The Jamaica Olympic Bobsleigh Team is on track in its qualifying bid
for the 21st Olympic Winter Games scheduled to be held February 12-28,
2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
The team concluded four months of training and competition with a
tenth place finish in the final two man bobsled race of the 2008-2009
International Bobsled Federation (FIBT) calendar in Lake Placid, New
York. Team driver Hannukkah Wallace and brakeman Joel Alexander
completed the 1680 meter track in a combined time of 2:00.69 over two
heats.
Other highlights of their season include a 20th place finish at the
Junior World Championship in Koenigsee, Germany, as well as extensive
sliding time in Park City.
While on a brief stop-over in New York on April 3, on their way home
from Lake Placid, team members Joel Alexander, Hannukkah Wallace and
Marvin Dixon made a courtsey call on Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Sabrina HoSang and her dad, Vincent HoSang, Founder/CEO of Caribbean
Food Delights, located in Tappan, New York.
The team also did interviews on Caribbean Lifestyle TV (CLM), Irie
Jam Radio, 93.5 FM and dined at the Door Restaurant in Jamaica, Queens
and Ripe Restaurant in Mt. Vernon, New York. Devon Harris, a member of
the Jamaica’s first bobsled team which qualified for the 1988 Winter
Olympics in Calgary, was the team’s chaperone during their stop over
stay in New York.
