Preparing for the 2010 OLYMPICS

National Guard Soldiers and members of the Outstanding Athlete Program (OAP), Shauna Rohbock (Silver Medalist) and Mike Kohn (Bronze Medalist), discuss their preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Both Mike and Shauna proudly serve their country as National Guard Citizen-Soldiers.

National Guard Sgt. Michael Kohn

Army Sgt. Michael Kohn grew up in Northern Virginia. He received a bachelors degree in exercise physiology from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Kohn joined the Army National Guard in 1999 as an infantry soldier, completing his basic and advanced individual training at Fort Benning, Ga.

Kohn became a competitive athlete at an early age. In high school, he excelled at football and in track and field. Kohn was first introduced to the bobsled in 1990 and, at age 18, he was the youngest competitor in the 1991 Olympic Trials.

After graduating from George Mason University, Kohn started racing on the World Cup in 1998 and finished fifth in the 1999 World Championships. In 2002, he won the bronze medal at the Salt Lake City Olympics in the four-man event. This was the first U.S. Olympic medal in mens bobsled since 1956, ending a 46-year medal drought.

Kohn, along with other military athletes, was honored in ceremonies at the White House with the President. They were also recognized at the Pentagon by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the adjutant general of the Virginia National Guard.

Following the 2002 Olympics, Kohn switched from push athlete to driver. Since that time, he has won multiple national championships, a World Cup silver medal and has had many top 10 finishes.

A member of the Utah National Guard, Kohn is one of several U.S. Olympic bobsled soldier-athletes, who have benefited from the National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program.


National Guard Sgt. Shauna Rohbock

ArmySgt. Shauna Rohbock grew up in Utah and attended Brigham Young University, where she received honors as an All-American Athlete in soccer, and track and field. She played professional soccer after college for the San Diego Spirit in the womens professional soccer league, until the league folded.

Rohbock participated in the 1999 U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation open tryout and fell in love with the sport, competing even during her professional soccer career.

She joined the Utah Army National Guard in 2000 and competed for a push athlete slot on the 2002 Olympic Team. She then began training as a sled driver to improve her chances of participating in the 2006 Olympics. She started driving during the 2003 season.
Rohbock has set records in nearly every one of her competitive races. Together with Valerie Fleming, Rohbock set four start records in the 2004-2005 season. Then in 2006, she achieved her dream of winning the Silver medal in womens bobsled at the 2006 Olympic Games.

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[StockyAmerican]

I am a National Guard soldier and practice the sport of Skeleton. How would I gain entry in to such a program?