OUTSTANDING EFFORT!

Driver Steve Holcomb with Brakeman Curt Tomasevicz

"The Night Hawk"
(Photo: Sharon Botterill/Getty Images & Liza Peiffer, Team USA News)
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Team USA I with driver Steve Holcomb and brakeman Curt Tomasevicz had a push time of 4.84 seconds with a finish time of 51.98 seconds in the third heat, and a start time of 4.86 seconds finishing 52.03 seconds in the final heat to capture 6th place with their sled "The Night Hawk".

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“Unfortunately, something didn’t work out. I drove well. We had two good pushes from Curt.", Holcomb told NBC Television after their final heat. "It’s just the Germans had something we didn’t today. I put in 100% and gave it everything I had and it didn’t work out", he said.

“Today didn’t go exactly how we wanted it to,” added Tomasevicz. “I feel like I could have gotten a little more out of the start, but it wasn’t our day I guess. It makes us even hungrier for four-man this week though.”

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Team USA sled number 2 driver John Napier (Lake Placid, New York) and brakeman Steve Langton (Melrose, Massachusetts) placed tenth with a combined time finish of 3:29.40, while Team USA sled number 3 driver Mike Kohn (Fairfax, Virginia) and brakeman Nick Cunningham (Monterey, Calif.) maintained 12th place with a combined time finish of 3:29.35.

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The titles may have been officially removed from two-man bobsled "The Night Hawk", and the four-man bobsled, "The Night Train". However, on February 26 and 27, Team USA has a real shot at ending a 62-year drought for the gold medal. The men drove a good race last night and they were humbled. As Curt Tomasevicz stated, however, they're also hungry. Let's give our Men's Team our total support. These are really fine young men of impeccable character who have sacrificed everything to get to the games, and they are going for the gold!