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An Eagle in a Bobsled: Jones’ Quest for the 2022 Olympics

USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation

Former EMU track star Jasmine Jones trades her cleats in hopes of a 2022 Olympics appearance

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - Former Eastern Michigan University women's track and field athlete Jasmine Jones is on her way to making a dream come true — becoming a United States Olympian. The sport she is training for, however, competes in quite a different atmosphere than she saw in Bowen Field House throughout her collegiate career.

For now, the five-time individual Mid-American Conference champion is hanging up her track spikes for a life on the ice of a bobsled track.