Zack DiGregorio was riding a wheeled sled down a Carlisle, Massachusetts hill when he was first scouted as a potential luger. He was 10.
A luger from the Bay State? That was likely a first reaction for many when the Medway native, now 20, was named to Team USA for the 2022 Winter Olympics as a doubles luge competitor.
So how did a New England kid learn the fringe winter sport that most would only ever see on television? It wasn't through a local recreation team, a high school luge club or local training center, that's for sure.