Lake Placid, N.Y. | Larry Gunselman stared at the timing board in disbelief. "Dang!" Gunselman said. "He got me by a hundredth [of a second]. We were up by 15 hundredths for a while. Sandbagger!" Full Article at Myrtle Beach Sun News
I played in the final last year, but this is incredible with the fans here
We knew what we were doing - we knew Slovakia is a good team ... They were up 2-1 before the last period, but we knew we were a stronger team than them and they had a tough game [Friday].
He got me by a hundredth [of a second]. We were up by 15 hundredths for a while. Sandbagger!
It was a brisk morning, with temperatures in the negatives ... The Olympic Regional Development Authority and track manager Tony Carlino did an awesome job overnight preparing the ice for national championships.
Last year he ran (poorly) ... The sleds were as even as we could make them this year, and he just drove really good. You could tell. Some guys would be doing really well on the first part of the course, they'd hit some walls, and it slows you down. At the end Boris had a good run, but his first run wasn...
I guess I needed about four more tenths. Todd was really fast. I went down the chicane really good the first run, and then I got so excited I forgot the rest of the track and nearly flipped. But this is so much fun. I mean, who gets to drive a bobsled?
I was racing against a fierce field of competitors ... I only had a tenth of a second lead yesterday, and anything can happen in this sport. I don't take anything for granted, and I knew I had to put down my best runs today to stay in the lead. I feel content, and I'm really happy about today's result.
We're racers and competitors, so we all come out here and want to win ... But we're also here for a great purpose, which is to support the Bodyn Bobsled Project and to help our U.S. athletes get into American-made sleds.
I felt utter relief crossing the finish in the last run ... I was more nervous today than I was yesterday, and didn't sleep at all last night. When it's a timed total over four runs, it adds a different element to the game because there's no room for error.
First, we've got to keep in mind what it's for. It's a great cause ... You get a bunch of racers together, and the one thing they all want to do is win. So to come out of here with a win, I'm tickled. It's the first time. Boris has been the king, and I finally got to dethrone him.
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