 4-0 record in the 55kg category of the 2011 U.S. Open Wrestling Championships. Read more at: http://www.themat.com/

Big props to SGT Matt Mortensen and SGT Preston Griffall for a 5th place finish in the Calgary World Cup! Read more at: http://www.usaluge.org/dyncontent.php?articleid=1376

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada - Matt Mortensen and Preston Griffall gave the United States luge team its best World Cup result of the season when the doubles team finished fifth in a World Cup competition Saturday night in Calgary, Alberta.

12/14/2011

The National Guard will be at the World Championships......will you?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrTPLA4rwNU

12/11/2011

Experience the thrill the winter athletes do every day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHFoFfKtAt8

Bobsleigh run Park City

12/08/2011

It might be winter outside but our National Guard summer Soldier/athletes are training hard for their Olympic Trials. MAJ Dan Browne (pictured) is preparing for his race on Jan 14 in Houston, TX. Go MAJ Browne!

12/04/2011

Another great day of racing in Austria for the first World Cup! PFC Olsen teamed with Steve Holcomb and team Night Train to earn a silver medal in 4 man bobsled. SGT Napier also piloted the National Guard 4 man sled to a 12th place finish.
Read more at: http://bobsled.teamusa.org/news/2011/12/04/usa-1-starts-four-man-season-with-silver/45714?ngb_id=23

IGLS, Austria (Dec. 4, 2011)-The BMW Night Train four-man bobsled crew was back in World Cup action for the first time this season in Igls. Steven Holcomb (Park City, Utah), Steve Langton (Melrose, Mass.), Justin Olsen (San Antonio, Texas) and Curt Tomasevicz (Shelby, Neb.) teamed together as USA-1...

12/02/2011

National Guard Soldier/athlete Spc. Nick Cunningham has raced to 8 medals so far this season in the America's Cup Competition. Spc. Cunningham took the bobsled driver's seat after competing as a push athlete and racing in the 2010 Olympics. And coach Sgt. Rohbock took the driver's seat as well to finish with a bronze in the Park City America's Cup race. Follow Spc. Cunningham and Sgt. Robock this season at www.bobsled.teamusa.org.

As a push athlete for driver John Napier, Jesse Beckom helped win a silver medal at the 2009 National Championships and an 11th place finish at the 2009 World Championships.

11/29/2011

While many of us enjoyed a Thanksgiving at home our Soldier/athletes were hard at work. In one of the many races over the weekend, SGT Napier teamed with CPT Fogt and finished in 5th place in the Europa Cup Bobsled Races at Konigssee, Germany.

More info and complete results can be found at http://bobsled.teamusa.org/news/articles

And in luge SGT Preston Griffall and SGT Mattew Mortensen competed at the World Cup Luge races at Igls, Austria and finished in 11th place with a 2 run combined time of 1:19.486.

More info and complete results can be found at http://www.usaluge.org/dyncontent.php?articleid=1350

The USA-1 four-man bobsled crew finished just 0.03 seconds from the medals for fourth place in the final Europa Cup race of the Koenigssee event this morning. read more

11/29/2011

SGT Napier driving the National Guard sled.

10/13/2011

National Guard Soldier/athletes (2LT Mike Kohn, SGT Shauna Rohbock, SGT Courtney Zablocki, and PFC Justin Olsen) made an apperance at the annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) convention in Washington, DC this week. They had the honor of meeting the Acting Director of the Army National Guard, Major General Raymond Carpenter at the event.

10/13/2011

10/08/2011

Doubles duo of SGT Matt Mortensen and SGT Preston Griffall take gold at the National Guard Luge Start Championships. http://www.usaluge.org/dyncontent.php?articleid=1313

With the start of the 2011-12 luge season three days away, Ashley Walden started things out right; by winning her 10th-career start title during the National Guard Luge Start Championships held on October 7. The event was held at the USA Luge indoor start training complex located in Lake Placid.

10/07/2011

Watch the National Guard Luge Start Championship live tonight at 6 pm on www.usaluge.org! Soldier/athletes will compete to see who has the fastest start off of the hill before getting on ice on October 10th.

Official site of the U.S. Luge Association includes history, team info, Olympic news, and season schedule.

09/30/2011

Big ups to 2LT Mike Kohn. This summer he completed Officer Candidate School (OCS) to be promoted to 2LT and was aslo selected to the Qualification Course ('Q' course) after making it through Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS). Check out what he endured on Youtube by searching, "Two weeks in Hell." How does your summer compare?

09/22/2011

Take a look at a past photo shoot with Olympic medalists 2LT Mike Kohn ('02 Bronze) and SGT Shauna Rohbock ('06 Silver). As the season gets colder it is time to hit the ice and remanise on past seasons!

09/22/2011

09/10/2011

Congrats to PFC Olsen who was named to USA 1 after the Bobsled Push Championships. PFC Olsen is a 2010 Olympic Gold medalist and a recent NY National Guard member. The winter season is just around the corner for bobsled and luge athletes with the Lake Placid track set to open Oct. 10.

09/10/2011

http://bobsled.teamusa.org/news/2011/09/07/u-s-national-bobsled-push-champions-named/44518

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (Sept. 7, 2011)-Three veterans and one rookie claimed a 2011 U.S. National Bobsled Push Championship title in Lake Placid, NY today. Steve Langton (Melrose, Mass.) and Katie Eberling (Palos Hills, Ill.) were the title winners of the brakeman categories, while Steven Holcomb (Park C...

08/05/2011

Remember those photos from May? I finally have a few to share!! Check them out and let us know what you think!

08/05/2011

07/20/2011

07/16/2011

In Orlando? Join SGT Vanessa Oswalt at the ESPN Rise Games July 17-18.

07/15/2011

A huge shout out to Sgt. John Franklin for his first national amateur boxing title
in the flyweight division of the 2011 USA Boxing National Championships, on June 25, 2011, at Colorado Springs City Auditorium. http://www.army.mil/article/60772/Army_boxer_wins_U_S__National_flyweight_championship/

Sgt. John Franklin credited his first national amateur boxing title to the help of his U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program teammates.

06/28/2011

Cheer on the WCAP boxers as they train for the Olympic trials!
http://www.army.mil/article/59890/

Reigning light-heavyweight national champion Spc. Jeffrey Spencer will lead several Soldiers into the 2011 U.S. National Boxing Championships June 20 through 25, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

06/17/2011

Congrats to Sgt. Golden Coachman for finishing 3rd at the Music City Distance Carnival in Nashville, TN. Coachman competes in the 800 meter and finished with a time of 1:47.55. Way to go!

06/17/2011

Thank you fellow athletes and friends for the continued support!

06/16/2011

National Guard Soldier and WCAP team member Spc. Spenser Mango earned his third trip to the World Championships. Mango and two other WCAP Soldiers will represent the Army on Team USA at the 2011 FILA Wrestling World Championships, scheduled for Sept. 12-18 in Istanbul, Turkey.
http://www.army.mil/article/59643/Three_Soldiers_earn_berths_in_Wrestling_World_Championships/