What Winter Olympic Sport Would You Compete In?
Feb. 25, 2010
UCI student-athletes and coaches answer the following question:
If you were a Winter Olympian what sport would you do?
Joel Bagby - Men's Soccer
Curling - It's all about precision
Stephen Carveth - Men's Soccer
Snowboard Cross - I love to compete with groups of people that tests my snowboarding skill and determination to win.
Cortney Collyer - Women's Water Polo
Bobsled
D.J. Crumlich - Baseball
Hockey - It's my favorite sport to watch.
Austin D'Amore - Men's Volleyball
Curling - I love the strategy. I think it is more mental than physical.
Jordan DuFault - Men's Volleyball
Curling or Bobsled - They are extreme
Mike Edles - Head Women's Tennis Coach
Curling - I'd like to be the sweeper
Breeanca Fleming - Women's Track & Field
Short Track Speed Skating - They go fast and it's the closest thing to running.
Derick Flowers - Men's Basketball
Figure skating, Pairs - I think it is really beautiful.
Nikki Forrest - Women's Soccer
Speed skating - It is really competitive and looks fun.
Jordan Fox - Baseball
Halfpipe Snowboard - Because of Shaun White, that guy is sick.
Max Greil - Men's Golf
Downhill skiing - I think they are incredible athletes. I like the speed
Caitlin Haskell - Women's Water Polo
Biathlon
John Hurst - Baseball
Short track speed skating - Because of the incredible adrenaline rush.
Dan Klatt - Women's Water Polo Head Coach
Curling - No question. I'm going to be a curling Olympian one day. I don't know where there is a curling club around here but I'm going to find it.
Stevie Mersola - Women's Soccer
Snowboard - I already snowboard and have more many years. Besides soccer it is my favorite hobby and I am pretty good at it. I also feel that it is the most fun to watch on television.
Alisha Misiaita - Women's Track & Field
Bobsled - I love Cool Runnings, but considering I don't know how to drive any sort of vehicle I'll be in the back.
Shaun O'Meara - Men's Golf
Snowboard halfpipe - I have grown up snowboarding and that would be the most natural, but Curling is the most amazing sport I've ever seen in my life.
Hillary Packard - Women's Golf
Downhill skiing - The thrill of the speed. It is intense how fast they go.
Lalita Patipaksiri - Women's Golf
Figure Skating - I used to figure skate. I'd just do the Ladies competition because I wouldn't want to be responsible for cutting someone open with my blade in pairs.
Kari Pestolesi & Ashley Bosza - Women's Volleyball
Snowboard Halfpipe - We both agree that we would want to snowboard so we could get the opportunity to run our hands through Shaun White's hair.
Kelsi Sando - Women's Track & Field
Speed Skating - I'm already good at running circles and love the competitiveness.
Brandon Scott - Men's Basketball
Bobsleding - To go fast
Pat Shine - Associate Head Baseball Coach
Skeleton - It's all about having no fear
Taylor Smith - Women's Volleyball
Skeleton - It would be fun and risky to fly down a track head first.
Jade Smith-Williams - Women's Basketball
Bobsled - I just watched Cool Runnings so I'd try to figure out a way to compete for Jamaica.
Lauren Spinazee - Women's Basketball
Halfpipe snowboarding - It would be thrilling to get that much air and do tricks.
Tanya Taylor - Women's Soccer
Figure Skating - I am graceful.
Trevor Wightman - Men's Track & Field
Short Track Speed Skating - It is fast paced with lots of technique and it's a smooth race.
Kevin Welch - Men's Volleyball
Ski Jumping - The views must be spectacular. It's as close to flying without wings as you can get.
Mike Wilder - Men's Basketball
Curling - I think curling looks fun. I want to be the guy that is out front brushing.
