THE MYBOYSAY GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE GROUP PROUDLY CONGRATULATES AND INTRODUCES THE 2018 U.S. OLYMPIC BOBSLED TEAM TO THE WORLD

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Meet the 2018 U.S. Olympic bobsled team

Lauren Gibbs

Birth date3/02/1984
BirthplaceCA
HometownLos Angeles, CA
ResidenceCO

Gibbs had a decorated career as a volleyball player at Brown University, where she was a captain and All-Ivy League performer. She was introduced to bobsled by Jillion Potter, who played rugby for the U.S. at the 2016 Olympics. Gibbs is now a U.S. bobsled push athlete.

Getting to know Lauren Gibbs

Gibbs played three sports in high school: soccer, volleyball and track and field.

She has work experience in sales for companies including Vector Marketing and ADT Security Services.

She compares riding in a bobsled to the being in airplane with really bad turbulence.

Birth date5/12/1988
BirthplaceChicago, IL, IL
HometownChicago, IL
ResidenceChicago, IL, IL
Height/Weight5’10″/ 169 lbs
Olympics2014

Evans was a track and field athlete at the University of Illinois, where she broke the indoor and outdoor shot put school records. When she failed to make the 2008 U.S. Olympic track and field team, a coach suggested she try bobsled. She went on to win a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics for the United States as a brakeman with pilot Jamie Greubel Poser. She attempted to qualify for the Rio Olympics in heptathlon, but injured her knee and decided to return to bobsled.

Getting to know Aja Evans

Evans threw the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day for the Chicago White Sox in 2014. She asked her uncle, former MLB outfielder Gary Matthews, for advice.

She shed her clothes for ESPN the Magazine’s annual Body Issue.

Her father, Fred, was the first African-American swimmer to win a collegiate national title.

Fun Fact

Aja Evans’ brother, Fred, played in the NFL for eight seasons as a defensive tackle.

Birth date10/10/1984
BirthplaceOceanside, CA, CA
HometownDouglasville, GA
ResidenceDouglasville, GA, GA
Height/Weight5’6″/ 180 lbs
Olympics2014

Meyers Taylor, the defending bobsled world champion, did not even own a winter coat when she began competing in the sport in 2007. She made the national team during her rookie season, and three years later, won an Olympic bronze medal as a brakeman. She moved to pilot and earned a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. In 2015 she became the first U.S. female bobsled driver to win a world championship. The uber-athletic Meyers Taylor has played for USA Rugby, and originally thought that she would compete at the Olympics as a softball player.

Getting to know Elana Meyers Taylor

Meyers Taylor was offered college scholarships for four sports: basketball, soccer, softball and track and field. She chose to play softball at George Washington University.

She is married to fellow bobsledder Nic Taylor. He proposed on the medal podium at the 2013 World Championships.

Her goal is to eventually become the CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Fun Fact

Elana Meyers Taylor interned for the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland.

Birth date11/09/1983
BirthplacePrinceton, NJ, NJ
HometownNewtown, PA
ResidenceLake Placid, NY, NY
Height/Weight5’8″/ 167 lbs
Olympics2014

Greubel Poser won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics for the United States with brakeman Aja Evans. The Cornell University track and field star was encouraged to try bobsled by a collegiate teammate. She started her bobsled career as a brakeman, and has since become a pilot. In 2017, she won the World Cup overall title and claimed her first world championship medal, a bronze.

Getting to know Jamie Greubel Poser

Greubel Poser was a heptathlete and a pentathlete at Cornell University. She broke multiple school records, and was inducted into the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame.

She is nicknamed the “Blonde Dragon” because she is a fierce competitor.

She is married to German push athlete Christian Poser, who also competed at the 2014 Olympics.

Fun Fact

Jamie Greubel Poser grew up with four horses. She competed in horse jumping.

Women’s replacement athlete:

Birth date7/01/1992
BirthplaceNC
HometownCharlotte, NC
ResidenceNY

Jones kept a journal she titled “Road to Rio,” hoping to compete at the 2016 Olympics as a track and field athlete. When that didn’t work out, she turned to bobsled, which she learned about through her collegiate track coach, Bob Olesen. She started training full-time in bobsled in May 2016, and was named the 2016-17 USA Bobsled Rookie of the Year.

Getting to knowBriauna Jones

Jones made her college’s top-10 list for seven different track and field events.

After college, she moved to Spain for track and field training.

She hopes to inspire more African-Americans to try bobsled.

THE MYBOYSAY GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE GROUP PROUDLY CONGRATULATES AND INTRODUCES THE 2018 U.S. OLYMPIC BOBSLED TEAM TO THE WORLD