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Van Corlaer
Elementary School
March 05 2010
Olympic
Bobsled Pilot Visiting Schenectady Students Monday
Schenectady native, John Napier, returns to talk
to kids about his experience as an Olympian
U.S. Olympic
bobsled pilot John Napier will meet with the students of Van
Corlaer Elementary School on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 2 p.m.
Napier, 23 and a
graduate of Schenectady High School, placed 10th in
the two-man bobsled race in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in
Vancouver. His Olympic medal hopes were crushed when he crashed
in the second run of the four-man bobsled race. Napier was in
17th place after the first two runs but because of an
injury was unable to complete the four-man event. This was
Napier’s first trip to the Olympics.
Napier offered to
visit and meet with the students after Joe Bennett, physical
education teacher at Van Corlaer, told the Olympian that he was
teaching an Olympic unit and Napier was the feature athlete.
“Immediately after the Olympics he said that he would love to
visit the kids,” said Bennett, who taught and coached Napier at
Schenectady High School.
Bennett said his
colleague Chad Languish has been staying in touch with Napier.
Before the Olympics started, Languish sent Napier a DVD in
which the students let him know they were rooting for him and
wished him luck in the games.
Napier is an
engineer in the Army and an athlete in the Army World Class
Athlete Program.
Helpful Links:
http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-bobsleigh/athletes/john-napier_ath1023714JG.html
http://www.ng.mil/features/Olympics2010/napier.aspx
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