The Trinidad and Tobago national bobsleigh team, affectionately known as the Soca Sliders, completed the Park City segment of the North American Cup with a seventh-place finish in the four-man event on December 4th. Competing at Utah Olympic Park, the quartet consisting of pilot Axel Brown alongside athletes Xaverri Williams, Shakeel John, and De Aundre John registered a combined time of 1 minute and 36.68 seconds across two heats.
The team demonstrated remarkable consistency during their runs, recording 48.33 seconds in the initial heat followed by a marginally slower time of 48.35 seconds in their second attempt. Despite their steady performance, the Trinidadian squad found themselves positioned midway among the 14 competing teams in the final standings.
Jamaica’s bobsleigh team continued their dominant streak by capturing the top spot with an aggregate time of 1:35.91, edging out second-place Brazil by a mere 0.05 seconds. Canada secured the third position on the podium with a time of 1:36.52, rounding out the top three finishers.
The Park City competition series yielded varied outcomes for the Trinidad and Tobago delegation. Earlier in the week, the two-man team featuring Brown and De Aundre John achieved a seventh-place tie with Israel on November 30th, followed by a notable silver medal performance the subsequent day. In the initial four-man event on December 3rd, a different lineup including Micah Moore secured a fifth-place extended podium finish before concluding the Utah leg with their seventh-place result.
The North American Cup circuit now progresses to its next stage scheduled for Lake Placid, New York, commencing January 2nd, where the Soca Sliders will continue their international bobsleigh campaign.