Lauren Gibbs '02
Posted 10/17/2018 12:00PM

CLASS OF 2002
U.S. Women's Olympic Bobsled Silver Medalist (PyeongChang, 2018)

Two-year member of the USA Bobsled National Team. Excelled in volleyball, track and field, and soccer at Westridge.  Inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in its inaugural year. Student-athlete and captain of the volleyball team at Brown; graduated as an All-Ivy League performer with more than 1,000 career kills.  Earned a spot on the USA Bobsled team in 2014, and won two World Cup medals in addition to a gold-medal run at the North American Cup during the 2014-2015 season. Made the national team roster once again in 2015 after winning the USA National Bobsled Push Championships, and later sweeping the national team trials in Lake Placid, N.Y. in October. She was selected to represent the United States in women's bobsledding at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, where she won a silver medal with her partner Elana Meyers Taylor.