Texas Native Chosen For The 2022 Olympics USA Bobsled Team

A Texas native will be competing with Team USA in the 2022 Olympics.

Boone Niederhofer, a San Antonio native, was selected to compete on the USA's Bobsled National Team. He is a Churchill High School alum, reports KSAT.

Niederhofer made the announcement Wednesday on Twitter that he was named as one of the 11 team members to join the 2020-2021 USA Men's Bobsled National Team.

According to the Team USA's website, joining Niederhofer will be Codie Bascue, Geoff Gadbois, Hakeem Saboor, Adrian Adams, Kris Horn, Blaine Mcconnell, Carlo Valdes, Charlie Volker, Kyle Wilcox, and John Williamson.

According to Team USA officials, this is the first "national team berth" for Niederhofer.

The United States did not compete in Europe this year for the first half of the season due to the challenges that were brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

According to team officials, the team plans on sending athletes to start the second half of the season in Winterberg, Germany.

Niederhofer wrote on Twitter, "Absolutely pumped to have been named to the USA Bobsled National Team! Thankful for this opportunity!!"

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Source: KSAT