Here is a term you haven’t heard for a while, Jamaican
Bobsled Team. When American businessmen, George Fitch and
William Maloney, decided to found the Jamaican
Bobsled Team, they
took a gamble. Jamaica is a tropical island and had never
sent a team to the Winter
Olympics, and bobsledding was virtually unknown to the
island residents. However, Jamaica is known for incredible talent in track events. The Jamaican Bobsled team first started as a
team in 1987 with four pioneers, Dudley
Stokes, Michael White, Samuel Clayton and Devon Harris.
This last week, during a break in their
training, I got the privilege to host 2 up and coming Jamaican Bobsled Team
athletes in my home, Cleon
Hall and Seldwyn Deyvoi Morgan. It just happened to also be Thanksgiving week
so my house is a busy place. I am not
really sure how they ended up at my house but Nigel Swaby called in a favor
and it has been such a great experience.
These young men are fabulous athletes as well as extremely nice kids.
I took them to some popular hangouts in Salt
Lake City for some night life. They are
the same age as my sons but my sons were not in town so Mom had to hang at the
bars. They attended a house poker
party, downtown Salt Lake City offered Gracies
Bar and Murphys Bar and
Grill, Club 90 had karaoke, and then to Club Habits for some dancing on Saturday night.
The next generation of Jamaican bobsled
dreamers need help to continue their preparation for the next season and would
like to take you along for the ride through a new television reality show. They are running a crowd funding campaign
here -> https://coolrunnings.tilt.com/pushing-for-gold. Please join in and help these starving
athletes.
